Comments on: Nokia E72 NAM clears the FCC on its way to your pocket, and your heart

By: christexaport

christexaport — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:11:28 +0000

This IS a rehashed E71, like the N93 was a rehashed N90. Its just new and improved, and in the best ways except the screen. I give it an A-.

By: Jarred

Jarred — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:46:16 +0000

Yea, the E72 is going to be mine. The color isn’t my favorite but there may be other colors avail. in time. The trackpad is what gets me, it’s going to make web browsing a ton better.

By: Tyrone D.

Tyrone D. — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:31:38 +0000

I love the E71 that I just bought off my friend, and am replacing the entire casing and outer parts to give it a refresh. I will sell it when the E72 comes out and buy the E72 immediately. Yay!

Hurry it up Nokia USA!

By: tino

tino — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:19:09 +0000

i <3 my e71 till death do us apart, but ima to divorce her once the e72 drops into my pocket.
Merry early Christmas!!!

By: peter

peter — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:45:28 +0000

Whoever claims this as a “rehash” of the E71 doesn’t know much about the inner workings of phones. I will buy this the day it comes out. It finally does what the original E71 should have done.

-faster processor (600MHz vs 368MHz)
-USB charging
-new standard audio jack (3.5mm vs 2.5mm)
-better camera (5MP vs 3MP)
-active noise cancellation

By: Clone-IT

Clone-IT — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:09:09 +0000

Have the E71 and I love it.. E72 looks pretty good.. that bronze color is EPIC FAIL though.

By: milan

milan — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:26:20 +0000

saying it’s a rehash is a pretty weak argument considering the latest iphone is a rehash albeit faster and every blackberry looks the same as the last.

moving on, i would buy this unlocked, not crippled by att, besides you’ll be saving money over the long haul with $15/month for data over $30 data for subsidized models. nokia is also offering a lifetime license of it’s nokia messaging (push email, IM) and lifetime walking navigation with nokia maps when you buy the e72. the camera looks pretty solid given the recent leaks on flickr, and you can’t beat the stainless steel design either imo.

By: ap1618

ap1618 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:37:23 +0000

this is an optical trackpad….

By: Elias

Elias — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:26:35 +0000

Nokia has their own email push service now (email.nokia.com), so I’m not sure that they would restart using RIM’s. Anyway, I’m using it and it works great!

By: wallyson

wallyson — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:24:58 +0000

Doubtful I’ll pick this one up. I’m hoping the Hero lands on AT&T or at least allows me 3G bands on an unlocked version.

My favorite things on my E71X:
1 – size
2 – qwerty
3 – weight

My least favorite things on my E71X:
1 – 2002 style OS
2 – AT&T preloaded crap
3 – web browser

By: Jrod

Jrod — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:19:35 +0000

Does anyone know if any of these new Nokia’s will be able to use Blackberry’s Push service? I recall they discontinued that a while ago, not sure if they brought it back…

By: CanisMajor

CanisMajor — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:03:11 +0000

I am generally a huge fan of Nokia, specifically the stability of S60 on a keyboard device. But, common Nokia, this is just a minor refresh, not a new model.

Nokia, a new E-series devices needs OMAP3 and a heck of a better resolution screen, you cannot continue to shove QVGA screens in these devices like it’s 2005.

By: attguy

attguy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:57:08 +0000

I think it looks good, nice nice and thin and I like the metalic look. E71 also looked awesome, e71x crippled pos. I would get this phone is the symbian ui was improved more and a little more pleasing to the eye and no so windows 98 ish.

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By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:24:24 +0000

I think it’s pretty ugly too. Same with E71/E71x. I have an N85 and an HTC Fuze/Touch Pro, and I can say the battery life on the N85 is insanely awesome compared to any WinMo phone I’ve used or played with.

Nokia definitely knows how to make phone batteries more efficient, or at least last longer, while doing the same tasks as a WinMo phone. I don’t know why every gadget blog has a hard-on for the E71/72, but apparently the majority of consumers don’t. I don’t doubt it’s an excellent phone, but for style I think it looks a bit odd. And by odd I mean ugly.

By: grrr

grrr — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:20:07 +0000

that’s a trackpad!

By: Tyrone D.

Tyrone D. — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:12:47 +0000

Buying it!

By: warhed

warhed — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:10:59 +0000

5way keypad should be done with. As for the earning & demand of Nokia in the states… There’s way too much compition for the Nokia line. There are so many good phones out there. & seems like carriers have their hands full with others like RIM, Apple. HTC, Moto, Samsung, LG, Palm… Just seems to me that the market is already flooded…

By: jk

jk — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:05:28 +0000

Billium, the #’s were terrible. Wall street agrees with me, the stock opened yesterday at 15.36 and the stock closed at 13.46. That is a lot of selling. The earnings were awful. They reported .10 cents per share, last year it was .29 cents per share. That is a huge drop off.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:00:07 +0000

Am i the only one who thinks this phone is hideous? The buttons look awful as well. The specs are much better than blackberries..but i’d still rather choose my blackberry for the keyboard and scroll ball alone. (the 5-way navigator isn’t my cup of tea…a little old-school).

To each their own i guess…

By: Billium

Billium — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:44:55 +0000

JK, Not sure I’d call Nokia’s earnings “terrible” a billion dollars profit in the current climate is still pretty good!

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:40:49 +0000

Does anyone understand why Nokia wanted to pass the non North American version of the E55 and then we hear about this…?

By: Jrod

Jrod — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:38:52 +0000

That backplate is hi-de-ou-s! Sweet fone though.

By: jk

jk — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:15:34 +0000

Demand? Did you see the earnings Nokia posted yesterday……TERRIBLE. Its forced Nokia to look at their overall strategy in the US and they are going to make changes.

By: william

william — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:59:45 +0000

Lol sometime in 2015.

By: christexaport

christexaport — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:58:43 +0000

Right now, I’d be happy with anyone making it available with any subsidy at all. There’s a demand for Nokia smartphones in the US. Carriers need to accept that and open up the decks.

By: jk

jk — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:37:12 +0000

Not only should ATT have a good price point on this phone, they should lower the data plan by 10 dollars on this phone.