So, once again I have changed my phone and am after my recent trip to the Samsung I7110 pilot bearing landed back at Nokia for finally came with the Nokia E52 described here again a mobile phone on the market which is pretty light and thin but with a TOP Equipment can shine. But here again Nokia patzt right down the line because as the saying goes – more illusion than reality.
The Nokia E52 is basically the very successful and good successor to the Nokia E51 which are both angeiedelt in the Business Division. And even though sifted out fairly strongly on this area, this corresponds quite strong my profile because I value a mobile phone which is great in the hand, a nice touch, large or expandable memory, an acceptable camera, fleet operation through regular keys (no Touch Display), GPS and an operating system like Windows or Symbian – has the E52 meets on paper all these conditions, and even more …. Now, unpacking, or the Nokia E52
Nokia E52 like many users there are surprising because after a very long wait and a Erscheinungsterin announced in the second Quarter of 2009 was the Nokia E52 in September 2009 for just under 399 euros on the German market. How this is so but in the free market does the price fell in the online trade quite quickly in the direction of € 300 while Nokia responded himself just weeks after the launch of E52 and lowered the price to 309 €. I purchased my Nokia E52 for just 250 € with no branding and with the following features:
* Nokia E52 Grey
* 220V Charger with Adapter
* Headset
* 1GB memory card
* Manual and Software
Hardware
Quite disappointed with the Nokia models in recent years (he 6xxx and N-series) and yet very spoiled by the perfect processing of the Samsung I7110 I was quite excited about the processing of the E52. To make it to the point, Nokia users are likely to be satisfied with the good quality though is to be read in various internet forums and review wrong built-in display, rickety covers and cheap buttons. Who the other hand Samsung is accustomed to the discovery must restrain himself firstonce laughter when he is not deburred plastic edges on the outer of the phone, the LED diodes unintentionally by the keyboard keys light up or the rattle loudly.
Anyway, I found my E52 quite okay – the column mass were crunchy, not shaking, the display sat neatly fit in the cover and although the E52 is made entirely of plastic are kept rattling back much.
The only shortcoming in my device was simply the battery cover. It consists of a touch of metal but is only held by two Halteecken and the opening mechanism – for me it was, sadly, that triggered the opening mechanism in my pants pocket for yourself what the effect had also the battery herausflog and the phone thus constantly had to be started. Very very annoying also.
So while the battery cover on the phone dangles quite small it is with the battery much better than this is very persistent. Okay, that promises more than 600 hours (more than 25 days) standby, the Nokia can not be attained but little over 160 hours or seven days are normal. Where navigate here about two hours, three hours phone calls, searches and email every hour arise in about 1 hour online surfing (WLAN, UMTS) have this value.
My new phone, a Samsung I7500 Galaxy makes it limp after 11 hours.
Software
For me, always a buying criterion has always been the presence of a Symbian software for I love to use navigation programs and other software that run quite well.
With the latest generation of Symbian, Nokia has done is not good but as more and more free Symbian software for installation on the device not only allowed this because it is not “should be signed”.
Even more annoying are the ever more fundamental and nested menus. While e.g. In earlier versions of Symbian easy an access point had to be defined in the Internet you have the E52 quite penetrate deep into the interior to “access points”, “Internet to create” etc.
Together with the configuration of my two email boxes I needed beaten three hours at this halfway to my provider base and my wireless connection Untrained and had to relieve it with the Nokia’s e-mail clients establish converted has he now calls the E52 my mail not directly from my gmx and freenet from account but a Nokia server does it for me and giving me these messages then in a call-ready, with the disadvantage that I should tell Nokia all my really secret password information and therefore must live the few e-mail messages get garbled or even will not only be called. Well and mail in html format are simply presented completely alienated and mutilated.
One can circumvent this annoying compulsion detour through the Finnish Nokia server just by looking in a place where participants are sometimes completely out of range. Here you can then configure his mailbox normally. The E52 will even search here after the Finnish Nokia server, but there is no connection but it works – so I thought, too, according to some reports on the internet but my hotmail account has been completely ignored and reconfigure themselves through it was irreversible. Object Nokia hopes to service at the moment but nothing long term will probably be fun, the whole fee.
Criticism has also earned the calendar for I give you this one in my changing roster. I give but e.g. I have a late shift Monday to Thursday will show with the overview in the calendar display E52 on Tuesday pending in which no dates. So you can disable soothes the standby function, and even while saving power.
Basically, this was already the only point of criticism because of the Internet browser works perfectly and quickly, the frequently used menu items are to where they should be and even the 2.0 generation comes at their expense for direct links to youtube, myspace, facebook and co … are pre-configured to use. Good thing also.
mentioned merely in passing, I would like with a built-in program called Psiloc World Traveler which combines visually very beautiful way, a 7-day worldwide weather forecasts, flight information, world clock and a currency converter. Visually quite nice the weather is absolutely not meaningful. The predicted temperatures are almost true, but the forecast for rain, sun or clouds not true even if you updated on the same day the program. There is at least free.
Whatever – I do not use the pre-installed POI Maps navigate but only with my best Naviprogramm Sygic McGuider. That costs money and runs only once Sahne.Die first display is the display large and clean, that’s been really fun.
The latest was BUG on my E52 has been a malfunction of the alarm clock that I noticed after I had slept for one hour instead of at 05.15 clock wake me acoustic, the device fell immediately to the alarm and flashing silently in the rythischen stroke to the black screen .. .. I just wake up after an hour was.
A new character is also from Nokia is the Altered activation / deactivation of the keypad as this was laid by “Menukreuz + star” on the left and right button next to the directional pad. Here, too, broke the lock several times in my pocket and all the more surprised when the looks are suddenly announces pending the voice of the phone from his pocket the “no active Prozzesse. Far less amusing are unintended calls, contacts and even 13 months young son has done it with a handshake the keypad to solve and make a call.
Basic phone functions
As befits an ordinary mobile phone must also be able to make calls is clever and it works with the E52 consistently good. Although it occurs during the operation to very strong fluctuations in the coverage I had, even with only one “ladder” network strength never had any problems with the phone. The caller always comes over clear, it never really roars and disconnections I myself also never reported.
Unusual, but are quite presentable now SMSE / emails displayed in the folder so that messages can be seen next to the sender of the first lines of text or the subject without the need to open the messages.
Camera
Well … she’s just there, has just over 3 megapixels, a fixed focus, Panorama function and an LED light. This results in very clean pictures in daylight, however, may move the motives not otherwise the nix. At dusk or indoors, the quality can be quite clearly need to rush by the images more and more. The LED light does little more than a meter for outshines anything about it `s still dark.
External reviews
Here are some really different opinions then draw one part “journals” such as “connect” or “chip” their ratings of cell phones out of their nice laboratory test reports (great endurance but extremely high SAR radiation value) and features high score lists and bounce but equally against the opinion of the users, the their use E52 daily and know it so better. Well since you can see the “connect” the E52 to 1 Space raises and “chip” on the 6th Weight over 170 while the user rating on eg amazon E52 placed in the midfield. Decreasing trend.
A very good practical test of a great and serious newspaper also expresses clearly that of the predecessor (E51) was significantly better than the immature E52.
Conclusion:
Small, sleek, full equipment, persevering with lousy workmanship, various software avoidable obstacles to a very high price.
Devaluation
- 1 point deserves the lousy battery cover and the flickering screen
- 1 point earned the new e-mail program
- 1 point goes to the unreliability of the clock and the extremely crowded Menu
Pros: Handling, equipment, GPS, design, battery
Cons: Processing, Menu, high radiation exposure, unreliability
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