Believe it or not, the Nokia E72 was made official way back in June this year and despite the promise of a third quarter release date, it’s well into the fourth quarter that the replacement to the E71 finally makes its appearance. We love the Nokia E71 – so much so we made it one of our highlights of 2008 – and it’s a testament to its brilliant design that it still feels fresh today. So, if the E71 is still great, what does the E72 bring to the business lunch?
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3G with HSDPA and HSUPA.
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Wi-Fi and A2DP Bluetooth.
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A 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and an LED flash.
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The casing is just 10mm thick and the phone weighs 128 grams.
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GPS with a digital compass.
Of course, the E72 is still a QWERTY phone and we expect the keyboard to be every bit as good as the E71’s, although hopefully those with ‘fuller’ fingers will find it easier to hit the right key first time on this version. Navigation has been improved with the old D-pad being replaced by an optical trackpad, plus the E72 has an accelerometer for auto-rotation of the screen and a tap-for-time function similar to that found on the Arte series handsets.
The operating system remains the same – Symbian S60 – but you’ll spot some changes to the home screen, with the addition of quick access IM services being the most obvious. One of the only things missing on the E71 was a 3.5mm socket for your own headphones, an oversight Nokia have rectified here, plus the addition of a digital compass should make the GPS even better.
Visually, the E72 hasn’t much changed over the E71, retaining the style and 2.3″ 320×240 pixel screen, along with the excellent news that the various additions haven’t seen a bloating of size and weight, with the E72 retaining essentially the same dimensions. We expect this beauty to do very well!
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