The Nokia E61i device is designed such that it enables one to work on the go. It has improved email capability with One Touch Keys and a QWERTY keyboard. It also allows you to surf the internet through high speed 3G and also view and edit compatible attachments easily. The phone is slim in build with dimensions 117mm by 70 by 13.9 mm and a weight of 150g.

The device has Quad-band GSM operating frequency and EDGE coverage for international usage. It has WCDMA connectivity with high-speed circuit-switched data and GSM circuit-switched data. It also has integrated WLAN, email data roaming, integrated infrared module, USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 1.2 specification. The phone has S60 3rd edition user interface, email key and LED indicator for new mail. It also has One-Touch keys, Power key that can be used as Profile key, Myown key and Phonebook key.

The Nokia E61i has a 2.8 inch QVGA landscape active-matrix color Display with up to 16 million colors. The phone has a 2 mega pixel camera for taking photos and recording videos. It supports Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email and also third-party email clients including Mail for Exchange 1.5 and Blackberry Connect v2.1. It can also view and open email attachments Quickoffice, ZIP Manager and Adobe Acrobat Reader. It also has MMS, SMS and Instant Messaging Client.

The Nokia E61i’s Multimedia features include Music Player with MP3 and AAC formats. It also has audio and video streaming through 3GPP and Real Media. It has HTML And XHTML browsers including Nokia web browser with Mini Map. It also enables Data Transfer through Bluetooth, Infrared, Cable or Wireless LAN. The device has a Nokia Team Suite Application that facilitates Conference Calls and initiates Push to Talk sessions with team members.

The Voice features of the phone include Voice dialing, Voice commands and voice recording for recording conversations. It also has Internet Call release 2.1 for making Voice over IP calls, text-to-speech message reader and voice aid for eyes-free control of core functions. The digital services of the phone include Over-the air download capability for ringtones and email. It has 60MB internal user memory expandable up to 2 GB with hot swappable microSD memory card.