Nokia E73 Mode S60 QWERTY smartphone for T-Mobile review

Score

3.4 stars
"Good"

(How we score)

Solid battery life, good call quality, sharp industrial design

chintzy hardware buttons, cramped keyboard, grainy camera, dated operating system

Summary

The Nokia E73 Mode is Nokia's latest smartphone for the U.S. market. Aimed at business users, it's essentially the E72 rebranded for T-Mobile USA with a few hardware tweaks on the front of the phone. The E72 Mode offers an attractive and thin industrial design that will blend in just fine in the hallways of American business. A follow-up to the E71 in America, the E73 Mode offers a higher resolution 5 megapixel camera as well as a new optical-pad, two features shared with the E72.

Despite its fast data speeds, good call quality, and solid web browser, the E73 Mode's operating system continues to be a big let down. It's sluggish at times, and the user interface's constant menu-digging makes the phone feel more like a feature phone than a smartphone at times.