Enough about locked phones! We get badly frustrated with them, don’t we? Let us talk about the free and liberated unlocked smart phones. In this article, we shall discuss top five unlocked smart phones with wonderful specs and great features.

1. RIM Blackberry Bold:

With a sleek design and a sharp display, RIM Blackberry Bold phone offers high speed connectivity.

Specs:

• 114 x 66 x 14 mm
• 133 g
• 480 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Trackball navigation
• 3.5 mm stereo headset jack
• 1 GB internal storage (expandable up to 8 GB), 128 MB RAM
• GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
• EDGE Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
• HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g
• Bluetooth v 2.0 with A2DP
• USB v 2.0
• 2 MP camera, 1600×1200 pixels, LED flash, video recordingVideo calling
• BlackBerry OS
• 624 MHz processor
• GPS with A-GPS support, BlackBerry Maps
• Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
• Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+
• Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gpStandard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
• Standby Up to 310 h
• Talk time Up to 5 h

Though this phone has very nice features; it disappoints the users in some of the fields, like call quality and camera results. It possesses a wonderful QWERTY keyboard, and the messaging feature is awesome. The ergonomic shape of keys makes browsing, emailing and typing messages fun.

2. Nokia E71:

E series of Nokia has especially been designed for business and corporate users, keeping in mind their needs and requirements. Nokia E71 is a great addition to E family.

Specs:

• 114 x 57 x 10 mm, 66 cc
• 127 g
• 2.36” high quality QVGA display
• TFT, 16M colors
• 320 x 240 pixels, 2.36 inches
• ARM 11 369 MHz CPU
• Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI
• 110 MB storage, 128 MB RAM
• microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB, hotswap
• GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 100/60 kbps (DL/UL)WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
• HSCSD
• EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL)HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
• WCDMA 850/1900 MHz, maximum speed 384/384 kbps (DL/UL)
• HSDPA class 6, maximum speed 3.6 Mbps/384 kbps (DL/UL)
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, IR support
• v2.0 microUSB
• camera 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• video QVGA@15fps
• secondary video call camera
• FM radio; Visual radio
• GPS with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps
• MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
• Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
• Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BP-4L)
• Standby Up to 410 h (2G) / 480 h (3G)
• Talk time Up to 10 h 30 min (2G) / 4 h 30 min (3G)

It has smart and compact design, which is suitable for trouble-free handling during travel. The full QWERTY keyboard is a hitch in the beginning, but one gets used to its size. The profile switching mode gives you the option to choose Work mode or Leisure mode. It is a magnificent combination of software and hardware. Windows and Yahoo messengers, business card scanner, dictionary, measurement converter, advanced calculator, flash light, pre-loaded maps, zip manager and Quickoffice are some of the software Nokia E70 features. Connectivity has been taken to higher levels with Wi-Fi and HSDPA. This is a great smartphone which can take you by surprise with great working.

3. E63:

Nokia E63 is pretty much like the aforementioned Nokia E71, but lacks GPS receiver, preinstalled games, and fine quality of camera.

Specs:

• Quad band GSM support
• 369 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 128 MB of SDRAM
• 113 x 59 x 13 mm, 87 cc
• 126 g
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
• 3G support, 384 kbps
• Symbian 9.2 OS, S60 UI with FP1
• GPRS class 32, 100 kbps
• EDGE class 32, 296 kbps
• HSCSD
• WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
• Landscape 320 x 240 pixels 2.36″ TFT 16M-color display of QVGA resolution
• 2 mega pixel, 1600×1200 pixels,  fixed focus camera with LED flash
• 120 MB of internal memory, micro SD expansion up to 8GB
• Standard 3.5mm audio jack
• Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP support
• MicroUSB v2.0
• Infrared
• FM radio
• MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
• Comfortable full QWERTY keypad
• Provider-independent VoIP support
• Convenient shortcut keys
• Nokia Maps
• Office document editor
• Li-Po 1500 mAh (BP-4L), Great battery life
• User-friendly Mode Switch for swapping two home screen setups
• Remote Lock and Wipe feature
• One-year free subscription for Files on Ovi
• Available in Black, Ultramarine Blue and Ruby Red

This email focused phone has been named as “the plastic E71” for the resemblance between both of them. It possesses a longer battery life, but lacks GPS support, HSDPA connectivity and good camera.

4. Xperia X1:

One of the highly admired and acclaimed WinMobile; Sony Ercisson Xperia X1 comes packed with wonderful features including 7 customizable user panels.

Specs:

• 110.5 x 52.6 x 17 mm
• 145 g
• TFT resistive Touchscreen, 65K colors
• 800 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Optical track pad
• Qualcomm MSM 7200 528 MHz CPU
• 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
• Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• WAP 2.0/HTML (IE), RSS feeds
• Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
• EDGE
• HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
• GPS with A-GPS support
• Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
• v2.0 miniUSB
• 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Touch Focus
• Video recording
• Secondary video call camera
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
• Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
• Picture editor/blogging
• Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41)
• Stand by Up to 833 h (2G) / Up to 640 h (3G)
• Talktime Up to 10 h (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)

Top notch design, solid feel, QWERTY sliding keyboard, optical joystick and touch screen, customizable home screen, HSDPA, GPS, 3.5 mm headphone socket, 3.15 mp camera and much more; this is what Sony Ercisson has brought with this stylish smartphone.

5. Innov8:

8 of Innov8 expresses the 8 mp camera that is integrated into the phone. On camera editing and high rate image quality offers are few of its features.

Specs:

• 106.5 x 53.9 x 17.2 mm
• 136 g
• 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
• Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
• Optical trackpad
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• DNSe 2.0 (Digital Natural Sound Engine)
• Internal 8 GB/16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM
• GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
• EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
• HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
• Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
• v2.0 microUSB
• 8 MP camera, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, image stabilization, wide dynamic range
• Videocall camera
• Symbian OS v9.3, Series 60 rel. 3.2
• ARM 11 330 MHz processor
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• GPS with A-GPS support
• DivX/H.263/H.264/WMV/MP4 player
• MP3/eAAC+/WMA/AMR/RealAudio player
• TV-out
• Video editing
• Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
• Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh
• Stanby Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh
• Talktime Up to 8 h 30 min (2G) / 2 h 30 min (3G)

Great camera features and options, and wonderful image quality is what makes Innov8 a great phone. But instead of an LED flash, there should have been a Xenon flash.

These were the top five unlocked smart phones, with wondrous features and great performance. They won’t bind you with a single carrier; rather you will be free to choose whatever connection you want.

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