playdead

are, black and white E50 differs only with a strip on each side, that's it!!

Peoples

Actually there is a new version of the E50 coming, called "Metal Black", but there are no pictures of it yet. It's coming to the stores in week 46 in Finland.

http://europe.nokia.com/A4158064

"Also available in Metal Black in selected markets"

playdead

Peoples, any links?

are

Must be as Peoples said. The picture was small, but not mistakable. A full black E50.

Nokia 8100 !!!!

Sounds to me like Orange (badging networks) are prepping for a release.

E50 in black in one pocket
8800 SE in the other

playdead

Nokia 8100 !!!!, I like my shiny metal combo N91 + E50

are

Pff, a black E50 would be beautifull it selfes, not in need of a N91 og 8800

Still no results on any pictures?

from Nokia.ie:
Also available in Metal Black in selected markets

edit: My blindness strikes again as the same quote is a few posts over too.. Sorry.

AvWijk

Would be great if there once a black cover is available. I really like my E50.

Peoples

chlettn

Peoples, that one looks really cool...much better than the boring light-grey imho.

AvWijk

Yes, that is great news

playdead

and what markets will it be available?

BTW don't like it at all, black phones are so common now, very boring. Mine shiny E50 with white strip looks better IMO!!

Bundynation

and, sorry for starting a new post on the black e50, didnt see this thread previously existed

Peoples

Any live pics found?

skagen

There are THREE variants of this phone. The first two really should have been called "silver" colour since they both have silver face and black front, but just differ by a thin white or black strip around the ede.

This third one called "metal black" is what should actually have been given the name black.

You have to wonder what kind of fools work in the Nokia marketing department who cannot plan a series of phone names. I mean its been done a million times by now. Surely cannot be that hard to execute without confusing consumers.

The key question on this "metal black" phone is not really the colour - it is whether Nokia has done any update to the firmware to take care of the several known and fixable defects in the current version.

The heavy marketing of a color variant for "excitement" also suggest to me that the model is a space filler and that we will probably see a follow up E5x model by next summer which addreses the obvious hardware upgrades needed - 3G and a better camera. I expect they will continue to omit wi-fi off from this E5x series.

gromit

Say this phone is for sale in Moscow and at Euroset. Did not bother to look at the price but it for sale for sure.

playdead

gromit, thanx, it does make sense... So I suppose it is for selling in other european countries as well?

Nokia 8100 !!!!

Hominah Hominah Hominah

Yes I know the S/W faults (which should just be simple updates)

But finally a classic Nokia design that represents form and fucntion.

Now if this were a Nokia model series number it would be... ?

Jo

i found, today the e50 being priced the same as the n73, i think that crazy really.. thats probably retailers wanting to make more money of a cheap smartphone.

skagen

Where? In UK here the E50 phone is 165-190 pounds new, whereas N73 is upwards of 280 pounds. So that is about 50% more expensive than N73.

MR

I have seen the Black E50 for real tonight and it looks special. There are also blue, yellow and orange variants for certain markets. The line on the normal E50 which is white or black is then changed to the mentioned colors. Not the complete body is changed to the colors mentioned above. However this is the case with the full black version I saw.

The Black E50 will replace the normal ones.

MR

Armando

Great! I will wait until the black one is available.

Peoples

I have a black E50 in my hand right now. Got it a week ago here in Finland. It's really slick - real metal, the color is sweet. Looks great with the Pearl Black theme

RS77

Please post live pices of the black E50!

Nokia 8100 !!!!

I love you guys...

For the first time I am hyped about a phone...

Was so close to getting the non-black...

Like the 3230, this is amazing for its size and feature set.

This will sell in droves for years to come

Peoples

MR

Peoples, May I use your pics for my website?

MR

athos1111

Peoples, Supercool pics! Is it true that this black version would replace the lame steel/white original?

RADicalSatDude

Will the Nokia E50 have a good enough Audio output to sound good though the car audio system via a Cassette adapter?

It's long battery life, small form factor and upcoming full black version makes it a prime candidate.

RADicalSatDude

Catch me in All Black! I won't mind giving up FM in the Nokia 5500 for this one.

I was wondering, since its got a better battery life than the Nokia 5500. Will it sound good hooked up via a casette adapter to a car audio system???

chlettn

Peoples, wow - that looks great! Especially for a business handset
Thanks a lot for the pics.

AvWijk

Battery life of my own E50 is really great, about 5 days with normal usage. Double that to approxx. 11 days with a BL-6C, which should fit in

a2k24

awsome!!!! that is SWWWEEET!!!

TheAncientMariner

^ very nice.

Peoples

Sure - no problem!

skagen

Which retailer did you buy from - any contact info?

Also, does it have a new firmware version, or the same one as the existing versions.

CDWB

It doesn't have FM function.
not perfect IMO

guldfisk

Considering the limited sound quality of cassette players it should work. However the high-resolution display and small buttons seem to make it a cumbersome and possible unsafe music solution for driving unless you just push play and leave it.

Peoples

Hi,

I got it through my employer, but several shops have it here in Finland. The firmware is:

V 06.27.1.0
10-07-2006
RM-170
Nokia E50

skagen

So they have brought out a new version but definitely did not change firmware. Strange....

Lasar

Hey Peoples, thanks for nice pics (once again I'd like to ask whether it wears off during normal use. And do you see any scratches if you've got some? Coz it seems that it's kinda painted steel (original version) of E50.

I'm thinking of gettin' one of this sleeky E50s

MR

Peoples, they will be online within the upcoming hours at the phone pages of the devices! Thanks man!

MR

are

Thanks for nice answers again...

Great pictures..! Lovely looks and feel of this phone. Will be placed under the christmas tree

Seen lots of norwegian webshops listing the Metal Black now, but none at stock yet and a bit more expensive than the regular.

Nokia 8100 !!!!

playdead

Hmmmm now seeing the live pics again E50 and Dark 7373 instead
Your combination might cause me too much weight imbalance

btw Peoples what comes in the sales packge or same as normal E50?

PJ:

This black version looks su much better, I love it!

NokiaE50

Where Can i buy the black E50? I live in the U.S. and none of the importers i know of are selling it yet..... anyone know?

skagen

Go to Ebay.de and look for a pwowerseller called "FreddyTel". If you live outside of Germany, then you have to pay them by wire transfer. If you live in Germany they take Paypal. They have an auction going with about 50 of these black E50's.

RADicalSatDude

Peoples, Can I use your pics posted here, to upload to Nokia E50's Wikipedia page?

Or you could upload and link them yourself from this link.

caero

Damn, that metal black one almost looks as if it was made to go alongside my IBM Thinkpad X40