SpecEagle review · Nokia

Nokia E90 Communicator review: Last Communicator clamshell.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2007·$1100
Overall
65/100
Class rank
#1 of 6
Tier
Specialty
Buy?
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The verdict, up front

Nokia E90 Communicator.

E90 was the final Nokia Communicator — full QWERTY clamshell with Wi-Fi + GPS in 2007.

01Display

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among specialty phones of 2007 — 9 points above the cohort average.

Internal4.0" 800 x 352
External2.0" 240 x 320

02Performance

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among specialty phones of 2007 — 7 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetCustom 330 MHz
RAM128 MB
Storage128 MB + microSD

03Camera

60/100

60/100 puts it above the 58-point average for specialty phones of 2007.

Main3.2 MP
Front0.3 MP

04Battery

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for specialty phones of 2007.

Capacity1,500 mAh (removable)

05Software

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest software showings among specialty phones of 2007 — 8 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Full QWERTY clamshell.
  • Wi-Fi + GPS in 2007.
  • 3G HSDPA.
  • Dual displays.
What doesn't
  • $1,100 enterprise pricing.
  • 210 g brick.
  • Last Communicator.
  • Symbian S60 dated.
Cross-shop it against
Samsung Omnia i900
$650 · score 62/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 6-phone cohort of specialty devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .