Photos: The Nokia Swivel QWERTY phone – The E81? (clone) Nokia 7705 Twist
Back in April, there were some rumours on an upcoming E-series swivel phone with QWERTY. The image on the left was a of a mock-up based on BGR sources’ first hand impression.
Hideous was the first word to pop into my mind. Next were horrendous monstrosity. But then again, it is just a mock-up. The actual leaked photos of the Nokia N900/Rover/RX-51 looked completely different and utterly beautiful compared to Mobile Crunch’s render (when closed anyway). Was there hope for the same in this swivel QWERTY?
All we could do was wait for Nokia to announce it or leak some pics.
Well, Chinese knock-offs have got there first. We shouldn’t be surprised in clones appearing before the original even had confirmation of existing – the same people that brought us the NokLa E97 (simply based on a concept design by Fabien Nauroy) has produced the NokLa E81.
Admittedly, this 90 degree QWERTY swivel phone doesn’t look half bad. It’s petite and quite feminine looking, especially with that mirror thing going on. Plus the owner could probably wear it as a necklace (just put a chain through the swivel hole), not to mention that there’s something girly about being a swivel form factor (ha, or maybe it’s just because the last swivel was the effeminate 7373?)
UPDATE 24-08-09: This maybe the Nokia 7705 – Check out more details via The Nokia Blog or BGR
The actual swivel qwerty from Nokia is rumoured to running only S40.
M8Cool via JustAMP via Engadget
UPDATE: This maybe the Nokia 7705 – Check out more details via The Nokia Blog
[...] Nokia 7705 Twist for Verizon (Photos) September 9, 2009 at 9:40 pm | In Nokia | Leave a Comment Tags: 7705, Nokia, Nokia 7705, Nokia 7705 Twist, Nokia Twist, Twist, Verizon The Nokia 7705 Twist is an intriguing square QWERTY phone that we first saw as a sketchy render, then later as a Chinese Clone of a supposed E81. [...]
[...] Just announced: Nokia 7705 brings a light ring and a new twist to messaging. September 10, 2009 at 4:07 pm | In Nokia, Press Release, Technical Specifications | Leave a Comment Tags: 3MP, 7705, Announced, Light Ring, Mirror, Nokia, Nokia 7705, Press Release, QWERTY keyboard, S40, Techinical Specifications, Twist It’s existance has been rumoured since April. It had been cloned before being officially announced. [...]
[...] the now known 7705 – this was cloned in china as the E81 way before the 7705 twist’s release. Whilst the 7705 were in factory production, someone stole one and copied [...]
Hi. Do you know where can I buy the nice cases or cover for it?.
I bought cases for nokia twist 7705 and it´s not working. Thanks!!
Vanessa, I will keep looking and researching to find the covers. If you have any luck, please let me know. I will let you know my progress as well.
I am looking for hard covers for my Nokia Qwerty Keyboard phone as well. Does anyone know where they can be purchased?