Nokia E61 versus Nokia E62
While I’ve had a few people’s Nokia E61 in my hands, Monday, if all goes well, I finally get one of my very own. Oh sure, I’ve had a Nokia E62, which is substantially the same phone, but different. Here are three key differences:
- Nokia Pop-Port on E61 versus Mini USB on the E62
- WiFi on the E61, none on the E62
- European UMTS on the E61, no such luck on the E62.
Now normally, I am with others on the Pop-Port versus Mini-USB thing, namely that Mini-USB is better. The problem with that is that the headphone jack on The E62 is a 2.5mm headset that seems completely incompatible with the other 2.5mm Nokia headsets I already have. At least with the Nokia Pop-Port, I’ve got a boatload of headsets already.
One other difference, though I have not been able to confirm it yet, is that the E61 should be a faster phone than the E62 due to the presence of an extra processor. Almost wish I still had the E62 to do a side-by-side comparison, but I gave it to a co-worker recently.
There’s no doubt in my mind that, if you can get your hands on both phones, the Nokia E61 is the better phone. It will cost more, as no carrier is subsidizing the E61 in the US. At least if you buy an E61, you won’t have Cingular’s branding all over it. That is always a bonus.
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Comment by Jeremey
I didn’t realize that the E61 might have extra processing. It feels zippier than the E70, though. Switching orientations on the E70 is painfully slow.
Comment by David link
There is a hardware difference, here goes. The e61(also e60 and e 70) are 3g w/ duel chip processer. One for apps and one for calling. App chip is ARM9 220 Mhz/64 MB SDRAM/128 NAND flash w@o XIP; uses ram to open apps. The e62(also e50) are 2g single cjip processer ARM9 235 Mhz/32 MB SDRAM/32 NOR+128 NAND flash w/ XIP: loads app with flash from origional position. The 08 difference seems nice but after loading the 61 get 23MB free for apps and the 62 gets about 16 MB wich is ate ute up very qiuckly. Just to launch the internet browser alone is 2 MB.
Comment by NJNGuy
Re: E62/E61 difference in number of processors and memory.
Read this:
http://forum.nokia.com/document/Forum_Nokia_Technical_Library/contents/FNTL/Nokia_E61_and_Nokia_E62_have_different_hw_and_performance_characteristics.htm
and this:
http://www.mobilehandsetdesignline.com/showArticle.jhtml?printableArticle=true&articleId=197004819
Click on the photo in the link for a look at the “guts” of an E61.
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