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Nokia E61

23 Nov, 2006, 6:53 pm IST | Aalaap Ghag | Smartphones

Battery Life
A phone with this large a screen and such a long list of wireless features would probably drain out in one day—and that’s probably true if you use WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth, Infrared and USB at the same time— but realistically speaking you’re more likely to use just Bluetooth and basic GSM/EDGE phone functionality most of the time, and that let the phone run for around four to five days! With WiFi on, it was shortened to around three to four days, perhaps less, depending on the signal strength and also how much you use it (I sit right next to our router!). But overall, good performance in the battery department.

Conclusion
We’ve said it too many times before—at Rs. 18,000 this is one of the best performing, most well-connected Smartphones you can buy. Full QWERTY keypad, excellent display, SIP VoIP, Push-to-Talk, Microsoft Exchange mail, BlackBerry Connect, regular email, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, 3G/WCDMA/UMTS, WiFI, Bluetooth, Infrared, USB... are there any other features left out there? We think not.

There is also a Nokia E62—which comes without WiFi and 3G for around Rs. 16,500—which doesn’t sound like too good a deal. I would think WiFi and 3G is worth Rs. 1,500 extra, so what if we’ won’t use the latter till 2008?

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