I just got an E52 in white, fantastic fantastic phone bearing in mind I have N73, N95 8GB, E61i among others. This is still the best, fastest, and the battery life is unbelievable. As a business phone everything works flawlessly and the packaging is slim and very pocket able. The build quality and internal hardware I think is 1st class since everything works. Compare to N95, it moves faster, detects faster, acquire GPS faster, more compatible with 3rd party sw etc etc. I have not experienced any crash at all. BTW it is not a music phone so if the ring tone is soft can always get a blue tooth headset so that will not miss a call in loud places like shopping complexes.

Yes white available, very refined, here's the photos an N95 8gb camera taken badly


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the phone is pretty stable and I think it has always been. They now have white, black and silver colors. Some points to note are :

1. Very pocketable, slim and classy.
2.Battery life is fantastic, this is very important as i pair it with a blue tooth device and talk all day not to mention usage for gps. What's the point of having a lot of features but worry on the battery, furthermore can charge via usb from pc if forgot to bring charger while traveling/meeting. Processing speed is fantastic, sends mms as fast as sms. Applications open/closes with an instant.
3. I think it's S60V3 fp2 so has goodies ie active sync
4. Keypad size is so big that one hand operation while driving is not a problem.
5. If font size too small can install Psiloc font manager, mine came with it.
6. If ring tone too soft can install different songs as ring tone as they are louder.

Recommended phone as it is not too fussy but has all the features, we do not want to look too fussy on business meetings, certainly do not want to look like we are doing everything ourselves.

I have garmin v5.00 and have not faced this problem so far and yes the battery life is fantastic.

On the mic I have no complains on the other side not hearing clearly

Definitely E52, I have not had any problems described in this forum so i think it's isolated cases. Majority of the phones would not be defective, mine's from Avaxx. The battery life is really fantastic, when it was new not so tahan, after 10 charges or so it's really good. I still use the phone extensively for calls via bluetooth headset, today I stayed on the line for 1 hour+another 25 calls or so, battery only dropped 2 bar and nowadays i charge the phone once in 3 days. The speed and size also very impressive.

I think with the new firmware a lot of things will be better, anyone update the firmware ? Please advice if there are any improvements

i have never had the garmin crashed the phone, sometimes exit on it's own but most of the time it works. It is of course not as efficient as the stand alone GPS but it's good enough for me. I even used it in S'pore w/o a-gps

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Added on February 17, 2010, 4:19 amI think this is Nokia's best phone at this candy bar package. Symbian S60 FP2+600mhz proc+1500mAh battery+2.4" screen+slim/light form factor makes this a great phone to consider. If the loudspeaker is too soft, the use of bluetooth headset will make up for it, as don't have to worry about battery life.

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Added on February 18, 2010, 2:24 am i have tried to crash Garmin but it does not hang the phone. This is apparent in some areas perhaps where the signal is weak and recalculation of route slows it down therefore 'crashing' the application. A quick exit to menu and then restart the program (it is still running) works for me. BTW enabling A-GPS helps a lot and i don't think there are data charges all the way, it just helps to lock the signal. Hope this helps.


This post has been edited by baby26: Feb 18 2010, 02:24 AM

good to see more users, please add me in

This post has been edited by baby26: Feb 27 2010, 10:23 PM

RM775 !!! This is very cheap, I bought mine RM1150 but just make sure the battery is ori. At this price it is still a very very good buy. I think battery life is a very important aspect.

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Added on March 4, 2010, 1:10 amI have not tried this but :

1. The contacts can be back up and copied to mem card
2. The contacts can then be accessed from there as there is a function to display all contacts whether it is in the phone mem+sim+mem card
3. But the default saving contacts is in the phone mem so everytime a new contact is created have to manually copy it to the mem card. I think this is to facilitate changing to another brand of phone.


This post has been edited by baby26: Mar 4 2010, 01:10 AM

I actually don't know how to technically recognize an ori battery which is why i buy zitron but i guess if i buy AP then i would buy it from a shop and bring the battery to Nokia to check. Perhaps this is why AP is cheaper.

Yes but can always go back to them for claim if it is not an ori. Reputable shops should warrant the claim, having said that if the phone is too cheap certainly there is something fishy so I normally check with a few shops. So far those phones that i have bought at LYP have never had any problems. If want 100% sure then buy from a Nokia authorized dealer but price is higher. So if we want cheaper there will be some risks involved, this is a fair assumption and expectations should be managed so that we don't get too emotional over RM100-200 price different. I think LYP with so many patrons and shops would want to keep their reputations so it is better, Sg Wang I think not as good.

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Added on March 7, 2010, 4:27 pmI have never tried this before so cannot comment but i think can call Nokia careline to check 1300881600. But I am interested in the 6 days momax battery !!!! Care to advice where to buy it.


This post has been edited by baby26: Mar 7 2010, 04:27 PM

very good price, worth considering.

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Added on March 8, 2010, 1:01 am thanks for the tips

This post has been edited by baby26: Mar 8 2010, 01:01 AM

OK i will and it is for my E71, the std battery still runs out in a day, with 3G on.

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Added on March 9, 2010, 4:13 amI think they have a new black color. For the firmware I have the one before latest revision but since there are no problems at all i did not bother to update it. Mine's at 022.009

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Added on March 9, 2010, 4:19 amMine's with the older firmware and no problems with Garmin but it is not as fast as a standalone unit so don't expect it to be. I turn on A-GPS so the signal lock is much faster and it'll not charge telco rates all the way


This post has been edited by baby26: Mar 9 2010, 04:19 AM

022.009 and garmin is 5.00.50s60.9. I think must be a bit patient especially when it is recalculating the route, it does not really crashes the phone but garmin will just exit, when reopen it will lock back to the same route, but it's not that it happens very often.

for chinese language ctrl panel-settings-general-personalization-language-writing language. For more applications go to Ovi store to download, there are many free apps there incl fring, KL traffic, sms preview etc

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Added on March 11, 2010, 11:18 amTo disable 3G ctrl panel-settings-phone-network-network mode-select gsm. For access point go to the browser then options-settings-general-access point-select always ask.

To set up email go to open menu then email-new email-follow the wizard. I have experienced your situation before and most of the time either the line is down or the user name/password is incorrect or access point setting. Setting email is a breeze with this phone, can try again.


This post has been edited by baby26: Mar 11 2010, 11:18 AM

Nokia Messaging no need to sign up just download fm Ovi site and it's very much like a client for easy set up of the most popular email servers ie gmail, yahoo mail etc. It is in built into the E52, it's just that it's not called the same name. The phone can configure auto for most of the popular emails and that includes Mail for Exchange which is set up in a breeze.

Just register with Ovi and get a free email account. After that register your phone model. Then go to the phone's Ovi icon and sign in. It will then recognize your phone model and lists the down loadable programs, you download and install via the phone. It is not possible to download via PC.
NSU=Nokia software updater where you update your firmware but this is only when necessary, it's not that you need to do it every month.
Ovi suite is the 'new' software to replace Nokia's PC Suite, more features but i find it to be slower.
PC Suite=Nokia's software that needs to be installed on your pc and is used to connect the phone to your pc for backup, sync, transfer data, etc. NSU can be downloaded from there as well.

In short just download PC Suite as Ovi suite is still new and not so stable. Please also note that if you have installed too many 'ahem' programs into your phone you may encounter a problem in back up, so it's best not to if it is your primary phone with a lot of important data.

The rest you just have to learn thru trial & error or ask the experts around here.

Need not feel obligated i just thought this was the most underrated phone in the Nokia line and therefore giving my fair share of experience on the phone.

This post has been edited by baby26: Mar 12 2010, 04:41 AM

Nokia suites are either PC Suite or Ovi Suite, that's all. Since they have 2 suites they named it in general Nokia Suites. I would recommend PC Suite, more stable but ultimately it'll be good to migrate to Ovi Suite stable version since it will be next gen and also supports Mac.

I have had a few Nokia phones before and I felt that battery element is very important, stability and practicality. E52 fulfills this feature at least for me.

I have never tested it running GPS the whole day and I don't think I will anyway, I don't intend to use it as a standalone GPS device.

At the end of the 2nd day mine's still got some juice left but bear in mind that I talk via blue tooth all the time so it'll consume more juice. Please also note that the battery has to be run in for about 10 charges for it to be really effective. I'll be happy if I just need to charge the phone every 2 days.

Could be the email settings or access point settings. It should not be a problem and you will be able to resolve it in time. I read mails on a E71 via MfE, settings are set to access mails every 1 hours during peak period, I turn off UMTS or dual mode and just stick to GSM to conserve battery. If you turn offWifi, 3G, GPS if turned on the whole day will consume a lot of battery.

I talk quite a lot on the phone, I could not tell you the daily usage but my bills are like RM500-700 a month w/o broadband just voice, all done via BT.