It’s been about a year ago the Nokia E71 was released, and till now it is Nokia’s best selling QWERTY device to date, and even probably the most successful QWERTY business phones in history. Frankly to say the phone is still not out of date, it is still a powerful business device better than many newer business phone. However, Nokia recently has launched a newer version of it, namely Nokia E72 to fill up the demands of the crowds.
Design
The design of Nokia E72 has nothing much changes with it predecessor. It still remains measure 114 x 58 x 10 mm in dimension and weight of 128g (1g heavier than E71). This is a pockectable device that won’t let you have problem fit into your pocket. The display still remains the same 2.36 inches screen which have 320 x 240 pixels of resolutions. Likewise, it is not the best display we’d ever seen, but it still capable to offer clear and bright images. Below the display housed the navigation pad and few soft keys and shortcut keys, where it is the most obvious part that no like it predecessor. If you want to distinguish between the two phone, than look for this part. They still have the same arrangement, but the shortcut keys ( menu, calender keys on the left and phonebook and email keys on the right) are no longer stick with either side of navigation pad, they are now moved toward the edge of the phone. It left the navigation pad alone at the center. Also the The D-pad now features a Optical Navi Key (optical track pad) instead of the 5-way D-pad. The Qwerty keypad also has replace with a new one, like the one in Nokia E63. However, we can’t feel the differences when typing on the keypad. There will be 3 colors launching for this model, Zodium Black, Metal Grey, Topaz Brown. Each of it will deliver classy feel to the users.
OS, UI and Software
The E72 runs S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 on the 600 MHz processor. It is next to identical to the Nokia E71 in terms of core features, but with some minor improvement that probably would be ignored by most users , especially if he/she is not familiar or never experience Symbian OS. The homescreen is still pretty much the same where you will see a horizontal icons bar on the top and a vertical shortcut on the middle. What’s new at here is, at the bottom there are three icons standing for missed calls, messages and voice mail which will only show up when there are related events happens. Clicking on each thumbnail will make a pop-up with extra information appear on the screen.
Nokia Messaging and Mail for Exchange are also now fully integrated into the Messaging application and there’s support for multiple email account identities. Also the Ovi Chat, Nokia’s instant messaging software, is pre-installed too and it is accessible via the Contacts application, includes basic location features and supports Ovi accounts, Google Chat and Yahoo Messenger.
There are also some extra features that F71 doesn’t have such as accelerometer that use screen auto-rotation; A-GPS and compass with integrated Nokia Maps; Lotus Notes Traveler that prompts you to install it once you access the Email app and try to set up a corporate email box; New version of, delivering Microsoft Office 2007 compatibility. All these features is Nokia make to lure more attention on E72 rather than E71.
Music and Video
The music and video player has the pretty much same as in the E71 but with some improvements. The audio equalizer now shows 8 configurable bars instead of just 5 on the E71, giving more precisely audio set up. The player also features Bass boosterand Stereo widening for better music experience. We have to said that the 3D effect wasn’t good enough but the audio remains crystal clear and loud. Also, the phone has a 3.5mm headphone jack that can fit to most of the headset on the market. So if you intend to listen to even better audio quality, get yourself a good headset. In term of video playback, Nokia never fails to deliver great screens and good video performance. The quality of video playing is excellent. However, the small screen limit the pleasure to watch video on the phone.
Camera
The E72 comes with a 5 MP camera with autofocus with is also seen on some other latest phones from Nokia, such as 6720 Classic and 6710 Navigator. However, its lens is no Carl Zeiss but can capture images up to 2592 x 1944 pixels of resolution and image size of 2Mb. The camera is able to capture quite good quality pictures, but still not very good at shooting in the dark. For normal shooting, it gets the job done. Since it is not a camera dedicated phone, we don’t expect it can replace our digicam.
In short
It is no doubt he Nokia E72 is an excellent smartphone. Apparently it is even better than it predecessor, though it has no significant upgrade. But the little changes make the phone become so much better. If you ask how about E71, we have to say it is still the best business phone on the market due to date, but after Nokia E72.
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