May be one of the mods should create a separate E71 thread.
I think this will be my next phone -- I'll be ready to buy it in, say, 3 years.
Its expensive, but not as much as the Apple Iphone. One thing I've understood with Nokia's is that they have strong retail value - because they retain it, you can sell it off for at least some portion of their value. My Treo after 2 years of usage is worth close to nothing and cost about the same as the E71. The predecessor of the E71 (E61 etc) is still worth about AED 500.