Should i buy the e72 now?
 

Hey guys,

few months ago i was on a debate on either the n900 or the e72 b4 it was released. Now that i got my n900 i absolutely love it. But thing is that i miss the "phone" functionality of my n95 which lacks on the n900 at the moment. I'm thinking about getting a e72 to complete my need. I love the e series build. it's so solid. Anyways i gave my n95 8gb away so i have no other phone to fall back on ... I'm thinking of getting the e72 but after hearing all these new symbian stuff coming out should i wait for e73 or something? and No im not waiting for meego because i already have my n900 ... i want something solid like the e71,e72 stainless steel build.

unless PR1.2 brings some major updates and features to the table... then i'll reconsider buying another device or not ...

Re: Should i buy the e72 now?
 

It's completely up to you bud. I think e72 would be a good phone than N900. Beside it last you longer without recharging every night like we all did with our N900.

There is no certain of what PR1.2 will bring yet. We all not knowing when it will be coming out either. But I guess it is never be wrong to have more than 1 phone :D

be safe than sorry. Just like condoms, better to have more than one in the wallet, as a precaution for emergency usage when you need it.

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I don't know man. After hearing all new things nokia is going to bring ... I dont know if i should invest in it now ... or should i wait ... since symbian ^3 is coming out ... the fp2 on e72 might become obsolete?

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I had E71 it was proper! I only bought N900 because I lost it. You're right, build quality and form factor are very appealing, I just don't see why you want to carry around 2 phones. You don't think the N900 phone functionality will be improved with firmware updates?

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N900 to me is a great tablet but as far as phone functionality it's not so great .. therefore i feel the need to carry two devices lol ... it's like people carry a phone and a mp3/ipod with them .. that's how i feel.

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Don't do it, don't buy the E72 its pants - th E71 is a far more pleasing phone to use, especially if your reasonably speedy at texting or just using the keys to navigate round within software apps.

Personally i love my N900 :D, yes its got missing functions one would expect these days (for me glitch free MMS and google latitude - not versions from devel/extras)

I have owned :) N70 - great, reliable but old, N95 not bad but chunky & outdated, :eek: N97 the worst ever Nokia :eek:, :D E71 - performance & reliability in a stanless steel shell and recently :( E72 - yes its got a 5GB camera but its sloooooow, the poor thing cant put the letters on the screen as quickly as u can type them,this leads u to get frustrated by its intuitive spelling attempts etc. Also the menus were slow (esp compared to N900 or E71) and the optical navi key just an ill thoiught up gimic to try and rival roller balls on blackberrys etc. i could go on - but sold E72 for £180 on ebay which was too much for a pile of cack.

:D N900 rocks. Period. :)

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Many business features of the Eseries have been "ported" to the Nseries recently, like the N97/mini (but unfortunately those phones themselves pretty much suck). If you need this functionality, I'd say wait for the N8 (12MP, HD rec, HDMI, S^3), which will be released in Q3 this year. However, I have no idea when it will be officially announced...

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I thought of getting the e71 but the e71 prices are still high to me knowing that the e72 is out now. e71 is about 250 ... and e72 is about 300 on a good deal ... lol hmmm i would think that the e72 has the 600mhz processor would be faster than e71?

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well i hope it has similar build quality as eseries ... but yea those specs sounds promising...

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My better half has the E72, she loves it, it replaced her N95 classic, she finds it easyer to use due to the qwerty, its the first qwerty shes had.
Its alot faster than her old N95, the UI is smooth and fast, build quality is first rate, it looks great next to the N900.
Im due an upgrade Monday here in the UK, quess what its going to be? yes a silver Nokia E72 to compliment my N900.
IMO its well worth the £300 pounds.

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@biggzy how does the quality feel compare to the e71? i heard people said that the e71 feels more heavy/solid as in less plastic?

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Not sure as iv not held a E71, but as far as im aware the E72 replaced the E71 and has better specs, the E72 feels very solid, im a N-series lover and the E72 is built better than any N-series iv ever owned, also it feels expensive, its not too heavy but its not light if you know what i mean, i was going to get another N-series but i realy want a candybar with a qwerty so E72 is at the top of my list, heres a pic of my N900 and my womans E72...
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1097/image000wj.jpg
Sorry about pic quality, was taken with a 8600 luna.

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man that grey one looks sexy ....

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nokia e71 rocks....I am back to using e71 since my email on N900 doesn't sync with my work....provisioning issue....nokia needs to merge business with multimedia into on package...

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I guess I hear you. I do miss the E71 -- the form factor, build quality and the keyboard was easier to type on. I dropped that sucker so many times and was never worried. Haven't dropped the N900 yet, but I def don't feel as confident about it surviving a fall nicely. Bottom line though: I probably only make/receive 15-20 calls on a busy day and so far the spartan phone functionality of N900 hasn't been a big deal. . That doesn't mean the phone function shouldn't be WAY better, but it hasn't been 'unuseable' for me.

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Except that Nokia has never marketed the N900 as being a Enterprise series. It says N, not E.

When I'm working I still use my Blackberry a lot more than my N900. To be honest, I've had my N900 for what, nearly 6 months now and I still don't have a sim card for it. The Blackberry simply handles email a lot better, synch is easier that toasting bread and it supports conference calls and automatic opening/dialling into conference bridges.

Plus, because we go through BES neither iPhone nor N900 (or any other smartphone excepted for Blackberries) can access our corporate email. And no, opening up the firewall isn't an option.

In other words: the N900 is very fun and a cool gadget, but I don't use it as a phone -- except for Skype.

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E72 is still not supported from 3 mobile here in the UK so whoever got into the thinking of using skype on it it doesnt work....just my 2 cents on this subject.

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after 2 weeks of using N900 I feel exactly the same. Great device but poor phone.