Nokia E52 Review

27 September 2009 122 views No Comment

Nokia E52 become a benchmark standard of a mobile with business value – which we pay for the price of the Nokia E series entry-level but getting a smartphone with a quality above average.

Main features of the Nokia E52:
- Mobile phone with a compact metallic design & extra-thin (9.90mm)
- Supports Quad-band GSM
- 3G HSDPA 10.2 Mbps and HSUPA 2 Mbps
- Color display 2.4 “QVGA resolution 16M
- Symbian OS, S60 UI with FP2
- 600 MHz ARM 11 CPU + 128 MB RAM
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g, UPnP technology, DLNA support
- Built-in GPS receiver, A-GPS support, digital compass
- Accelerometer for auto-rotation feature display and turn-to-mute
- Shortcut Keys One-touch
- 3 megapixel camera with fixed focus with LED flash which
- Video call camera which separated from the main camera
- Internal memory 60 MB, can be expanded with a microSD card (in the bundle 1GB card included)
- MicroUSB v2.0
- Audio Jack 3.5mm standard
- Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
- FM radio with RDS
- Quality audio output yg class
- Support the N-Gage gaming
- Ovi Maps installed with the 10-day trial period
- User-friendly mode for ease of use
- Office document editor (with MS Office 2007 version for free updates)
- Remote lock / wipe from a distance
- Keypad which convenient to use
- Smart dialing
- Battery life is good

The compact model but elegant with the use of quality materials, and with thin design make this Nokia E52 become popular to choose by many people. Metal accents on the mobile phone makes it pretty sight and improve the appearance and durability. Even the use of metal on the keypad is also a very appropriate choice of Nokia as it makes navigation very comfortable to use.

For the color itself Nokia E52 gives three options, they are:
• Metal Gray Aluminum;
• Golden Aluminum;
• and Graphite Gray

Display screen on this Nokia E52 phone is 2.4 “QVGA with 16 million colors. The quality of the display produced a good contrast & brightness. In addition, the screen also features a match reply with sunlight reflections, so its good for outdoor activity with shiny sunlight.

The Nokia E52 is the Finnish manufacturer’s latest business class handset which looks a little dull on the outside, but it has plenty of practical features to make it worthwhile.

To Watch and play a video clip, this Mobile phone is using Real Player. You could watch it in portrait or landscape mode. FM Radio on the Nokia E52 using the RDS feature. At the first time you turn on this radio feature, radio wave will be automatically scanned and Saved. This phone could save up to 50 radio station selection.

This phone is claimed could reach 672 hours of standby. Meanwhile, when used for the call can last up to 8 hours.

Nokia E52 runs on Symbian 9.3 OS with Series60 3rd Edition user interface. Because using 600 MHz of CPU, then to run the Symbian will not have problem at all, even the speed of this cellphone exceeding the latest Nokia N97 speed.

Nokia E52 uses icons S60 interface modes that can be rotated into the mode: portrait or landscape. Swivel function is also useful for making phone calls in silence mode and to turn of the alarm.

• Pros: attractive & ergonomic design, excellent material quality, Use comfortable keypad, email + office support, full features & battery life adequate reply.

• Cons: Cameras Features and performance are too Standard, the maximum video recording is VGA@15fps, no TV-out functionality.