Nokia E63 (red, unlocked)

Pros: A good tool, balanced for personal and buiness use with good comms optiions, entertainment and reference functions, in a sporty yet serious, well -perfoming package. And at least in the US, for those who don't go with tthe pack.

Cons: Sybian interface needs a lot of tweaking, and I wish there were more apps etc but I can work with this. Limitations of micro SD and propietary NOKIA micro US. Low? price so they leave out case, data cable, wrist strp and memory card.

Summary: This works..it is what I wish the expensive E61 unlocked I bought 3 yrs ago was. Some reviewers points of are no concern to me. Keyboard chardacters are easier to see than on ol E61 and it feels OK. This phone is as small and slim as I would want. I alway mis-pressed side volume and voice recorder controls in my grip while speaking anyway, E63 performance so far in NYC is fine. It would be a much better value with some accesories or maybe a better camera, or someting enhanced as a deal sweetener to attract more people, maybe not to easily in U.S. -[that IS NOKI's problem] . This does not have GPS; I do not drive and so I do not know how well an E71/E71x with GPS for walking around a city woud be. But I wanted an update over the E61 and the E63 beat a release of ATT E71x and I am not willing to pay for the PDA data plan to have it, so I am happy to have this unlocked E63, with no contact, and no ATT data plan as is!

Updated on May 4, 2009

April 4-> The selection key / upper right hand ,cracked in half [in the skinny part) tonight. I registered with Nokia, but will try for a retrun exchange with my retailer. Beware, thesel thin pieces of plastic now seem all likely to fail.