It can’t be a good look to have a press photo that has unemployment rate up, recession and credit crunch on a business mobile!

But with the evident success of the E71, Nokia obviously had it mind to release a down market version for general management bods.  Not for them the classy metal structured top tier phone, plastic will do.

Whilst the E63 retains the E71’s high colour screen, it does loose the 3.2 Mpx autofocus camera in favour of a 2Mpx, and HSDPA, though this may not be too much of a problem if all a small business needs is a usable email centric handset.  WiFi plus VoIP support are also retained.

Set at a very affordable 199 Euros, the E63 should be available free of charge on most contract tariffs and could eventually be a good pre-pay offer.