SlashGear Japan
So you’ve impressed your friends, family and even yourself with your new Nokia E61. They marvel at its thumb keyboard, gasp at its bright, clear screen, coo with appreciative glee at the slick menus and operation.
And then you drop it on the floor and it gets a ruddy great scratch across it. All of a sudden, nobody invites you to parties anymore. Elderly women spit at you in the street.
Andrew Liszewski is a lucky E61 owner and also pretty damn careful about not letting his cellular pride and joy come to any harm. Having stored it in an old iPaq case at first, he has eventually given it the respect it deserves and invested in a Vaja leather case.
Is it any good? Is $60 a ridiculous amount of money to spend on a case? Do sheep have hidden compartments where they store knitting needles? Two of these questions are answered in Andrew’s lovely review.
Vaja Nokia E61 Leather Case [OhGizmo!]
5 Responses to “Vaja E61 case reviewed”
Vincent Nguyen September 19, 2006
This case should fit the new Nokia E62 offered by Cingular. Very nice case.
NeutralDaniel September 19, 2006
I wish it has a built in screen protector
NeutralEwdison Then September 19, 2006
That’s why they made screen protector lol, mine is full of scracthes now (e61)
NeutralLucky Luke September 19, 2006
very slick case!
NeutralAaron F. June 17, 2007
I have NOT had a positive experience with this case.
Despite only storing the case in a pants pocket, or lined backpack pocket, the built-in screen protector got incredibly scratched after only 2 weeks of use. It is so bad that I have difficulty reading parts of the E61 screen through it.
When I wrote to Vaja customer care with my concerns, they replied that any scratches were my own fault, and not the result of any production flaw.
They did not offer to fix the case until several emails were exchanged.
Even then, Vaja made it clear that I would be responsible for any postage expenses (internationally since I am based in Europe), and that they would have to inspect the case in person before deciding whether my request had any merit.
I have previously purchased two cases from Vaja for my older Sony Clie and T610 mobile phone. After this latest experience with an E61 case, and the extremely unhelpful and rude customer care, I will never purchase from them ever again.
Buyer beware!!!
Neutral