The E8 is a music phone. The keypad looks like it. A feather-touch, circular touch “wheel” dominates the phone—as in an iPod, you can glide through menus and music lists at the flick of a finger. This is especially handy when your music runs into several GBs and navigating by clicks is just too cumbersome. The best part: The more you move your finger toward the periphery of the circle, the faster you scroll through selections.
The innovations don’t stop there—the keypad is devoid of push keys. Instead, it’s a plain smooth surface with little bumps that indicate the location of each numeral. Touch one and the phone registers that a key was pressed, giving itself a mild shake as acknowledgement. This haptic key system also changes as you pick different options. When you type a message, the entire keypad lights up to show you the location of each letter. Move to music, and only the relevant keys—play, pause, next and back—stay visible on the surface.
Most important, the sound quality of the phone is excellent.
Unfortunately, for people looking for video functions rather than audio, the E8 has very little to offer. For starters, the screen is very small, making it inadequate for viewing videos or even pictures. The camera, at 2 megapixel, won’t get you very good shots.
But it is connectivity—or rather the lack of it—that lets this phone down: It isn’t Wi-Fi enabled. Besides, since the touch “wheel” isn’t a full circle, it leaves most people feeling a tad disoriented. But hey, if it’s audio you want, then it doesn’t get any better than this.
Price: Rs15,455
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