Tech Burn

Have been using Nokia’s best selling E Series device, the Nokia E71 for the last 6 months now and its been such a pleasure using it. Personally for me, no other phone has come close to the E71-experience. But when the E72 was announced, it obviously grabbed my attention. Not just does the E72 look better, but has quite a few  improvements over the E71. Read on to find out all that is new in the Nokia E72 and why its worth the upgrade. 

Nokia E72 vs Nokia E71

1. The QWERTY keypad has been improved slightly, looks similar to Nokia E63 now. The keys are slightly larger, couple of keys added which has resulted in a smaller space bar. (pic below)
2. Navi Key -- Love how the feature works, would be a great additon to my Nokia E71 (check out the video below)
3. 5 megapixel camera. Love it, fingers crossed over the picture quality, hope its as good as some of the N series phones.
4. 600 MHz processor up from 369 Mhz. E71 was fast, E72 will be faster!
5. 3.5mm jack. Even the E63 has the standard 3.5mm jack but the E71 lacked one. Another small, but great addition.
6. Ability to charge phone via micro USB -- much needed this.
7. 20% extra battery life from the same battery. 12 hours of talktime is great!
8. 250MB phone memory up from 110 MB
9. HSDPA 10.2 Mbps (download) and  HSUPA 2 Mbps (upload)
10. Series 60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 3
11. Accelerometer
12. Compass
13. Torch

Hope I haven’t missed out on something. The rest of the features (read below) remain the same or almost.

1. 640 x 480 video resolution at 15fps. Very disappointing, 30fps would have been great.
2. Almost the same dimensions with the E72 being 1mm wider.
3. Weighs about the same too, at 128grams, the E72 is one gram heavier.
4. RAM hasn’t been bumped up, 128MB.

There you go the detailed comparison between my Nokia E71 and the upcoming Nokia E72. Is it worth the upgrade? I think so, some really nice new features. Nothing innovative or revolutionary, but a small powerful step forward for Nokia and its E Series. I’ll buy the black, looks stunning. What about you? Kindly drop in your comments below.

As promised some comparitive Nokia E71 vs E72 pictures, followed by the E72 video.

Nokia E72 Video