---
title: Nokia E6
date: 2011-07-19 12:30:27
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2011/07/19/nokia-e6/
author: Lester Chan
excerpt: "As part of the Nokia Rangers Program, we could choose between the Nokia E6 and Nokia X7. I went for the E6 after trying it at the blogger preview in May 2011, mainly for its full QWERTY keyboard."
categories:
  - Mobile Phone
tags:
  - E6
  - Nokia
---

As part of the [Nokia Rangers Program](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2010/10/30/nokia-n8/), 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](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2011/05/26/nokia-e6-blogger-preview/) | [Nokia X7 Blogger Preview](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2011/05/27/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](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2010/12/04/nokia-e72-white-edition/) 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 S$460 at Mobile Square or S$188 for a 2 year contract over at SingTel Shop.

[![Box Front](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5942716935_cfdd62cb21_z.jpg)](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6139/5942716935_ec29a7df29_o.jpg "Box Front")

[![Box Back](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/5943276564_815eb6e676_z.jpg)](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6135/5943276564_25f08ceb05_o.jpg "Box Back")

[![Nokia E6 vs Nokia E72](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5942779175_d29efd85c8_z.jpg)](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6030/5942779175_5247f9964e_o.jpg "Nokia E6 vs Nokia E72")