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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  • Manjinder
  • PWY
  • 05 Apr 2007

nokia n-72 is fine but it lacks essential facilities like 3G.picture quality is very fine.it will do a great job in the market.but one thing i have in mind is that which model is better n-70 or n-72.anyone who has any knowledge about it plz mail me.

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    • Anonymous
    • PUP
    • 16 Mar 2007

    Can anyone teach me how do I add the application in 'Goto' list. Since I am unable to add the new item in that. Pls reply on my email id: ishk143@rediffmail.com

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      • shinu
      • U2d
      • 11 Mar 2007

      hey all, when i charge the battery of the handset it gets low again within a day even if i don't use it .can anyone help??

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        • DiO
        • pdr
        • 07 Jan 2007

        I think it's a great phone, as n70 is one of the best Nokia phones, this is it's brother with a cooler design and no 3g, which i wouldn't use anyways... Plus it's a bit faster and has 128mb card included, not 64mb like in n70's, and it's a bit cheaper, a perfect phone for me...

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          • sammy
          • Nh5
          • 22 Dec 2006

          hey for a start i dont think its a girly phone as they have released this phone is pink for the ladies and black for the guys but i have to say i have used a N70 and really mis the front camera overall N72 is a faster and good phone i like it personally

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            • ric
            • PAC
            • 03 Dec 2006

            for people in places with 3g better buy n70 or if you have the budget, n73.

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              • ronnie
              • 2SP
              • 23 Nov 2006

              I bought my piece couple of days back and am not quite satisfied with the features that it had to offer..
              It had no 3G support and was using RS-MMC!!! when this is the age of micros and minis!!! I just can't figure it out why nokia released n72 in the first place!!!
              If there are any softwares which can enhance the features of n72 to a certain level.. please do let me know.. Thanks you all!!!

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                • Chris
                • nDC
                • 13 Oct 2006

                I don`t know whow that is posible because this never happened to me.The file transefer management works just fine and allso the music convertor.Great phone if it warent for the fact that the back model is scratching off.All in all a nice phone.

                  • M
                  • Mohd
                  • M{3
                  • 09 Oct 2006

                  I transferred song from pc to phone it converted but the name shows track 1 or 2 or 3,but in pc written name of the song,so please advise me how to rename the track 1 to song name

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                    • sugantharajan
                    • 2SM
                    • 06 Oct 2006

                    I'm very much satisfied with this phone.It looks very good,attractive and also the clarity of voice,music and display are fantastic.also the charge lasts long..what else is required..??

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                      • Venkatesh PV
                      • Pxq
                      • 23 Sep 2006

                      Smaller than 6610, faster internet browsing,clarity of voice when hearing,good on the whole.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 2Wb
                        • 10 Sep 2006

                        The phone's pretty decent, but i have seen one major glitch. Maybe its something I can update the firmware for, but when you search thru your contacts, e.g. pressing "A" does not bring up all the names that start with the letter "A", instead it brings up all names (in alphabetical order) which have an occurance of "A" anywhere in the complete name. That really makes the user experience sloppy.

                        Has anyone faced the same issue and/or found a workaround?

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                          • Darshan
                          • nHB
                          • 08 Sep 2006

                          Hi
                          I am a N70 User. I was actually waiting for this phone because of its looks and ya it looks fantastic but I didnot find any difference between N70 and N72. On the down side, its not a 3G phone.

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                            • m25
                            • 31 Aug 2006

                            This phone is perfectly fine for me. I liked the feel and look. Much better than the previous bulky 6600. The 32mb of ram was a welcome feature. Could easily multitask on the phone. I think its great for those who dont have 3g networks in their country and want a phone having more or less all features at an affordable price. And yes, its cool on the style front too. Great work.

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                              • TM
                              • S1M
                              • 27 Aug 2006

                              Yes, its N70 without 3G.
                              Why they didn't mention that it has the biggest (together with N70) amount of free RAM - about 32MB (which brings multitasking to a new level). None of the 3rd ed devices has so and its pain in the...

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                                • Anonymous
                                • Pv9
                                • 26 Aug 2006

                                filling a gap. the n70 was not sell on on some countries do they don't have 3G people would not pay for something they are not going to use.

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                                  • Harlekkin
                                  • 2Zt
                                  • 26 Aug 2006

                                  I don't know what GSMARENA's problem is with the design... it looks OK to me. As a matter of fact: the design resembles the N80 in some ways. It's not out of the ordinary at all.

                                  The screen is a pitty indeed, but as a "low" end phone this would be quite afordable and serves fine for the general public. It's really just about keeping up with the competition: Sony Ericsson.

                                  With the K600, K610, K618 and W8xx series Nokia needs to fill the gap somehow.

                                  Harlekkin





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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • iEL
                                    • 25 Aug 2006

                                    oh yes plz , gsmarena . give us the n73



                                    n72 is the same like n70 but without 3G
                                    the same issue 6681 in comparison to 6680

                                    where is n73 the big display , the autofocus camera one ??????

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • myE
                                      • 25 Aug 2006

                                      The point of releasing this phone is: it aims at some girl customers. I've seen alot of girls who have bought or want to buy this pretty one.

                                      BTW, what abt review of N73 ? The N73 has been released for a month and it's hot. C'on GSMarena, give us the review

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • PFM
                                        • 25 Aug 2006

                                        what about the n73?!