03 October 2008
Nokia's QWERTY smartphone wins the prize for best handset and Samsung wins Best Manufacturer at the Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2008
The Nokia E71 scored a double victory at this year's Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2008, by romping home with the Best Phone and Best Smartphone awards.
However, Samsung went one better by winning Best Camera Phone, for the Samsung i8510, best music phone for the Samsung F400 and Manufacturer of the Year at the event, held at London's Old Billingsgate Market.
As for the mobile operators, Virgin Mobile covered itself in glory by winning two reader-voted awards, including Best Customer Service for the eighth consecutive year and Best Online Retailer. O2 also had a successful night as it was voted Best Network and Best High Street Retailer by Mobile Choice's readers.
The full list of Mobile Choice Consumer Awards winners for 2008 is listed below:
Phone of the Year: Nokia E71
Best Camera Phone: Samsung i8510
Tariff Deal of the Year: 3 Mobile Broadband
Best Bluetooth Headset: Jawbone Noise Assassin
Best Network: O2
Best Smartphone: Nokia E71
Best Mobile Game: Tetris Pop
Best Music Phone: Samsung F400
Best Customer Service: Virgin Mobile
Most Stylish Phone: LG Secret KF750
Best High Street Retailer: 02 Stores
Best Mobile Sat Nav: HTC Touch Cruise
Best Online Retailer: Virgin Mobile
Readers' Dream Phone: Apple iPhone
Manufacturer of the Year: Samsung Mobile
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User comments(3)
E71 vs BlackberryI was to buy a Blackberry Bold because I would use it in my job. When I've gone to the shop to buy it, I became stunned by its price. It was outrageous, here, in Brazil. Then the seller offered me an E71 at half of blackberry price.
E71 is marketed as a corporate "E"nterprise phoneNokia really issed the mark with this Nokia E71. E71 is beautiful but without the blackberry connect feature oher E series phones sport; it’s hardly useful as a corporate device; especially in large corporations or organisations where blackberry is the mandatory choice.
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