Unlocked Cell Phones - Customer reviews - Nokia E51 Unlocked Smartphone with 2 MP Camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, MP3/Video Player, MicroSD Slot--U.S. Version with Warranty (Black Steel) |
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Manufacturer: Nokia
List Price: $379.99
Our Price: $234.99
You Save: $145 (38%)
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Used Price: $215.16
Average Customer Rating:
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Name: Jim
Location:
Date: 2008-08-18
Customer Rating: -
Summary: excellent deal
Comment: The nature of my work makes me move and stay to different countries for months at a time so i needed an unlocked phone. I found that's not something easy to get in US. Phone stores would even sell you a locked phone at a full prize if you don't buy a contract, that's ridiculous. I've been to he Nokia store in NYC and I would have paid 100USD more than on Amazon for the same product. I'm very happy with my purchase, the phone came in perfect condition in a sealed box. The Symbian program allows you to synchronize documents with your computer, it's a great tool. I would recommend buying a protection for the screen, gets scratched easily (Invisible Shield is great)
Name: Judge J Drhedd
Location:
Date: 2008-09-18
Customer Rating: -
Summary: Considering price over functionality, deserves 5-stars!
Comment: Ive bought this last April and the phone is serving me well as a second phone for personal (non-business) number.
This is not a perfect phone, but it desrves five stars for price over functionality, capability, and performance.
--Responsive enough. No long annoying lags.
--Given the big screen and tactile keys, viable as a websurfing device, also because...
--Wi-Fi chip gets good connection everytime (unlike other phones or laptops that just disconnect suddenly although youre in a good wifi zone).
--four special buttons for calendar, messages, and contacts are really useful. (Dont forget to setup the long-press option, so you have extra 3 functions programmed in shortcut key)
--the long "portrait" screen serves the to do notes and layout of messages well. you see many text in one shot.
--leather case included is very good (unlike the one included in e71).
--the calendar is very usable for tasks. In one push of a button, the entire month is displayed nicely with mark on days with impt appointments and to-do's. The week count is also indicated--useful for us in manufacturing, who counts workweeks.
--the steel is the body and thin contruction is truly attractive and durable (so far). The thin-ness makes it perfect fit even in tight jeans, so helps you prevent losing this phone. No excuse to your boss for not carrying it everytime as well. If I am an IT director, I would be issuing this phone rather than the N95 that I see with our plant managers.
I might be partial to the 'enterprise'/for_business series of Nokia, but Ive owned an N70 and 72, with the same or higher price that this E51, and E51 beats them both hands down.
There are negatives of course (two major gripes: short battery life, hangs sometime at menu button), but again, it's 5 stars considering price/functionality. Id be willing to buy it's next incarnation even if only the hangs/bugs (firmware update is useless) and some hardware (processor, battery) are improved, and everything else stays, incl price, the same.
Name: R.T.
Location: Europe
Date: 2008-11-11
Customer Rating: -
Summary: Happy customer
Comment: No need to comment on the Amazon transaction - everything went smooth and as expected.
The phone is great! Compact and yet has all the features which I need. One thing which could be improved is the battery life - compared to my old Nokia phone, the battery on this one lasts only about half, but still gets me through 3-4 days between charges. I travel between USA and Europe and can use the phone everywhere. The 3G connection is usable at this point only in Europe but perhaps some day it may be useful in the USA. The Wi-Fi in that aspect is a great fallback. I even installed Skype on the phone and am making cheap/free calls whenever am in a Wi-Fi hotspot. I stuffed a 4GB MicroSD card and now have a very convenient portable flash drive which is always handy - transferring the files over the USB or Bluetooth is a breeze. From time to time I even use the radio and it works beautifully. The built-in MP3/Video player is also quite good but is useful only if you add a good size MicroSD card for the filestorge.
I have used the phone for more than 3 months now and have dropped it a few times - no problems, just works! The Nokia contacts management utility which ships with the phone could be improved a bit (it is a program which you install on your computer to help you with the management tasks of your contacts) - it does help though entering all the contact details on a normal keyboard instead of trying to thumb them on the phone. The necessary USB cable ships with the phone but any standard mini USB cable will do too.
Some of the office-type apps pre-installed on the phone are not that great - for example, the Adobe PDF reader does not allow you to flip the screen horizontally, but there are tons of third-party apps available for that OS which you can download and install. Many good games are available too - I installed Backgammon.
Overall, I am very happy with the phone and recommend it.
Name: Zico Gordon
Location: Kingston, Jamaica
Date: 2008-08-02
Customer Rating: -
Summary: Excellent Phone
Comment: Great piece of hardware haven't gotten to use all the features yet but from what I have used so far I am impressed. Delivery was prompt and in good condition.
Reccommend this product to all.
Name: A. Rathore
Location: San Diego, USA
Date: 2008-09-01
Customer Rating: -
Summary: Meets Expectations
Comment: I wanted a phone that does its main job well and all the secondary things were less important to me. This phone provides good call quality and at the same time has decent enough features. It provides 2 MP camera, WIFI connection can be made if need be, you can play music if you want to, you can make video calls or push to talk (but US networks do not suppport video calls yet). User interface is good also. Only con I found is that power on key has to be pressed at a certain angle and one has to apply force.
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