I'm a longtime S60 user, and had a unlocked E71 on and off for a while…but I went out and bought a E71x. In my case though, the plan was taken completely out of the equation. I manage the wireless accounts for my company and since others at work have been upgrading from feature phones to smartphones, we've gotten used to upping the data plans by $10, so I figured “what the hell” since every other AT&T phone like the BJII or Fuze (what the other boneheads got) use that data plan.

Compared to other AT&T smartphones (which all require the same $30 data plan) I would rather buy the E71x than anything else they offer. Couple this with the fact that I have a N95-4 already, the combo of the two work out great…E71x for Twitter/EMail/SMS and grab the N95 for pictures or use it as an music player in the car. I can just switch the SIM and off I go if I want to use either for a certain reason or occasion. Simply, for my case…the E71x was a nice little device, at a nice price. If people don't know that they're being screwed on the data plan, as a Nokia fan, I'd rather they get the E71x all things being equal.

I think that Nokia fans have to cut the E71x some slack…it's a branded (some would say crippled) device for sure, but there is almost zero Nokia/Symbian presence in the USA. The E71x for it's faults can help reverse this, and perhaps lead to more S60 devices on our shores quicker, better support and all around more options. I have already seen E71x billboards and TV ads.

Frankly, I'm tired of seeing iPhones all over the place…aren't you?

I'm a longtime S60 user, and had a unlocked E71 on and off for a while…but I went out and bought a E71x. In my case though, the plan was taken completely out of the equation. I manage the wireless accounts for my company and since others at work have been upgrading from feature phones to smartphones, we've gotten used to upping the data plans by $10, so I figured “what the hell” since every other AT&T phone like the BJII or Fuze (what the other boneheads got) use that data plan.

Compared to other AT&T smartphones (which all require the same $30 data plan) I would rather buy the E71x than anything else they offer. Couple this with the fact that I have a N95-4 already, the combo of the two work out great…E71x for Twitter/EMail/SMS and grab the N95 for pictures or use it as an music player in the car. I can just switch the SIM and off I go if I want to use either for a certain reason or occasion. Simply, for my case…the E71x was a nice little device, at a nice price. If people don't know that they're being screwed on the data plan, as a Nokia fan, I'd rather they get the E71x all things being equal.

I think that Nokia fans have to cut the E71x some slack…it's a branded (some would say crippled) device for sure, but there is almost zero Nokia/Symbian presence in the USA. The E71x for it's faults can help reverse this, and perhaps lead to more S60 devices on our shores quicker, better support and all around more options. I have already seen E71x billboards and TV ads.

Frankly, I'm tired of seeing iPhones all over the place…aren't you?