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Nokia E72 Unlocked Phone with GPS and Free Voice Navigation -- U.S. Version with Full Warranty (Zodium Black)

(66 Customer Reviews)

Price: $329.99
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Technical Details

• Unlocked quad-band GSM cell phone compatible with 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies and US/International 3G compatibility via 850/1900/2100 UMTS/HSDPA plus GPRS/EDGE capabilities
• Push e-mail and calendars via Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes Traveler; full QWERTY keyboard with Optical Navi key for more intuitive navigation
• GPS with free Ovi Maps navigation ; 5-megapixel camera/camcorder; stereo Bluetooth; Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g)
• Up to 12.5 hours of GSM talk time (5.9 on 3G networks), up to 576 hours (24 days) of standby time
• What's in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, connectivity cable, headset, lanyard, pouch, printed documentation

 

Product Details

Product Weight: 1.20 pounds

Shipping Weight: 1.10 pounds

Model: 002M1S1

Manufacturer: Nokia

Sales Rank: 432

 

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Customer Reviews

pricey compared to E71,
by Zafer Aktan, 2010-07-22

570$ vs 230$ as of today (July 2010)
~300$ difference
Go with E71 - won't loose much but will keep 300$ in your pocket

 

Notes from a new Nokia user (Win experienced),
by Andres Jimenez Zamora, 2010-07-16

I've been using Windows Mobile with an HTC unit for a while and I decided to give this phone a try (I was also tired of the many issues that Win Mobile has, and the many OS re-installations I had to go through with my old phone to get a nice & stable version).

My first impressions with this phone: out of the box it looks very nice, very attractive and elegant look, similar to a Blackberry. It comes pre-charged but I immediately plugged it in to the wall just in case. It looked to me that it doesn't take much time for the battery to get full charge now that I've been using it for like a month, it is really fast when connected to a wall charger. It comes with a nice Nokia pouch. The USB cable is pretty small (about the length of a pen) which is not very useful. Also, don't believe what Amazon says about what's in the box. It says it comes with a Nokia navigation kit, which I didn't get. Bad for Amazon.

On to the review of key features:

** Connectivy: no issues on an international 850MHz 3G network (I live in Costa Rica). I've tested GSM as well with no issues. Push email working fine with work email accounts and personal ones. However, one day my personal inboxes just dissapeared without a reason so I had to reconfigure them. Very strange. Yahoo email will never work.

** GPS: I haven't used it much but I do have Garmin Mobile XT installed with no issues. It takes a while to find satellites but I guess this is normal in smartphones.

** Keys: Some users are right. It's kinda hard to text using just one hand to hold the phone at the same time. Keys might be too small for people with big fingers.

** OS: not very stable. Whenever I want to switch personal and business profiles it hangs and I have to restart the phone. Sometimes it reboots itself out of nowhere.

** Camera: very nice, pictures are really decent, as expected for a 5M camera. However, there's no way to turn off the shutter sound or the flash. Front camera comes with much less resolution. For those who want a very clear and sharp image for video calls, you will not get it with this phone. Video works really well but again it is very noticeable by others if you're recording a video (there's a sound to start/stop the camera which can't be turned off and a red light in the back of the phone).

** Bluetooth: I use Bluetooth with my laptop at work all the time in parallel with my bluetooth headset, so it works real nice.

** Power: I don't have to charge this phone every night like my old HTC!! It takes 3 full days for my battery to need a recharge and I use Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and calls regularly through the day. This is a very nice feature in this unit.

** Wi-Fi: hard to drop a connection so far. Very stable and fast.

** Applications: they do the necessary job. There are some very useful apps in the Ovi store. PC applications to use with the phone are easy to use.

In general I'm not completely satisfied with my purchase, but I do like the phone, that's why I rate it 4 stars. I mean probably sometime in the future I'll switch to a better unit, unless Nokia releases a new Symbian version with many of its bugs fixed, but this is one of the best mobile phones I've owned.

 

Fell in love .. Ordered it .. Played with it .. Returned it !!,
by gadget_geek, 2010-07-13

Okay .. I fell in love with this phone the first time I saw it in the market overseas when I was travelling .. It was love at first sight .. They keep working models there as compared to dummy ones in the US, so I was actually able to touch, feel and use the phone for some time .. When I returned, my usual research began, which lasted about a month or so .. With each line I read about the E72, and each video I watched, my love for it kept on growing .. The only reason why I waited a month, was to get an answer to whether AT&T would slap me with a $30/mo data plan even though this phone isn't branded by AT&T (but is a smartphone nevertheless) .. However I simply could not suppress my urge to get the E72 for myself anymore and ordered 2 of these phones - one from Amazon (for myself), and one from another online merchant (as a gift for someone) ..

The phone is really sexy and boasts of a really fast processor and the User Interface is too good .. Having used this phone for about a week, I started believing, I won't ever be able to live without it .. It connects to the web (wifi or 3g) seamlessly and syncing stuff from my computer and my email was very snappy .. The camera did an awesome job .. Overall I was satisfied with my investment .. inspite of some knick-knack below ..

1. The battery cover felt kinda loose (as others have pointed out too). it seemed to move a bit, but wasn't too bad. I guess just a loose cover, but was okay with me since it wasn't falling off ..
2. The optical track pad needed some getting used to .. I turned it off and then again on .. Guess navigating around the menus is easier with the track-pad ..
3. Battery life .. with 3G and internet usage, it felt as if it was a bit on the lower side .. I did not push it to the limits, but charging once every 2.5 days is okay with me ..
4. The pouch that came with it was very cheap, so were the headphones and the USB cable was about 1 inch long !! Come-on Nokia you can't be that stingy !!!
5. The keypad LED placements and the button placements was kinda not thought over by the device makers .. 2 LEDs used to wink straight in my eye though the gaps between the buttons and that was annoying
6. The sound cracked when put on the speakerphone at the full volume .. Very low quality speaker drums I guess ..

Well, inspite of these flaws, I still loved my E72 until -----------

One fine day, I found that the optical track pad stopped working .. I checked the settings and it was enabled .. I turned the feature off, and then again on, but no use .. I then turned off my phone, and turned it on again ,but the optical pad refused to recognize my finger movements over it .. Finally I decided to restore factory settings on the phone .. and viola !! the optical pad started working, but the resolution of the screen went from 640x480 to something like 480x320 ... Everything was bigger, bolder, pixelated .. The text was broken, and was being overlapped with frames and windows ... I tried everything in my might - software update, restart, drain battery and restart with full charge, change SIM, re-restore factory settings, but nothing seemed to work ..

I was so heart-broken I had no choice but to return the phone .. Guess faulty software and firmware .. but I am glad that things went bad before the return period ended .. The phone is great, but again in order to make such a great product with awesome features, nokia compromised on the quality of the build and hardware used to make the body of the phone ..

 

Nokia E-72,
by jyany, 2010-07-08

Excelent device, works as every review says it would.
The only thing I complain about is that the DC Charger and car hanger didn't come in the package, and never arrived. The web site sais this two items are part of the package.

 

Firmware upgrade ruined the phone.,
by L. Sheldon Clark, 2010-07-05

My E-72 was ok for the first couple of months. There were problems: it couldn't play a lot of my music for whatever reason (not format related), GPS was super slow, etc. I would have given it three stars.

But when I "upgraded" the firmware, as per nokia's instructions, the phone fell apart. Now it crashes at random, I have to restart to use the gps or sometimes even to send text messages, it won't sync to my email, and so on. These are not small problems that I can just ignore.

Bottom line: the hardware is beautiful; the software kills the phone. Do not buy.