http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Rogers begins selling white Nokia E71, Americans consider relocating http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/Mar 18th 2009 12:13PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/Mar 18th 2009 12:18PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/Mar 18th 2009 12:37PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/Mar 18th 2009 2:06PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/Jeez, that's bleeding slavery.
I would feel like I had just sold my soul in signing such a contract.
Here in Scandinavia contracts for subsidized phones and netbooks are MAXIMUM 6 months.
I bought my Samsung Omnia for 200 euros in October and it's already unlocked.
and an HTC touch HD, from another carrier in November for the same price and it will be unlocked next month, during these 6 months I had to pay about 50 euros per month (per phone) for unlimited data (HSDPA/3G)and MMS/SMS and practically unlimited voice (200minutes a month), the second contract was similarly priced but offered some more free voice minutes and some less MMS/SMS.
That Nokia (or any Nseries model) can be had for under 200 euros with 6 month contract, or even for free with 6 month contract if you pay for your browsing, downloading calls, etc.
It seems that for once someone gets screwed more than scandinavians.
Hard to belive.]]>Mar 18th 2009 1:09PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/
Not dogging them at all; just saying. And congrats to Canada for snapping this one up.]]>Mar 18th 2009 2:12PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/Mar 18th 2009 2:40PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/Mar 18th 2009 4:20PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/Mar 18th 2009 5:58PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/Mar 18th 2009 11:23PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/03/18/rogers-begins-selling-white-nokia-e71-americans-consider-reloca/
However, I wonder about some of the fawning over the white version I see online, and I can only imagine it's coming from people who have only seen Nokia's publicity photos of the white model -- which doesn't seem likely on some of the tech blogs that are white E71 crazy. I came pretty close to buying the white version myself, having only seen deliciously photoshopped images such as the one on this post. Hell, I'd almost call it an "artist's rendering" rather than a picture. I noticed a few people on Amazon comment that the phone they got did not look like the picture, so I checked Flickr for some unboxing action.

Seriously, the "white" model ain't that pretty. It might look as good as it does here if you never leave your brightly-lit all-white spaceship so that all of the metal surfaces are shining similar whiteness to the keyboard. Otherwise, in normal on-earth settings, the metal casing is a lot darker than you think, and the keyboard just sticks out like buck teeth. The contrast is really weird. Maybe some people still love that, but do yourself a favor and check out Flickr for white E71s before you buy, thinking you'll get some all-white angelic glowing thing.]]>Apr 4th 2009 11:54PM