As part of the Nokia Rangers Program, we were asked to choose between the Nokia E6 or Nokia X7.

I went for the Nokia E6 after I played with it during the blogger’s preview (Nokia E6 Blogger Preview | Nokia X7 Blogger Preview) back in May 2011. One of the reasons I went for the Nokia E6 is because of the full QWERTY keyboard. I am still not used to typing on the virtual keyboard of Symbian OS.

I am intending to use the Nokia E6 as an upgrade to my Nokia E72 which I won last year during Nokia’s Christmas Draw. I still need to use a Nokia as my secondary work phone (my primary work phone is an Android) because my company, mig33, application runs on Symbian as a Java App. As our user base are from emerging markets, they do not have the luxury of having iPhone, Android or Windows Phone 7 (though Android is catching up very fast over there).

The first thing I noticed when comparing with the Nokia E72 is the screen of the Nokia E6 is ultra sharp screen boasting a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels in a 2.46″ screen. The UI also has a major overhaul running on Symbian Anna. It supports both “touch and type” which is good as these days I am too used to touching screens. The upcoming Blackberry 9900 also supports both “touch and type”.

After playing it for a day, I find the OS sluggish which I think is pretty common to all Symbian phones, the Nokia Social App has been improved tremendously since I last played with it on my Nokia N8. The 8MP camera takes pretty good pictures as well considering this is a business phone. Overall I find the Nokia E6 worthy to be a successor to the Nokia E72.

The Nokia E6 is retailing for SGD$460 at Mobile Square or SGD$188 for a 2 year contract over at SingTel Shop.

Box Front

Box Back

Nokia E6 vs Nokia E72

Nokia E6

Was invited to a blogger event for the preview of Nokia E6 and Nokia X7 (next post). The Nokia E6 will be out in June 2011 and with a RRP of SGD$570. For sales launch only the Black and Sliver color will be available. The White will be launched at a later date. Wonder does it face the same problem as Apple having “white” color, but of course the “official” answer I got from the product manager is no.

All 3 Colors Of Nokia E6 (Black – Left, Grey – Center, White – Right)

The Nokia E6 is an upgrade to my Nokia E72. The built remains the same (solid because of stainless steel), the battery cover is still made of metal and the screen is made up of scratch resistant glass.

The screen size is slightly bigger. The E72 is 2.36″ while the E6 is 2.46″ but one added improvement to it is that it is now a capacitive touch screen and it cramps in 640 x 480 pixels (325 ppi). Just for reference, iPhone 4 Retina display is 960 × 640 pixels (326 ppi).

Technical Specifications

• System: WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 and GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA Cat9, maximum speed up to 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA Cat5 2.0 Mbps
• OS: Symbian Anna
• Dimensions: 115.5 x 59 x 10.5 mm (L x W x H)
• Weight: 133g
• Display: 2.46″ TFT LCD, 640 x 480 pixels, 16M colors
• Battery: 1500mAh BP-4L
• Media Storage: 8GB mass memory, with up to 32GB with micro SD card
• Memory: RAM: 256MB, ROM: 1024MB
• Camera: 8 MP full focus, dual led flash
• WLAN: IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth 3.0 with support for stereo headsets
• GPS: Positioning with GPS, A-GPS, WLAN and Cell-ID
• USB: Micro-USB 2.0 high speed for file transfers and charging, USB On-the-Go
• I/O: Nokia AV connector 3.5 mm for audio input/output and TV out
• Video capture: HD 720p @ 25 fps
• Video Playback: Video recording, Performance: encoding 25 fps, decoding 30 fps, File Formats: H.264, MPEG-4, VC-1, H.263, Real Video 10, ON2 VP6, Flash video
• Music Playback: FM radio, music player, Supported codecs: MP3,AAC,eAAC, eAAC+,WMA,AMR-WB- AMB-NB, Supported DRM: WM DRM, OMA DRM 2.0

Symbian Anna

It will be the first phone in the market to run the updated Symbian Anna.

New Icons In Symbian Anna

You Can Now Type URL In The “Always Visible” Address Bar

If you notice Anna starts with the letter “A”, I wonder will the next update be called “Betty” as what DK calls it.

Nokia E6 (Left), Nokia E72 (Right)

If you have been waiting for an upgrade to Nokia E72 because you need to stick to Symbian for some reasons, the Nokia E6 is definitely for you.

Official Site: Nokia E6