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I am fortunate to not be a Nokia E71 user. The E72 is a great phone and having its predecessor would make justifying a new phone purchase hard. My deal with this phone is that the E71 is a really good device, but the E72, adds a few upgrades. Think of the E72 as an E71.5 because the E72 is practically a clone of its predecessor in the e-series.

This means that if you are already using the E71, do not bother upgrading as you already have most of the features. The sad part is that the current cost of the E72 is just barely higher than that of the E71 and the extra hardware is worth more than the difference. As with any form of technology, owners of the original model did not get a bad deal; during its release, the E71 was already a great purchase that offered an excellent hand set, useful features and at a reasonable price.

I have not yet actually tried the E72 first hand, but I have seen several reviews of the E72 and from what I have read, this mobile phone packs quite a punch. As I said, the original E71 was already a great device to begin with, it had a fast processor, a 2.36 inch screen, Bluetooth and all the usual smart phone features.

The E72 takes this up a notch by adding in more internal memory, a much faster processor, a better position for the 3.5mm audio jack, and upgrading the 3 mega pixel camera up to 5 mega pixels. Now that is an improvement. The thing you should remember here is that despite the upgrades, it does not justify shifting from the original E71 if you already have it. Get this device if you do not have either of the two.

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Nokia E72

The Nokia E72 belongs to the line of E-series phones, of which the Nokia E63, the Nokia E90 and the Nokia E71 are members as well. The Nokia E72 is the successor to the E71, with some really sleek looks and some fancy rounded edges, and also sports a number of improvements with regard to the specifications. The QWERTY smartphone has a 5 megapixel snapper with some nice add-ons and a fancy 3.5 mm headset jack to the relief of all music lovers, along with the Symbian S60FP2 OS. Here’s the rest of the specifications sheet.

- Works on all 2G and 3G networks

- Weighs in at 128 grams and has a thin waistline of 10 mm

- TFT screen is 2.36 inches long, has a resolution of 320×240 pixels and is able to display upto 16M colours

- Full QWERTY keyboard

- Five-way scroll key, optical trackpad

- Polyphonic, monophonic and MP3 ringtones supported

- 3.5 mm headset jack

Nokia E72

- Phonebook can store unlimited number of contacts and supports PhotoID

- Call records can be stored for upto 30 days

- Internal memory of 250 MB and 128 MB of RAM

- Internal memory can be expanded upto 16 GB via the hotswap microSD memory card slot

- Class 32 GPRS and EDGE connectivity allows you to surf the internet in areas where 3G or Wi-Fi connectivity is not supported

- 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA connectivity available for high speed internet access and downloads as well as for facilitating video calls

- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g connectivity available for high speed internet access in Wi-Fi hotspots

- Bluetooth v2.0 with support for A2DP profiles

- microUSB v2.0 port available for high speed data transfer between the phone and the PC

- 5 megapixel camera which can shoot pictures with a maximum resolution of 2592×1944 pixels. Camera also has autofocus and an LED flash

- Video recording is done with VGA@15fps

- Secondary VGA videocall camera

- Symbian OS 9.3 Series 60 v3.2 OS

- ARM 11 600 MHZ processor

- Messaging options include SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging and Email

- WAP 2.0 browser

- Stereo FM radio with support for RDS and visual radio

- Colour schemes include Zodium Black, Topaz Brown and Metal Grey

- GPS with A-GPS support and Nokia Maps 3.0 (digital compass also available)

- Video player supports WMB, RV, MP4 and 3GP video files

- Music player supports MP3, WAV, WMA, RA, M4A and AAC songs

- Flash Lite v3.0

- Push to talk, voice command, voice dial, printing, organizer

- Maximum standby time of upto 480 hours and maximum talk time of upto 12 hours and 30 minutes of a 2G network

- Maximum standby time of upto 576 hours and maximum talk time of upto 6 hours on a 3G network

The phone has a nice steel frame on its sides and the battery cover is made out of stainless steel, giving it an extremely posh look. There are a number of shortcut buttons on the phone, ensuring t hat you can access the necessary functions quickly. The full QWERTY keyboard and the screen take up most of the front panel of the phone.

All in all, a great slim business phone which will appeal to an extremely broad audience, so get your hands on it now.

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We’d never be ones to bash Apple as a company. They’ve brought more innovations, style and all round pleasure to the mobile phone market that they should be revered for the tech-gods they are. But we do find it interesting to be able to compare two “upgrades” in the space of a week. The first, below, Apple iPhone 3G S, we found just about able to be claimed as “new”, and again, just about worthy of your money over the previous iteration of the phone. The Nokia E72 is something entirely different. Nokia haven’t just tweaked and slightly streamlined this handset, they’ve overhauled it. Just take a look at this list if you don’t believe us:

• New optical navigation key for intuitive scrolling and fast panning
• Desktop like email experience (successful feature imported from the E75)
• Compass and A-GPS (including integrated Maps)
• Active noise cancellation helping improve general call quality
• Camera upgraded to 5 megapixels
• Symbian S60 system running faster thanks to performance tweaks
• 3.5 mm audio jack and FM radio included
• New IM features – connect to your current IM accounts (Yahoo, Google, Ovi, etc.)
• Lifetime license for Nokia’s mobile email and IM services
• Onboard Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler (allowing you to access all your email accounts)
• Spacebar key-activated torch function
• New version of Quickoffice – Microsoft Office 2007 compatibility
• 128 grams, 10mm thick
• 480 standby hours. 12 hrs 2G talk time, 6 hours for 3G
• Access to the brand-new Ovi Store for apps and other media / entertainment

All hail the new Nokia E72 then. There sure as hell wasn’t a list like that when it came to the iPhone 3G S. Nokia have taken the bar, climbed a really tall building, built some scaffolding even higher, then got on a ladder, then put the bar on top of that ladder. Take note, Apple and everyone else. This is how you improve something. And the fact that the E71 was already Nokia’s best ever selling QWERTY-keyboard phone goes some way to showing how much we should all be appreciating the effort they’ve made with this Nokia E72. Take a look at this Nokia E72 review, or slip on your sandals and watch this hippy-background-music video made by Nokia themselves:

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