Nokia E72

Editor's Review of the E72

Clad in grey, brown or black casing, the Nokia E72 comes with a set of business-focused and personal features that offer practical and pleasurable mobile phone experience. It is part of Nokia's line-up of sleek bar-shaped mobile phones that include the Nokia E71. Measuring 114 x 58 x 10 millimetres and weighing 128 grams including its fitted battery, this Smartphone is compact enough for hand-carry and is pocket-friendly. This handset comes with an array of ringtones in MP3 and polyphonic formats that users can assign as text, message or other alerts.

A TFT display screen that measures 60.96 millimetres sits neatly on this handset. This wide screen supports 16 million colours over a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. Right below the TFT screen, users will find an optical Navi key coupled with a full QWERTY keyboard that offers convenience in text or numeric input options.

This Smartphone is powered by Symbian v9.3 operating system and runs on S60 3.2 software. It makes an ideal companion for frequent travellers with its quad band support. It works on GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, HSDPA 900, HSDPA 1900 and HSDPA 2100, which makes it useful for global roaming. Its network reach, however, is fully dependent on its user's network provider.

Navigating the World Wide Web is possible through the Nokia E72's onboard HTML and XHTML Nokia browser. On-the-go users will appreciate its Wi-Fi selection, which allows them to go online in designated hotspots. This mobile phone also offers the USB connectivity option through which users may connect this handset with compatible devices and transfer files. Users may also opt to share data from or to this mobile phone to other handsets, laptops, personal computers, scanners or printers minus the hassle of cables and wires. This is possible through the wireless Bluetooth technology. Equipped with GPRS and EDGE technologies, the Nokia E72 ensures users a boost in Internet downloading and data transfer rates. As it is also 3G HSDPA-powered, this handset flaunts its multi-tasking efficiency.

This mobile phone offers SMS or Text and MMS or multimedia messaging services to keep users in touch with their contacts. It also supports instant messaging chatting and allows users to access their e-mail accounts and compose, send or receive e-mail messages with attachment. This handset also functions as a virtual organiser with its tools to assist users and keep them on top of their busy schedules. It has a phone book, calendar, clock, alarm clock, calculator, to-do list option and vibration alert. It also allows users to view files in PDF, MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint formats. Additionally, this handset comes with A-GPS Navigation system that supports Nokia Maps application for travels to unfamiliar places. A conference call option, an onboard speaker phone, call log selection, call waiting, call hold, call divert options and voice commands also make every call transaction trouble-free.

The Nokia E72 comes with a 5-Megapixel camera complete with the imaging features of auto focus and LED flash that improves quality photo outputs. This onboard camera also doubles as a video recorder and supports video playback and video streaming. As a 3G-enabled handset, this mobile phone comes with a front-facing camera for video calling purposes. To delight music lovers, this handset is also endowed with a music player that supports MP3 and AAC audio formats. An alternate listening option is an FM radio facility complete with RDS. This radio feature not only allows users to enjoy their favourite tunes via radio stations, but also enables them to acquire data relating to current events, weather or sports. This mobile phone also doubles as a gaming device with its set of Java games that users can enjoy. It also permits users to download their favourite games online, and unto this handset.

This handset offers users 250 Megabytes of internal memory, which is expandable to up to 16 Gigabytes with the use of a MicroSD memory card. Users may enjoy 12.5 hours of talk time using this mobile phone, or an equivalent of 480 hours of standby time on a fully charged battery.

Unsatisfied users criticise this mobile phone for its track pad that reportedly tends to be pesky. They also contend that with this handset, Nokia falls short on pre-installing a device for quality video captures. Despite the flaws, the Nokia E72 succeeds at offering an expandable memory and offering good quality of calls. Happy owners also find this handset's look appeals to modern users.