Nokia N72 review: Controversy all around

25 August 2006
Nokia N72 bar-shaped phone is another Nokia smartphone but differs from the latest additions on the shelves of the Nokia smartphones as it runs on Symbian 8.1 OS with 2.8 edition user interface. This transitional system has to offer features from both previous Nokia Symbian smartphones and some of the characteristics of the 3rd edition UI.

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  • simar
  • uBV
  • 19 Nov 2009

this phone has nothing special in it .I think that nokia 1100 is still better than this brick wanna take n72 for freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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    • Ashin
    • PId
    • 08 May 2009

    I Have Purchase the Nokia N72 after three months having problem with key Pads not working proper malfunction and now most of the worst thing is that phone Display light is off & key pad not responding.

    I have taken from the Mobilestore.

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      • anand shirali
      • u1y
      • 06 Apr 2009

      n72 is a great phone which is total VFM.
      Sadly the music jack (earphone) keeps getting spoilt becuse of some intrinsic problems.

      Though the 2 MP camera delivers some good pictures the display screen colours are patheticand Nokia has a lot to learn from samsung on display quality aspects.


      resale value `for N72 like most Nokai brands is rather good

      Overall 8/10 for Nokia N72.


      Regards !!

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        • Praghmat
        • PAX
        • 04 Mar 2009

        I'm using this phone for a years. It has some good points and some bad.
        Good Ones
        * Light weight than N70
        * Bar
        * GPRS with EDGE
        and other everybody has told as above

        Bad Ones
        * Slow, Slow, Slow
        * Takes times to install programs
        * PC Suit doesn't show programs installed in phone if you want to make back-up in computer
        * Small key in keypad
        * OK bottom doesnt get pressed.
        * Camera bottom can't be used to take video
        * Camera bottom takes photo in vertical way (Still Now i haven't got the clue how should be phone hold to take photo in proper orientation as by OK botton)
        * short battery life
        N so many, I can write a pages about a bad thing of N72. But for good ones, its harder even to write a paragraph

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          • sam
          • BgY
          • 21 Jul 2008

          nikhil, 04 Jun 2008i bought the handset in Dec 2007, facing the problem for pr... moreformat ur phone----> *#7370#
          ****store or backup any data and contacts before
          security code----12345

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            • sam
            • BgY
            • 21 Jul 2008

            Good looking is the only positivity!!!!!!!!!
            worst battery backup, pathetic headset, Radio receiver is aweful, Camera not good, takes like 3hrs to get charged and lasts fr less than a day or half!, connectivity is only ok, keypad semi comfortable, alarm settings are not upto the mark!

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              • Brijesh Kumar
              • P%0
              • 25 Jun 2008

              Here are my genuine feedback about my Nokia N 72
              - Cool Design
              - It has slow processing
              - sound quality without earphone is low.
              - Good Price to Buy
              - Battery Backup is ok. need to charge daily.

              I am using without any problem.

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                • nikhil
                • 2S$
                • 04 Jun 2008

                i bought the handset in Dec 2007, facing the problem for procesing sometimes it gets hang also. Now i opt for the memory card. what should i do more?

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                  • Chatrik
                  • 2TH
                  • 25 Apr 2008

                  This phone is a gift from my girlfriend and Its a really awesome one.I love the music quality and i dont think anythings wrong with it.Ofcourse compared to any sony ericsson walkman phone the sound quality is substandard.I dont see whats so controversial about the design cuz it really looks sexy.However the Nokia boss should ve included a torchlight in this phone that would make it perfect

                    • J
                    • Jonas Uchenna M.
                    • MuM
                    • 02 Apr 2008

                    i have been using this phone for more than one year. this phone has an eccelent performance.My problem is that i have been trying to install the software in my ACER laptop and it keep telling me that there is no drive for the soft ware. i tried to get it on net but could not. what do i do?

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                      • eXTZ.ro
                      • pqx
                      • 12 Feb 2008

                      I`m having this phone since last year in January i think. I`m pleased of it`s performances but one thing that bothers me is that this device dosen`t allows SOCKET connections :( Music quality without headset is also kinda` low. Overall i`m satisfied and happy for buying this phone :)

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                        • gka3000
                        • w9L
                        • 29 Jan 2008

                        about the nokia n 72 ...

                        one of the coolest designs in n series

                        with the lowest performance ...

                        * the bad -

                        no 3g

                        no infrared

                        no secondary video cam

                        low speed

                        loading the gallery takes time

                        display is very bad quality

                        installing & applying themes will slow the menus

                        camera cover gets loose after hard use

                        memory slot cover can easily get damaged

                        not that good as a music phone

                        not so good sounds through speakers

                        gives restarts than other symbian phones

                        installing applications may slow it down

                        inbuilt web browser is old & slow

                        using a 1gb mem card with content will slow it down

                        * the good -

                        big & nice design if u like it

                        running on symbian

                        camera is pretty good in taking pics

                        headphone plays mp3s with quality sounds

                        keypad is ok for texting

                        so many applications and themes to choose

                        the least recomended mem card is 512 mb if u like

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                          • Mohammed Hanif
                          • i49
                          • 13 Jan 2008

                          I am using N-72 mobile cell since six month back onwards. One thingh I can say this phone is having very poor battery back-up. Can anybody suggest me how to uninstall the game from the N-72 mobile I have installed some of the mobile game but unable to uninstalled the game kindly suggest me.
                          thanks.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • U2d
                            • 11 Jan 2008

                            Nokia N 72 is littlebit madarchod mobile in terms of battery.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • U2d
                              • 11 Jan 2008

                              Hey guys I have bought this phone 5 days before but feel sad enough to say that its battery back up is worst.It has to be charged everyday.............Other than this all the facilities are fantastic......

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                                • a.r.s.bharathi
                                • vGj
                                • 26 Nov 2007

                                hi, i am using n.72 for the past 3 months. it is fine, except that, it does not last even for one day, though, it is charging every day, even without much use/talking. is it a basic defect? or any other way to come this? can anyone help? thanks

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                                  • mark emmy
                                  • N7x
                                  • 06 Nov 2007

                                  i am having problem setting my n72 phone to english language

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                                    • sandesh
                                    • vGu
                                    • 10 Oct 2007

                                    N 72 is good.i mean not bad.phone memory should ve been more.it should even ve had infra red option.sound and picture quality is satisfactory.sony erricson w810i is better than n 72.its fast even though it has the same features and more..n 72 must ve had dual camera option too..on the other hand n 72 is of great use for storin data and other stuff..nokia pc suit comes in handy 4 this purpose..
                                    GREAT GOING NOKIA.
                                    thank u.!!!

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • kDC
                                      • 25 Jun 2007

                                      i think the n72 has the worst reception?....

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                                        • D.A.Karthik kumarK
                                        • vGv
                                        • 08 Jun 2007

                                        Hi buddies even i am using N72 and i liked it very much and the only thing i am unable to do is i am not able to on keypad lights can anyone tell me how to do it please friends hope mail me to karthikdavanam@gmail.com waiting for ur replies buddies..take care