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Nokia E72 on sale now
By JBC on 16 November 2009
GLOBAL – The Nokia E72 is the device so many of you have been waiting for. If nothing else, today’s news that the E72 is now in stores will answer the endless requests we’ve had wanting to know when E72 goes on sale. And we’re soooo excited. What a device. It’s never easy following up an absolute winner, as the E71 is, but the E72 doesn’t disappoint (I had a little play with one last week – it’s really lovely). The E72 isn’t just about a few tweaks and a nice makeover, it also adds a whole bunch of new features. Read on to find out more.
Built on a winning formula, the QWERTY laden E72 takes the best of the E71 and adds more. Brand new is the optical navigation key which makes hopping around the device’s menus a delight. New for this version also comes the latest version of Ovi Maps, compass and a five-megapixel camera.
The latest version of Nokia Messaging is on board too, giving you access to multiple work and personal email accounts. What’s more, Nokia Messaging now supports Instant Messaging too, so you can dial into your favourite IM communities right from the homescreen. Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and Ovi Chat are all supported. And when work gets too much, you can flick to your “play” profile with individual settings putting the E72 into relaxed mode.
Nokia today also revealed research highlighting that people rely more on email than traditional phone calls or text messaging when sending and responding to critical information. According to the research, we’re spending on average five days a year responding to email, whilst 46 per cent of us choose email over voice or text to send and receive important information. Good thing the E72 is finally here then.
Don’t forget to share your excitement in the comments below. If you want to find out more about Nokia’s responsiveness research check out the campaign site where you can respond to various issue and access comments from TED fellows.
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November 16th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
This is good news. Is it a worldwide release?
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November 16th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Is this an global launch or will it be launched later in India. I just checked with the Nokia Concept Store in BANGALORE, they say that it is not yet launched in India. Sometime next week is what they are saying.
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November 16th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Its already available in the Philippines. Cost at around PhP20,400. Nice!
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Anonymous Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Where in the Philippines?
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gregg003 Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Check eBay.ph dude c”, a refutable seller is posting it in that price. I saw units also in Zamboanga city, Expressions Mobile, cost around PhP23,000 here.
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November 16th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I’m sure it’s a great phone, but why is it missing apps like Podcasting and Internet radio that were on the E71 and E75?
Some of us business types listen to both music and podcasts you know. Their omission means I won’t be buying one.
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November 16th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
When will it be released in Spain? Will it be a Vodafone exclusive?
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November 16th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
THIS IS IT !!!. The Nokia E72 is just the best phone ever. I have been thinking a lot about this phone. If I needed a lot more Internet, I would go N900 but I have my mini laptop. If I needed a lot of music I´ll go X6 but I have my music player. What I do a lot is TEXTING and this one beats the hell out of Blackberry. And next year with MICROSOFT SHARE POINT, the Nokia E Series will take the cellphone industry into a brand new paradigm. Collaboration. I am not walking to the store, I am literally flying from Mexico City to San Diego, CA to buy this piece of art.
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November 16th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
when it will b available in pakistan??? and how much it will cost ??? any idea ???
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November 16th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
I’ve beed reading about it for some time, and there’s something that’s bugging me (and seems that nobody can enlighten me):
Does the E72 have Carl Zeiss lenses? If not, who makes the lenses then?
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Dave Reply:
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:44 pm
No the E72 does not have a Carl Zeiss lense.
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November 16th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Still 320×240? At the end of 2009 for an aspiring smart-phone like the E72 this resolution is not enough anymore. I mean my 3 year old basic flip-phone (6133) has this same resolution…come on Nokia!!!
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November 16th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
In the Brazil, Nokia do not are saling this. why this is not playing. We need E72 in brazil already.
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:23 am
Just play around a few days here in Cambodia with it, Nokia E72.
With Nokia Messeging, I can log in with only Gmail account not Hotmail and Yahoo.
Any help to solve out will be much appreciated.
Ooop! Here in Cambodia the price is $450 which is a lil bit higher price in Philipine, 20,400 peso.
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Gary Reply:
November 30th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Man. My dad is in Cambodia right now. I wish he could buy me one.
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Khunna Reply:
December 1st, 2009 at 8:40 am
Not yet a month when this device arrived in Cambodia, now the price is dropped sharply from $450 to $395. I missed my money, only half month after buying it.
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:51 am
Hey kids, in some places in the world to sell the returned status to “book” instead of “buy.” Does the nokia not realized so many requests?
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November 17th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Does support for google talk mean that the E72 generally supports XMPP? I run an enterprise VoIP/Messaging deployment for some well known company in the design sector. The infrastructure relies heavily on the usage of XMPP for virtual meetings, text messaging, notifications, etc. It’d be really awesome to know that with the E72 there finally is a handset with well integrated jabber/xmpp support because that would mean that not only I will get an E72 as a replacement for my E71 but that I can roll it out as standard handset at work and get rid of their fancyphones with lacking keyboard
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November 17th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Nope…Nokia India says, ‘coming soon’ http://www.nokia.co.in/find-products
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November 17th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
I’ve checked on my country’s website – Romania – and E72 is still “Coming soon”. Better yet, I’ve checked the UK and German sites and the answer is the same.
Any answers on why is this happening ?
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November 17th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
I guess “GLOBAL” has a different meaning in your part of the world.
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November 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
I guess the global availability just refers to wholesalers… so depending on the sales infrastructure in the respective country it may take a while until the E72 appears in the shelves in the shops.
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November 18th, 2009 at 8:28 am
when is thz going to launch in India ?
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November 18th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
I’m happy for the upgrade but its a shame that the display is stil 320×240, 2.36′. What do we need to do to make Nokia understand? Just a few features and its double price E71?
I’m not feminine but a broader screen resolution is more important than QWERTY. I use the screen more than any other feature of my phones. I’m a pro E-series and I know what I’m talking about.
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nibbler Reply:
November 19th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Kato,
one of the great features of the E71 and the E-Series was good display legibility. Displays with a higher resolution not only cause a higher bom (bill of materials) price thus a higher end-user price too but have negative impact on battery life and usually legibility. Take the nokia 3g booklet as an example. roundabout 10″ size, yet 1280×720 resolution – while it is a unique feature in the netbook-range and clearly is ahead of competition it has received mixed responses in reviews as concerns the legibility and clarity in daylight scenarios.
As another example take the E70: much more dpi than the E72 (352×416 at 2.1″ vs. 320×240 at 2.36″) yet the same or even less content on the screen. So in the end the E72 is about being a perfect business-allrounder. At this size and considering the featureset it is already an amazing device. Just remove the battery and observe how few space there is left for actual electronic components.
If you want more screensize at the expense of a keyboard, the E series is probably not the right thing to look into. The N900 may be the device you’re looking for.
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November 19th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
This blogpost is false hope…
Today I received a reaction from the Dutch Nokia store.
They said not to expect the E72 before december…
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November 20th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Its high time now. for long indians are waiting for the phone to be launched here.
i think the pricing wil be an important factor for sale in India coz Nokia is currently providing E71 @ 17000/- INR. Now if they launch E72 for not more than 19000/- INR then their sales might shift from E71 to E72 coz the features of both the models are almost similar except the 5 megapixel camera, some extra softwares supporting video and optical navigation key.
I feel this phone would drive its sales more coz of its looks (slightly different from e 71)and charm of getting new phone…therefore right pricing will mean a lot.what say?
any idea about the latest release date in india,anybody??
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vinay Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Guys!!
its not only about software/looks…. if you compare the hardware of E71 Vs E72, you would see the difference… the processor of E72 is faster (almost double the speed)
and optical navigation key
sound jack
cheers
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Anish Reply:
November 23rd, 2009 at 9:50 am
Hey Vinay
thanx for the information.
2x speed actually lures…y nokia guyz r not usin this as their marketin strategy….Nokians r missin gud talent if they r not using u in marketing…lol….anywayz..u boosted my patience to buy E72
Thanx & Regards
Anish
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Jay Reply:
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:36 pm
All those fans who love E series of NOKIA phone, remember that there is no resale value for these phone even by their own outlets take back phone at ridiculous price.
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November 20th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
hi can E72 works with N-gage??
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November 21st, 2009 at 4:32 am
hey anish ……….. u r true about wat u said.but its just tht e 72 will be priced around 22K INR. so i dont thnk it will hit the sales of e 71 anywhere. ppl not ready to spend more thn 20 will stick to e 71. who doesnt want to spend more thn 15 will stick to e 63. and any ways theres no more production for the same so anyways the price r going to stick in the market.i would say …….. a bad business policy by nokia. but simply a freakin gr8 phone by them.
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November 21st, 2009 at 4:33 am
\and abt the release in india….its b4 25th of this month
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Anish Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
hi chrominant
thanx for the info…this would be quite helpful to me.
tc
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November 23rd, 2009 at 6:54 pm
All the press stuff says there’s Windows Live Messenger support, but the E72 I bought at the Nokia Regent St store last week doesn’t have it – there’s just Yahoo, Ovi and Google in the chat application.
So what really is the deal with Windows Live Messenger on the E72?
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November 24th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Strange… Some commercial webshops in the Netherlands now ship the E72 while the official Nokia store still does not ship it.
Why are they so slow at the Nokia store?
Or do they just don’t care?
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November 24th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Rs. 22989, in India with pre book site on now
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November 25th, 2009 at 2:10 am
Just got mine today – black E72. Terrible build quaity, the “Volume Up” button on the side does not work, what a mess after such a long wait and such minor evolutionary improvements even in the specs – my business partner ha sthe E71 and laughed at me when he took my E72 in his hand… Very disappointing.
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November 25th, 2009 at 8:04 am
BAD BAD BAD…………..a real bad strategy from NOKIA.
Launching n97 mini b4 E72 was a real bad move.
Guys do not book on the nokia pre-booking site bcoz nokia will not deliver the phones b4 dec 10th……i wud recommend to wait untill a ready delivery.
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November 26th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
where can i get e55 Nigeria and how much in $. Ineed this Machine urqently. Thanks
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November 26th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
How can one know a genuine E72? There many imitations on the market. Any logo for nokia? I have seen one saying made in China under the authority of nokia corp, Finland! Any one to advise?
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nokiasb Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
My USA ordered, USA version Nokia E72 is MADE IN CHINA as posted inside the phone and on the box. Mine is being returned.. It is really cheap feeling, and doesn’t sync with my latest Mac OS
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November 26th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I just got my E72 and there is no way to get “Nokia PodCasting” installed on it!
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November 27th, 2009 at 4:04 am
apparently, there are some major issues with this phone…check this out
http://www.techgiraffe.com/nokia-e72-claim
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John G Reply:
December 4th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
The link you mentioned does have a review of the phone. But the way they’ve overloaded the phone makes no sense to me. Nobody will use a smart phone like that, and the review is only for testing puposes. There are limitations i agree, but they are minimal
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November 28th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
I finally have E72 in my hands now. Infact I am typing this on the phone.
Got it for Rupees 22000 without prebooking.
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November 28th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
when it will be published in kerala ….cost?
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November 30th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Till now, in Kuwait, the E72 is available in Topaz Brown only. Anybody have an idea when the other colors will be released?
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November 30th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Anybody have an idea when the other colors (Black & Grey) will be released in Kuwait?
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December 3rd, 2009 at 2:32 am
i decided to give nokia another shot after i left them yeeears ago…. e72 is a superbphone yet quiet frustrating because of nokia’s typical user-”un”friendliness… here’s a long story..
major goodness, insert your sim card and power on, everything is really ready to go, even network settings are completed automatically so i could start browsing, mms even connect the phone as modem to my laptop (after pc suite is installed on your PC) …
it is frustrating for the reason i left nokia, and that is menus “seem” to be all over the place, even after a week i can’t really find my way around the phone…and since this is a smartphone, i think it’s gotten even more complicated than the previous nokia i had..
for example, “network/connectivity/connection”, there are 3 places to set or see connection-related settings :
1. after you click control panel, then settings, then phone, you’ll see “network” to set “automatic operator detection” + grps/3g connection speed
2. in control panel/settings/connection, you’ll see packet dat to turn on/off (when needed/where available)
3. in control panel/connectivity/connection mgr, you’ll see active data connection. (btw bluetooth is also in this connectivity menu, where yon also find bluetooth in control panel/settings/connection)
another example, WLAN – 2 places to sort of set WLAN
1. control panel/settings/connection/wlan to set up “show wlan availability never/always” + “internet connectivity test”
2. control panel/connectivity/wlan wiz to see/set/edit wlan or see available wlan (btw in control panel/connectivity/connection mgr you can also do some setting or whatever)
more is “shortcuts”. there ’s homescreen theme (active/not active) to set up which short cuts you can set up ie. one touch button, navigation pad, or even on-screen shortcut. but i dont want to get into more detail how confusing it is to set up these shortcuts. not only do you have to go to menu after menu like illustrated above, the terms are also a bit ir-relevant (if not confusing/illogical) ie. home-scree shortcuts placed within “mode settings”… why can’t they just put everything under “shortcut”…of course nokia has a logical explanation why it’s here and there, but in the end its a big confusing for customers.
setting theme. there’s a them shortcut after you go into control panel, or the looooong way and confusing way control pannel/setting/general/personalisation/standby mode/mode settings/general theme (after the /personalisation i thought it was in “display”, but it wasnt, so i pressed “home screen theme” but it wasnt. home screen theme is in fact to active on-screen shortcuts). of course you might say, well, dont go the long way if you have the theme short cut ready, but i’m just pointing out how frustrating it is.
there are other examples, but its long enough already… i dont change settings like everyday, but from time to time you need to, as simple as turning the data connection off to save battery when you realize your batter is almost out, prioritize wifi instead of data connection (i know there’s a way to do it, i just havent found it yet. if you guys know the trick, let me know, i bet it is in some menu that i dont even think of opening because either the menu seems to be “ir-relevant” or the menu is only for advanced users).
i dont wan to compare, but when i switched to sony ericsson, it took me 1 hour to understand all (i still have a sony ericsson now), you just go to settings and everything is laid out nicely (easy on the eye) and setting is practically easy, pretty direct without having to go thru menu submenus. i’ve also an android, and its quiet easy. (you’re probably wondering why i have so many phones running ??)
like i said its a super phone with a major requirement for improvement in user-friendliness. (an i think this is for all nokia phones).
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Ashutosh Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 2:40 pm
I have a solution. Buy Skyequickey. I use it. I simply type the application name and it shows up. Coupled with Handy taskman, makes Nokia’s UI ridiculously simple!!!
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December 3rd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
can’t wait to buy one!
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December 6th, 2009 at 4:39 am
hello!may i know when this phone will be released in toronto, canada because im craving iiiiitttttt!!! =)
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December 9th, 2009 at 11:10 am
do we have Nokia E72 in Uganda, if not when should we expect it how much does it cost in the USA?
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December 18th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Dear,
I just want to know the price of E72 at kolkata (India), also like to know the price with 16 GB memory.
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December 28th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
what is cost of NOKIA E72
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December 28th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Hello , does e72 support ngage?
Ps in my country its already avaliable about a
month in all colors , it costs around 650$
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December 30th, 2009 at 10:56 am
I have been using the Nokia E72 for one month now and it is an amazing gadget. Everything seems to be just right with this phone.In Uganda it costs around about Us $600
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December 31st, 2009 at 12:47 pm
how do you differentiate N72 with imitations
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January 19th, 2010 at 6:01 am
E72 What is Price in India?
Which is the best model in nokia for email?
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January 21st, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Hi recently i have purchase E-72 i am really impressed with it its optical nav key works good. Enjoy with NOKIA E-72
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February 4th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
how much if i buy one unit of nokia e72 in php here in manila phil.
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