Nokia E52 personal impressions
I don’t know about you but when I think about a plain simple smartphone I think about the Nokia E50, E51 and recently E52. These are simple smart phones in term of design, as recent years have added a lot of featured to them, making for true pocket computers. I’ve owned a Nokia E51 and recently I got a hold on the Nokia E52, the latest model, which adds some nifty features to his precursor like GPS, larger screen, faster CPU and higher capacity battery.
Nokia E52, a worthy successor of the E5x series
Today I got a hold on the Nokia E52 and got time to make a few remarks and get a general idea about what you should expect from it, so here’s what I think about the Nokia E52 after a few hours of playing with it:
- it’s about the same size as the Nokia E51
- construction is less impressive than the E51, who had a stronger metal body
- the general design seems more refined than it’s precursor
- the 2.4 inch is easier on the eyes than the previous 2 inch one
- keypad letter keys are really big and easy to acces
- dedicated function keys which are placed two on the same button are strange to press (menu + calendar and email + back)
- the navigational pad seems to have a lower than usual profile which makes its tactile feedback awkward
- the 3.2 digital camera is almost useless, just like the E71′s one I got in my pocket
- faster 600 MHz CPU seems to get things done quickly as the OS never hangs during programs loading and web browsing
- the battery has 50% more capacity and should last 3-4 days of medium to heavy usage but it has to be confirmed
Nokia E52 is new on the market, that’s why it costs 399 $ on Amazon, but expect the price to go down during the next few months. I say it’s worth the money, but I’m still in love with my E71, which is currently 120 $ cheaper and has a QWERTY keyboard. So, did you get to test the E52? What impression did it make to you?
And here’s a short video presentation of Nokia’s E52 main features.
