Nokia E52
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- Anonymous
- QUa
- 25 Nov 2009
Many people have complained about the weak phone reception during a voice call.
I have identified the reason. It is due to a unprofessional design of the phone.
The GSM antenna is located on the bottom of the phone, right there where most of us hold the phone wduring a call.
Proof?
Before making a call, check the signal bars. Most probably they are full. Next, make a call and hold the phone right on the bottom, as normally people hold it . You will see that the signal bars drop erratically, by 1,2 or even 3 bars.
Now, turn the phone upside-down - of course, this is strange way to hold the phone, but just do it. Look at the signal bars and you will see that the signal is steady, almost full, like in the case when the phone is on standby, at rest.
Bravo Nokia, the leader of mobile phone technology!!!! Better to send your engineers to take elementary classes of electromangnetism.
Nokia! For honouring your name, you have to call this E52 phone.
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- muadiph
- Rx4
- 24 Nov 2009
Anonymous, 24 Nov 2009please help me, when Im viewing the images I have to turn t... moreYes, that's normal. You have to turn the sensor on to view it in portrait.
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- meko
- fXL
- 24 Nov 2009
i have one but i think it's faster one has a good soft .
but i have problem as the secound partey can not hear me as good as should.
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- Anonymous
- f4F
- 24 Nov 2009
maros, 24 Nov 2009Has been using E52 for about 5 weeks and have both good and... moreplease help me, when Im viewing the images I have to turn the phone sideways instead of keeping it straight up [portrait] is this normal????
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- Anonymous
- f4F
- 24 Nov 2009
Hi there can someone help me please, when im viewing my images I have to turn the phone sideways is there another way that I can view them while the phone is straight up [Portrait] PLEASE HELP cos its quite irritating.
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- Anonymous
- miD
- 24 Nov 2009
Reception on this phone is the problem for me - when you hold it in your hand you block the signal getting to the antenna resulting in terrible call quality.
I cannot believe NOKIA placed an antenna at the bottom of the phone
I have just switched back to my good old E51
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- trf
- t7x
- 24 Nov 2009
Original_Jamaican, 24 Nov 2009To TUTTI FRUTTI:
Thank you.
How long since you have h... moreman I must have been really tired, my grammar sucked on those last few posts.
E52 also doesn't drop as long as you're within city limits, outside of it.... well cell range will be the factor.
I might buy an E51 as MY christmas present. =P
Anyway, Advanced Merry Christmas!
Later peeps!
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- Original_Jamaican
- ReE
- 24 Nov 2009
Tutti Frutti, 24 Nov 2009Original Jamaican I like your comment,u know what even when... moreTo TUTTI FRUTTI:
Thank you.
How long since you have had the E52 ?
You haven't given a personal review yet right ?
Please do so stating the strong points and weak points.
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- Original_Jamaican
- ReE
- 24 Nov 2009
To EVERYONE:
Well it seems the MADE BY NOKIA version of E52 seems to be perfectly built compared by the Finnish and Korean ones.
All of the complaints I have seen so far is from the Finland made and Korean made E52. Strange.
I simply told my business contact that I don't care which region it's from I just want an authentic one and thankfully, here in my country, the Nokia phones sold are from reputable vendors and are all authentic so I have nothing to worry about.
E52 may very well be my Christmas gift.
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- Original_Jamaican
- ReE
- 24 Nov 2009
trf, 24 Nov 2009Hey OJ,
I think the E51 is very good phone, my cousin ha... moreTo TRF:
The E51 has a powerful transmitting antenna. I have had the E51 for one year and four months (second longest Nokia I ever had behind 6230 - 2years)and within that time, as far as I can remember, only twice the signal strength fell below full bars.
Here's an excerpt from Mobile-Review.com:
"The SAR value for the E51 is 1.4 W/kg. The last thing we would like to do in this write-up is dispel a myth about this phone’s high SAR – it is not caused by the E51’s increased transmitter power, or cutting-edge technologies for better reception quality."
So TRF as you can see, the E51 indeed has a very powerful antenna.
That may be one of the reasons why many people have said the E51 is the true successor to the 6210/6310/6310i business phones...and you know the legendary touting of these phones to be the best business phones of Nokia...before the birth E51.
TRF thank you for your 2 cents. It's always appreciated.
I will give my full review and thoughts about E52 once it's in my hands and it will be compared directly against E51 seeing that the E52 is the successor of E51.
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- Tutti Frutti
- fXD
- 24 Nov 2009
Original Jamaican I like your comment,u know what even when making videocall voice from other party is low.I guess every phone has its positive& negative points,nothing is perfect.
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- Original_Jamaican
- ReE
- 24 Nov 2009
muadiph, 24 Nov 2009I'm not really good about acoustics. But I do prefer to sou... moreTo MUADIPH:
Are you sure the E52 camera captures photos faster than the E51 because in standard mode my E51 captures photos in 1 sec. no more no less. while in night mode (which is always slower on any phone) it captures photos in 2 1/2 secs. These aren't guesses, these are tested results.
My previous phone, the 6300, captured photos 3 - 5 secs. in standard mode so I was amazed by the E51's speed of 1 sec...but then again the 6300's photo quality was better so advantages and disadvantages are everywhere with these phones.
By the looks of things you are telling me the E52 captures photos in about 1/2 sec. in standard mode because that has to be the case if it's faster than E51.
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- Anonymous
- w4j
- 24 Nov 2009
Does this mobile have tv out and good quality of display (like n73) ? Please reply
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- maros
- iI9
- 24 Nov 2009
Has been using E52 for about 5 weeks and have both good and bad experiences. And to said it right at the beginning some of "not good" fuss about E52 is true.
Good things:
- Fast browsing
- Battery life
- Look and shape
- all other spec. (GPS,3.5mm audio,..)
Bad things:
- Call keys are buried, they are dificult to press without looking at the phone
- Calling from noisy enviroment gets your voice sometimes completly blocked (I move around some metalic workshops)
- The ear-piece on my unit is somehow broken, there is crepitate noise when calling (I have sent the phone for repair so we see result)
- Front cover is not fitting very well (even squeaks), but I can live with that
- Sometimes it takes ages to get from "power saving mode" to lit up the display, even "Nokia startup" screen is sometimes shown. Maybe it supposet to be like that, not sure.
And finaly, I agree that there are some SW issues but my unit has some HW problem too. I noticed a "burn out" between battery and phone PCB. Its located over top right corner of Nokia label exactly on 4 rows of "gold squares" for some conector or whatever it is. And for those who knows something about electronics it looks like some chip got really hot on the other side of PCB.
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- rbnz
- wmT
- 24 Nov 2009
Has anyone bought the black version of the E52 yet? These are now recently available in some regions, and wondering if these models are 2nd batch, they may have the new hardware / bug fixes...?
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- trf
- vxr
- 24 Nov 2009
trf, 24 Nov 2009Hey OJ, I think the E51 is very good phone, my cousin ha... moreis a very good phone. =P
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- trf
- vxr
- 24 Nov 2009
Hey OJ,
I think the E51 is very good phone, my cousin has that and for it's purpose as a good durable reliable phone the E52 really has nothing on that... unless you're going for the other 'modern' features.
Even out of the city where there are few cell sites it still has a very good signal quality or maybe his GSM provider is just better. dunno. ^_^
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I'm also think of getting the E51 white (not silver black) from Europe as a secondary phone.
Looks stylish and the build quality looks marvelous.
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E52 is a good phone but so is the E51.
Also some people complain about E52 'issues'... well.
E51 is still a great phone, anyway thought I'd just give my 2 cents. ^_^
- m
- muadiph
- Rx4
- 24 Nov 2009
Original_Jamaican, 24 Nov 2009To MUADIPH:
GSMArena's review says the E52's audio quali... moreI'm not really good about acoustics. But I do prefer to sound of the E51's speaker. E51's speaker sounds more solid.
I would recommend the E52 over the E51 but with the exception of build quality. The E52 may be okay. But the E51 was just built incredibly well and is solid to hold. The E52 feels... delicate.
It takes around 2hrs, 10mins to charge when turned off.
I find it hard to tell if the E52's ringing volume is really lower than E51 but it seems that way.
I rarely use the camera and camcorder. But it captures pics a lot faster than the E51. I can't comment on the quality, I'm not good with that matter also.
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- Anonymous
- QUa
- 24 Nov 2009
From what many users say in this forum, as well at at Nokia forums, E52 is an unfinished phone.
I do hope that the problems with E52 are of software nature. Though, at least GSM antenna location leave doubt about the design.
The major problems this phone has are of fundamental nature:
- voice call quality
- GSM reception.
The rest, even if they are good, are of second imprtance for a phone.
In addition to the problems I have explained here, I have pointed out that signal bars are full in standby. However, they drop by 2-3 bars while in call (without changing the location). So, the signal bars in standby are false, or the signal really drops while in call (then, the phone has FW issues).
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- Anonymous
- QUa
- 24 Nov 2009
From what many users say in this forum, as well at at Nokia forums, E52 is an unfinished phone.
I do hope that the problems with E52 are of software nature. Though, at least GSM antenna location leave doubt about the design.
The major problems this phone has are of fundamental nature:
- voice call quality
- GSM reception.
The rest, even if they are good, are of second imprtance for a phone.
In addition to the problems I have explained here, I have pointed out that signal bars are full in standby. However, they drop by 2-3 bars while in call (without changing the location). So, the signal bars in standby are false, or the signal really drops while in call (then, the phone has FW issues).