Nokia E52 Comments

Is the gold version actually available anywhere yet?

AFAIK nope. There is a black version in Europe which I suggest getting as the letters printed on the keypad are clearer.

Anyway great phone this. I have a E55, which is basically the same phone with different keypad. Brilliant device, and likely to be the best candybar device I have used this year.

Yeah, I love the compactness of it. In a sort of "awwww, look at the cute widdle Nokia wid da big processaaaaar". Wouldn't make a sensible upgrade for me as I think I'm too used to the E71's Qwerty KB, but I'd get it a flash if I had the spare cash.

As the owner of this handsets predecessor the E51 i was particularly interested in this. However after looking at the images above the ergonomics seems to have regressed rather than to have improved. The navigational keys share the same sharp edges that leave the tips of your thumbs sore after even moderate use and are now encircled by a set of soft and call keys that are visibly harder to hit than the excellent set on the earlier model. It may seem trivial but these keys are used the most often so have to be the most comfortable and yet seem the least.

I too owned a E51 for more than a year and I have no problems with sharp edges or sore thumbs, so I am not too sure if this is just an isolated issue for you. The E52/E55's new layout does take some getting used to, but it is well worth the relearning process IMO. The phone is just quick. The only downside is the E52/E55 does not feel as robust as the E51, which is probably bomb proof.

I recently purchased this phone and was at first really impressed with it. The battery life and the form factor of this phone are excellent. However, after using it for a week or so it became obvious that the call quality was quite poor. I struggled to make out what people were saying even in quiet locations and thus had to send it back and revert back to my trusty Nokia N95 which is a shame...

Maybe we have received a faulty batch of E52's here in Poland but every sample I have tried creaked when lightly squeezed and felt very flimsy. The front panel around the bottom of the keyboard is coming off and the button inside the D-pad looks like it's going to drop out of the keyboard... The front panel is supposed to be metal but it looks like a plastic covered with silver paint to me.

Compared to the E51 and some other metal Nokia phones (e.g. 6300) E52 feels like plasticky little toy... I'm very disappointed, because it was the phone I was waiting for. Now I have to wait for something else...

Funny how every single review from every review website has given the Nokia E52 thumbs up for: call quality, build quality, ergonomics, GPS, and yet look at Nokia's forums and you'll find a very, very different story. Hardware and firmware problems galore. Call quality varies and in some cases the phone is just unusable, GPS frequently crashes the phone, build quality after a short time is terrible. I returned the first E52 I recieved due to the colour scheme: white lettering on light grey background, as it was virtually unreadable except from directly in line with your eyes, any slight off angle or lighting and the writing just disappeared into the light grey. Shouldn't reviewers at LEAST check what the forums are reporting about any new phone. Many, many people have major problems with the Nokia E52, and this review belies that fact.