Nokia's E75 appears: $580 unlocked, free with a contract

Nokia's E75 is a strangely attractive candybar phone with chunky keys, a sliding QWERTY keyboard and the standard S60 software loadout. It has quad-band GSM with 3G, a 240x320 display, a 3.2 megapixel camera, WiFi, assisted GPS and a microSDHC card slot. There's bluetooth, 30FPS video recording, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It hooks up via MicroUSB.

If you want an illustration of how carrier subsidies have distorted pricing, check out the difference between T-Mobile's edition and the unlocked equivalent in the U.K.: £389.99 vs.free with the contract.

U.S. carriers don't like Nokia much, so it'll be interesting to see how availability pans out here.

Nokie E75 [Expansys via BGR]

[#1 posted by guy_jin , February 10, 2009 9:20 AM]

just say no to candy bars.

[#2 posted by pomegranate , February 10, 2009 9:21 AM]

If this wasn't available to pre-purchase, I'd still be convinced this isn't a photoshop. It looks SO much like my much-loved E51 - even more so than the Blackberry-style E71 that has come out between these two models - but with PS-style nominal amendments. However if it turns out to be real, and depending on how thick that slide-out makes it, it's gonna be a tough choice between this and the E71...

[#3 posted by pomegranate , February 10, 2009 9:32 AM]

Bah, that's what I get for rephrasing a post without adult supervision... 'I'd still be convinced that this is a photoshop'.