Description:
The Nokia E72 is a display 16.7 million colors, 320 x 240 pixels in dimensions of 114 x 58 x 10 mm and weighs 128 grams.
The Nokia E72 has a 5 megapixel camera. He also.
It has a 250 MB internal memory The Nokia E72 is compatible with the networks.
It is available in stores since September 2009 at 39 € (cons € NC).
Introduction
After the huge success of the E71's full keyboard smartphone, Nokia could not let the competition take hold of this market. But how to improve an already very popular phone?
Simply by delivering the taste of the day, of course.
To reach an appetite, a short video presentation:
Design and finishing
Both say now: The E72 seems to be a slight upgrade from the E71, while the latter was clearly a new model against the previous E71. Despite appearances, the innovations are many: the latest version of Symbian, faster processor, better camera, HSUPA support for standard, electronic compass, full version of mobile Office suite, and optical block.
The device closely resembles its predecessor, both in his line, as its dimensions. We therefore find a clean finish, the quality is reinforced by several parts made of metal. The line of the device is also very neat, very few people will find the E72 ugly. Attention to detail: the various connectors, with the exception of audio output, are hidden under plastic caps. Only downside on our test model: a subtle was present on one side of the metal battery cover.
Symbian to use
Upon first boot, the world of Nokia and Symbian S60 remember your good (or bad?) Memories: the interface has not changed, and assistants will help you start most configurations, until now very painful. The configuration settings of your operators and your GMail account will only take a few moments here.
The interface, which some deem a little wrinkled, is extremely responsive to use, and the screen - identical to the E71 - is very good. We noted no visibility problem in our tests outdoors.
The keyboard on the other hand, is more like the embedded version in E63 than E71. Its use will require a short adjustment period, given the small size of the buttons, and especially the "space" key. Good point: special characters are accessed via a long press on the dedicated button.
Compared to E71, the E72 gets a directional pad optical, in addition to the traditional version. Even if the concept is interesting, we have not hung on the current integration of this system: the act of swiping a finger across the sensor will, at best, simulate a press on the pavement in the direction required. We're still far from simulating a "trackball" like the BlackBerry or HTC Hero. Damage.
With its 1500 mAh battery, the battery life is more than satisfactory compared to the competition: to fully drain the battery will take about 7 hours of video playback, 5 hours of surfing in EDGE mobile, over 30 hours of audio playback or 5 hours of car navigation.
By using "classic" (meet mails every 15 minutes, a few minutes of calls and dozens of SMS, more than one hour per day of mobile surfing, we could count on at least two days of autonomy, see three.
Web and desktop
Surfing on mobile, the latest version of the browser is pleasant to use, even if the touchscreen terminals keep the advantage in ease of navigation. Our biggest criticism is that the directional pad (optical or not): it is sometimes difficult to move the cursor to a desired link, the latter sometimes passing just above or below with a pulse of the pavement. An improved version of the optical sensor, which can only be activated in the web browser will be clearly a major plus point.
Note: the email client now offers to view emails in HTML, even though that method is not proposed by default. The latter also has compatibility push, even for accounts "classical" if they use the dedicated service of Nokia.
This mail client is far from perfect: when receiving an email on an IMAP account, the fact to read or delete this message from another phone will not stop the notifications on the E72, then the message will is listed as read. Other error: Unable to define priorities of connections for reading emails. Either you choose your wireless connection or your wireless, but this choice will be valid for all surveys, with the disadvantages that entails: delays and unnecessary use of your wireless connection at home, or unable to read your emails on the go.
Maemo 5, Android and iPhone OS are much more effective on this point.
One of our readers asked us if it was now possible to add guests to a meeting in the calendar of the E72 and the answer is "yes." However, you must manually send the meeting by mail to inform your contacts of this meeting. We have not tested the sync with a Lotus or otherwise.
Multimedia
The multimedia part is progressing towards the old model: the resolution of the camera goes to 5 million pixels, and the audio output is now at 3.5 mm standard format. Another good point: the camera connected via USB, external memory of it will be visible as a mass storage.
The quality of pictures is more than correct, comparable to other smartphones that offer 5 million pixels of the manufacturer. A somewhat surprising: the version of the software incorporated into our E72 test does not allow the geographic location of your shots.
In view audio player that is typical Nokia S60 smartphones offers on its non-tactile. Browsing through your music library is very easy and different equalizers are available. The sound quality is very good and sophisticated users can easily use headphones more efficient. Only disappointment: except the volume control, no remote control is present on the original headset, you need to go through the audio player handling.
The FM tuner is of course present, as often with Nokia.
GPS
Conclude with a note on GPS: the material point of view, few differences from the E71, the GPS receiver can still be helped by the GSM network (A-GPS) to speed up localization.
Nokia Maps, by cons, is now integrated into version 3.0. The software is easy to use, but still require a paid subscription (to receive voice guidance) during our test.
In recent days, Nokia Maps is completely free, including voice guidance.
Conclusion
We liked the E71 when it was released, it is difficult to resist the E72, which improves the previous model on almost all fronts: faster, better battery life, and some improved multimedia online discount for every day. Only allergic to find fault with Symbian OS for this device.
Level of competition, only the Blackberry, and their specific subscription, will compete.
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