Vlog: Nokia E71 vs Nokia N95 8GB Video Playback Comparison

July 3rd, 2008 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

Yes, the Nokia E71 is targeted for business, but that can’t stop us from watching videos on it! Using my video conversion guide, I converted the trailer of Hancock and sent the same file to both the Nokia E71 and Nokia N95 8GB for a video playback comparison. Let’s see how they look.

Video Formats: Web High resolution, Mobile, Youtube.

For better comparison, I suggest watching the high resolution format. I honestly did not expect the video to play on the Nokia E71 but it surprisingly did. Here are the specs of the trailer that was played on both phones.

  • H.264
  • 320×176 resolution
  • Stereo 44.1 kHz
  • 23.98 FPS

Not bad, right? What’s cool is that I don’t have to tilt the phone to the side since the orientation of the Nokia E71 display is already in landscape.

This test, however is still not conclusive that the Nokia E71 is capable of playing all videos that plays well on the Nokia N95 8GB. The Nokia E71 struggles with 320×240 videos at 30fps unlike the Nokia N95 8GB. The Nokia E71 is more comfortable with 15fps. After finding this information out, I now have to make sure all my vlog mobile formats should be converted to 15fps from now on so Nokia E71 users can watch them on their phone.

You might also want to visit the Nokia N95 8GB price check and Nokia E71 price check for the current lowest prices..

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  1. James Burland on 4 July 2008:

    That’s a shame about the frame rate.

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  2. Mark Guim on 4 July 2008:

    I know. Will you be replacing your N95 8GB with E71, James?

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  3. bitpazar on 5 July 2008:

    I cannot believe this frame rate is Nokia, first time to see such a thing.

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  4. kaakkuri on 9 July 2008:

    15fps? Are you kidding?

    I’ve been watching full 30fps Xvid videos even with 6121 classic and E71 certainly has no problems.

    Of course, you need a real player like CodePlayer… not a crappy Real Player.

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  5. kaakkuri on 9 July 2008:

    Sorry, I meant CorePlayer Mobile.

    http://www.coreplayer.com

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  6. MaRKz on 21 July 2008:

    kaakkuri,

    Is there a big performance difference between the E71 and N95 8GB in terms of smoothness?

    I’m not really the kind of person that would watch videos and such on a phone but I’m just curious.

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  7. AlmostDone on 21 July 2008:

    The N95 has h264 hardware acceleration which is implemented in real player. That’s why the E71 doesn’t perform as well.

    To test video performance you need coreplayer. Try DivX/Xvid movie with high resolution VGA/WVGA or greater.

    Coreplayer does not support h264 hardware accelaration in the n95, E90 etc However the media player is in a league of it’s own without hardware assistance. Much fairer to test both phones with this player…

    E71 one has a single cpu running at ~369mhz whereas the N95 has dual cpu running at ~330mhz with the other cpu running at ~200mhz which is for all telephony functions including data transmission etc.

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  8. Mobile Blogger on 22 July 2008:

    Do you generally compress the video before even considering uploading a random mpeg4 compressed movie onto your phone? Just curious since I have an old phone without video media playback of that particular format (DivX/XVid)

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  9. Mark Guim on 23 July 2008:

    @Almostdone thanks for the suggestion, i’ll try out coreplayer.

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  10. cliff on 29 July 2008:

    i have an E62 and i really like it but it lacks or im lacking. im not a mobile geek. but i was wondering about upgrade just dont know to what. i like the screen size and i text alot also the caught up in the web.i really need an all around computer phone. any strong suggestions. i was told about the N95 8G,and the E61i,the E90 and the E71.

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  11. AlmostDone on 30 July 2008:

    If size/weight is not a problem then no doubt the E90 is the best. I’ve owned all the phones in your list except the E71.

    I’m either going for the Nokia E71, Samsung INNOV8, or Samsung Omnia.

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  12. Hitesh on 28 September 2008:

    May I know which one is better as far as headphone sound is concerned.

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