Top 5 Symbian Phones
Nokia acquired Symbian in 2008 and created the Symbian Foundation, which encourages open development of applications and user interfaces for one of the most popular mobile platforms. The latest iteration of Symbian is called S60 5th edition and integrates touch interfaces into the already cutting edge software platform. Highlights of S60 5th edition include:
- Excellent web browsing experience with support for Adobe Flash Lite 3.0, smooth scrolling web pages and navigation by keys, touch or stylus
- Integrated Web aware widgets that pull relevant data from the phone and the Internet
- Calendars, contacts, GPS, messaging, audio, video and more
- Advanced sensor technology that allows automatic switching between portrait and landscape mode and other features
- On-board video and picture editing
- Red eye reduction, crop, adjust, add text and graphics
- Cut and merge videos and add voice over or sound
- Improved music player and syncing interface (works with Macintosh)
- Support for Microsoft Exchange and other mail interfaces
- Access to Ovi app store
- Editing and viewing of Office documents
With any phone running S60 5th edition, these features are standard. However, amongst the different S60 phones, there is some variation in terms of hardware and added features. We’ve rounded up five of the top Symbian phones that make the most of this powerful mobile operating system.
Nokia E71
If you ever needed proof that the classics never go out of style, here it is. The Nokie E71 is the first Nokia smartphone from the enterprise series to really take the world by storm. Since this phone isn’t a touch screen, it runs the S60 3rd edition (which is really only one notch down from 5th edition, since Nokia skipped 4th edition since it’s considered bad luck in China). But where the E71 lacks in touch screen, it makes up for in sheer intuitiveness and productivity. The QWERTY keyboard makes it a formidable gunslinger when it comes to words per minute and it rocks the 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and tethering features that you’d expect from a serious business phone. And as a relatively older phone in the Eseries, it comes at a very affordable price.
Nokia E75
The Nokia E75 also runs S60 3rd edition and is a notable step forward in the Eseries. However, Nokia decided to scale this enterprise smartphone down, giving it a slider design in an attempt to include the QWERTY keyboard but cut down on size. The Nokia E75 also has an updated Nokia messaging interface which makes email, texting and IMing smoother. However, it’s a bit pricier and in terms of bang for buck, we still like the E71. Those with smaller pockets might appreciate the E75 for its sleekness, though.
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is the successor to the popular Nokia 5310 and we were a bit torn on which one to include on this list. Both are incredible music player phones with ample storage for songs, but we had to choose Nokia 5800 because it takes advantage of S60 5th edition for a full touch experience. We also dug the 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities on the Nokia 5800. However, if price is a factor, certainly go with the Nokia 5310, which is a very solid phone by its own rights.
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