So, the trial E72 from WOMWorld is already in my town. Been reading reviews yesterday and this morning too, and I have a feeling my love for it will be mostly defined by the following:
× Nokia Messaging. Supposedly, the E72 comes with lifetime subscription, which is a good thing since it’s not free here anymore. Sure, I COULD pay for it, but a) why should I pay for something that I think should be default in today’s mobiles, especially at the high-end level? And b) because I’m not on contract but on a pre-paid package, it’s technically not possible for me to subscribe to it. Now, one could say they aren’t bothered by it, but frankly, I’ve been banging my head into the wall/desk/whatnot after seeing how the N900 was able to fetch my emails automatically and the N97 is just plain unable to do that. Annoying much? Yes, for me it is. (And another part, I can finally try Messaging IM which is for some mysterious reason still only available for a very few Eseries model.)
× QuickOffice. Another thing I think should be default at least on full-QWERTY models, yet not only does Nokia not include a full version on its flagship Nseries device, they don’t even seem to care to at least offer the latest version of the viewer. So, the N97 lacks editing capability, but what’s even more frustrating, it also lacks Office 2007 support. In 2010. Idk about others, but if I have a full keyboard, I want to be able to mess around with documents (especially on such a big touchscreen as the N97’s.) And no, I don’t wanna PAY for yet another should-be-basic thing, mainly not when it only installs to the phone memory which is just inferior on the N97, as we well know.
× HSxPA. It’s 2010, with 4G/LTE/whatnot knocking on the doors, and what does the N97 have? 3.6Mbps HSDPA module, and that’s it. The E72’s 10.2Mbps HSDPA / 2Mbps HSUPA capability will be a welcome change, I’d say.
× And while I’m at it, I’d mention the PDF reader: N95 had the full app, which only came reduced to a ridiculous 15 day trial in the N97. As far as I know, the E72 has the full version of that as well – another thumb up.
Beyond the hardware under the hood, I guess the like-factor comes very much down to services. I at least can’t say I like a device that flips me the middle finger every second time I’d want to get something done with it. Am I right in any way?
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