Comments on All About Nokia: Nokia E72 Full Review - Part 3: Performance/UI

Hi Ant, Amazing review. I used E71 for almost 2 ye...

2011-03-22T18:59:47.129+02:00

Hi Ant,
Amazing review. I used E71 for almost 2 years and now switched to E72. I've a doubt on 'Message Notification' on the main screen. In E71, if you scroll to Notification Icon, it was shown like

Mike How are you? 6:05 PM

However in E72, short message is not shown, and it shows like

Mike 6:05 PM

Is it a feature, or I am missing something in the settings. The earlier implementation was good, in terms of checking the sms on first hand or getting a jist of it. However in E72 you've to go to Inbox to read the entire message.

AMAZING review. Honestly, after a lot of research ...

2011-01-09T10:43:29.105+02:00

AMAZING review. Honestly, after a lot of research and thinking, the E71, N95, E72, and N900 are the best phones by Nokia because they ran their time. The E72 and E72 are still good phones now, Jan. 2011. But the N95 fell behind, it had its disadvantages that one would have ignored at its peak in the market. The N900 is another specimen and a more playful device. Multimedia, browsing, and games wise I would use the N900 probably running Android 2.2 or 2.3 if it's available for apps purposes.

just lovely, but i have one question.is it true th...

2010-12-08T23:59:19.034+02:00

just lovely, but i have one question.is it true that there is a big difference betwen E71 and E72 when it comes the ringing volume.At E72 is more quiet and in loudly enviroment you will not be able to hear it?sorry for my english and thank you

how do u take the writting of he front page of

2010-06-20T05:13:40.163+03:00

how do u take the writting of he front page of

Hello, Antoine. I just got an E72 last week. Do ...

2010-06-14T21:48:58.601+03:00

Hello, Antoine. I just got an E72 last week. Do you know if there is a way to make the pictures bigger in the contacts display? Also, do you know of a way to make the picture in call mode stay displayed during a call (it gets replaced by a text bubble).

Thanks
Eov, Philippines

I am having terrible battery life with Mail for Ex...

2010-03-25T18:47:55.393+02:00

I am having terrible battery life with Mail for Exchange. When I first got my e71 it took a few firmware upgrades to get any battery life, and it turned out to be 2 solid days of battery life. With the e72 I am right back to four hours. I have updated to the latest FW available (usa). It just stinks. Any ideas?
Thanks

I have Nokia E72-2 Type RM-529 with software versi...

2010-03-25T01:14:50.759+02:00

I have Nokia E72-2 Type RM-529 with software version 022.007 and custom version 022.007.244.02. When I turn the volume up to 100% the phone freezes and reboots. I also have an E71 on which I am running call recording software xelnex lite and work fine. The same software does record on E72 but the recording when played back is garbled. I have tried many other recording software including the voice recorder software available on the phone still the same problem. ALON Contact Guide Pro which works fine on E71 has trouble recognizing the qwerty keyboard on E72 and behave like a T9 keyboard. The Search application does not search in the address fields of the contacts.

thanks for the review

2010-02-28T05:43:48.733+02:00

thanks for the review

What are redundant games?

2010-02-09T23:53:19.132+02:00

What are redundant games?

I totally agree with DrVX. I'm cursing myself,...

2010-01-05T15:17:54.489+02:00

I totally agree with DrVX. I'm cursing myself, since I bought E72. A firmware update is required as soon as possible.....

I have the some issues with E72 as desribed by use...

2009-12-31T22:20:40.684+02:00

I have the some issues with E72 as desribed by user DrVx .

Here is my take. I have had the E72 for a month no...

2009-12-31T08:28:13.979+02:00

Here is my take. I have had the E72 for a month now and I am frustrated like hell.
Issues:-
1.Camera takes 4-5 seconds to open and the 'processing' message remains for as much as 6 seconds after takin a pic. On my E71 it took less than a second.
2. Phonetinfo, and Phoneinfo show the processor speed as 192 Mhz, though some claim that a newer version of Phonetinfo will show 600 Mhz.
3. The Email software from NOKIA is regressive. The IMAP folders are not easy to reach as on E71 and they do not display the number of unread messages in brackets. You need to open all folders to be able to know if there are any unread messages.
4. There is a lot of animation / transition time in the email program. I would ask NOKIA to do away with the transitions and make it snappy.
5. The back cover on E71 was solid but on E72 it keeps coming loose. There is only one button which is gets pressed accidentally and many a time I have lifted my phone from the table and the back cover is falling off.
6. The menu has been redesigned to make you go several levels. On E71 it was menu>setting> whereas on E72 it is menu>control panel> settings making you click more buttons. In order to go to maps you need to go to menu>app>gps rather than menu>gps on E71. I know one can rearrange the icons but this is regressive development from Nokia.
7. The sync cable is like 6 inches long. On the E71 I could lift the phone from the table and answer a call while it was connected to my laptop, but in E72, I have to disconnect the cable or bend awkwardly to take a call. Why a 6 inch cable, down from a meter long cable on E71.
8. On the E71 camera screen, you could go to options>gallery, but on the E72, the gallery option is missing making you scroll through the main menu to go to the gallery.
9. During a call, the optical key stops functioning. If you are scrolling through a number or the menu while on a call, the optical key will not work. It also does not work in the Camera menu tool bar once the picture is taken. It works before the picture is taken.
10. I have not had once incident when the voice recognition could make out who I was trying to call. It always gets the wrong name.
11. The plastic covers for the Micro USB and the MicroSD card fall off. They have to be very carefully pulled out or else you can lose them.
12. Another issue is that unlike E71 messaging, there is no option to sync the 'read' message status. It automatically does. Meaning, if I have read a message on the phone, it will show as read on my Gmail.
13. There is no option to turn on HTML messages universally. One has to do it for every mail individually.
14. While playing music, the optical key is inadvertently sensing the insides of my pocket and skips from song to song. I have to go to main screen and manually lock the keypad to be able to use the music player with the phone in my pocket.
15. The RAM shows only about 25 to 30 MB free with all apps closed using Taskman for the purpose. On E71 it used to be 60 MB or more. I have many a times got a 'memory full' error message on my E72. I never ever got this message on the E71 ever.
16. I have sometimes got the 'maximum number of connections in use, close a connection?' error message when I have only one opera mini screen open. Bug ??
17. The Internet Radio app has been removed.
18. There are only redundant games like solitaire and block cascade.

Apart from these the positives are a larger C drive (260 up from 120 on E71). The Torch key (long press space bar). The integration of Nokia Email with the Nokia inbuilt messaging app. Option to change snooze time in clock alarm , erc.
Overall, I am still regretting having bought this phone and hope I had kept my E71. This phone is going to be a failure if the firmware updates do not fix the problem. If any other user has a different experience, then please do let us know. Thanks

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Hi Antoine: Superb review. Could you please let m...

2009-12-01T04:16:56.996+02:00

Hi Antoine:

Superb review. Could you please let me know the in-call voice clarity, volume and reception of E72. This is what I consider the first thing in any mobile that I want to buy.

Is it possible to setup email account with wifi co...

2009-11-20T20:15:00.510+02:00

Is it possible to setup email account with wifi connection? I don't have 3G service. I tried several time to add the email accounts but it goes back to the previous screen.

hi thx for ur effort to bring us such indepth revi...

2009-11-03T00:04:49.116+02:00

hi thx for ur effort to bring us such indepth reviews abt the e72,,,,,,but i need to know plz if we can do msn chating with the pre installed IM

thank you

we really like the E51's design but the power,...

2009-10-30T07:34:59.880+02:00

we really like the E51's design but the power, volume and recording keys around the edge of the E51...

Hi Ant1, Does the font magnifier also work in res...

2009-10-26T18:00:56.539+02:00

Hi Ant1,

Does the font magnifier also work in resizing the font size of text messages? One gripe I have with e71 is that i couldn't resize the font of the text message to a larger size- am far-sighted and i sometimes forget to bring my reading glasses, so reading messages on the e71 is a real challenge for me when that happens. thanks!

Well I've set the alarm to snooze for 1 minute...

2009-09-27T17:28:28.116+03:00

Well I've set the alarm to snooze for 1 minute and did so for 6 times, then on the 7th time the snooze button on the right disappears. So 7 times is all you get, then you have to hit the STOP button.

Thanks for the quick reply Antoine. Do you know i...

2009-09-25T22:37:30.758+03:00

Thanks for the quick reply Antoine.

Do you know if there's a limit to the number of times the alarm snoozes?
If it's infinite then it would be a good workaround.

Again, thanks for publishing the most comprehensive review of the E72 to date!

Andrei, it's a proto for sure :) I wish I had ...

2009-09-25T21:41:38.168+03:00

Andrei, it's a proto for sure :) I wish I had bought it. Suggested retail price is around $550 but it may vary depending on the country and the taxes. As for your request of testing HSDPA+ I'm very sorry to tell you that I don't have that service running in my country. I can connect to EDGE and we're still waiting for 3G to come our way :) tech enthusiasts suffer here... I guess that's one of the downsides of this job: you cannot finalize a 100% test - that's why I try to carry out such download speed tests whenever I am abroad.

Anonymous, you are right about that. But I've grown accustomed to Symbian and whenever I have something coming up and I miss the alarm, I can check it back on my homescreen (in active standby mode). What you can do is set the alarm to snooze for short whiles (5 minutes is good) then it would go on and off every 5 minutes until you dismiss it. This works for both the Clock and the Calendar, meaning it can be applied for appointments, memos, to-dos and simple alarms. But you are right, an icon would be nice to realize you've missed an event. A shout out to Nokia, maybe they'll add something similar :)

Excellent review, thanks for publishing! My last ...

2009-09-25T10:18:37.544+03:00

Excellent review, thanks for publishing!

My last Nokia was the E51 which I sold when I discovered that there is no icon, no way of knowing if you've missed any alarms that have went off but that you missed (which is ludicrous: why wouldn't you want to be notified of this, just like you want to know if you have any missed calls?). I loved the phone otherwise and would have gotten the E71 later if it weren't for this.

So the big question is: if an alarm goes off (both from the calendar and the alarm app) and you don't dismiss it at that moment, is there any notification/icon of some kind that informs you of this, so you know that you missed it (just like you get icons for missed calls/sms/mails/etc...)?

All other smartphone platforms do this so I was extremely surprised and disappointed when I discovered that S60 doesn't. So the million $ question is: how does this version of S60 behave with missed alarms?

That's the only thing that keeps me from going back to Nokia, as I love the E72 form-factor.

Thanks.

Sorry, I didn't paid attention, it's a pro...

2009-09-23T13:25:56.235+03:00

Sorry, I didn't paid attention, it's a prototype phone or did you buy it directly from a store? On which price was?

Would be interesting to test it as a modem, to see on which speed it makes the downloads. Doesn't matter if the carrier is good or not, I just want to know a transfer speed on HSDPA+ with this phone. I will use it alternately as a data modem.

A.

@Mino: clock CAN be turned off but not in active s...

2009-09-21T11:07:34.956+03:00

@Mino: clock CAN be turned off but not in active standby mode. I will show you in the next post by uploading screenshots.

Navigation coming up in the next post. Add anythin...

2009-09-21T00:55:39.703+03:00

Navigation coming up in the next post. Add anything you'd like to see and I'll try my best to deliver. Video review will also be up afterwards.

Great review!! As asked above im also curious abou...

2009-09-21T00:14:51.587+03:00

Great review!!
As asked above im also curious about the GPS improvements over the E71.