Today one of the most popular services is Facebook, with an Alexa Ranking of #5 this service is widely used by almost everyone. And as smartphones with the ability to connect anywhere to the internet also became very popular among users, then Facebook saw the opportunity and released many Facebook Applications for smartphones. But what no one thought about until now was an actual Facebook Phone. The Facebook Phone INQ1 made by the company INQ was released by the carrier ”3” and is available from right now. But is it worth it? Is the Nokia E71 better or the INQ1 Facebook Phone better?

Both the INQ1 and the E71 are similar in terms of specifications, lets start by the multimedia. Both phones manage music pretty average, for example the standard 3.5mm Audio Jack is mission on both so users will have to buy an adaptor. The storage is unless the same, internal memory but the MicroSD slot lets the user load some music. One  advantage that the INQ1 has over the E71 is that comes with a full featured Last.Fm client installed and works way better than the 3rd party Last.Fm clients that can be  installed on the E71. In the video department the E71 is definitevely the winner because has a smoother video playback than the INQ1. Then we have the camera, both the INQ1 and E71 have a 3.2 Megapixel camera, the difference lays in that the E71 has Auto-Focus instead of the Fixed-Focus of the INQ1. Then the E71 wins again by adding a Flash which is missing on the INQ1.

The E71 has another advantage over the INQ1, it is the QWERTY keyboard alhtough is not a problem for everyone since there are people who prefer the T9 keyboard from the INQ1 Facebook Phone. In what screenn is related both phones have similar displays, the E71 featuring a 2.35” display and the INQ1 a 2.2” display with the same resolution as the E71. Then the browser of the INQ1 is based on the WebKit as the E71s browser so they are pretty similar alhtough the INQ1 does not support Flash Lite 3.

In conclusion both devices are pretty similar, but they are not aimed at the same public. The INQ1 phone is obviously aimed at people who love online social communities, this means that if you don’t use online social communities the INQ1 Facebook Phone will be almost usless. On the other hand the E71 is aimed  at people who need an e-mail device while on the go. But differently from the INQ1 phone the E71 has not only one use and more people can use it for different tasks, not only what it is aimed for like in the INQ1 phone.