Nokia World may be over and forgotten by some but it is still fresh in my mind and one experience I will not easily forget. The Nokia E5 was presented to me on my first morning prior to Nokia World. The E5 represented a merging of our business and social world. Follow the break for more of my review and a full image library. Luckily, I was honoured with the white version and I had visions of it accompanying me home and becoming a permanent resident but alas this was not to be. I already own the bronze E72 so I knew much of the software and hardware so there was no learning curve for me but new users to symbian should not be put-off as the device has help options throughout to help set-up your email options and social networks.
The E5 has a very different feel in comparison to the E72. The E72 feels quite cold to the touch because of the existence of metal and is taller and thinner than the E5. The E5 feels slightly inferior because of its plastic build but it is firm and is of good construction. The simplicity in the E5 with the reduced key-options on the front of the device was refreshingly. In liking with the E72, the E5 has the dual screen mode allowing you to set profiles and applications based on your personal or business mode. However, the E5 provides more social aspects than the E72 being ready to go with Gmail, Ovi Mail, Windows Live Hotmail and several other high profile social networks amongst several email clients including Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes. Ovi store and Ovi maps are present which makes the package complete.
There are similarities and changes in the hardware. The screen remains at a 2.4 inch screen. The E5 is slightly lighter by 2g than the E72, E5 126g to E72 128g. The E5 is bulkier and you can feel and see the difference when compared to the E72, E5 115×58.9×12.8mm, E72 114×58x10mm. The E5 has a 5 megapixel camera inline with the E72. The improvements of E5 sees it arriving with more internal memory of 250mb and 256mb ram in comparison with the E72 128mb ram.
The E5 does not bring a great deal of improvements to the E72 and so should not be looked at as a replacement but appears to be filling a gap in the market for a cheaper e-series device with emphasis on the social networks and everything on board. I found additional improvements in the qwerty keypad and in the size and function of the keys in comparison with the E72. The camera was poor and I retreated to the N82 xenon for images and videos at Nokia World. I struggled to set up the email on the E5 but a colleague completed the task for me. Gravity proved a hit and miss on most occasions. The software still needs work on the E5 and with the update will come stability which will allow users to be ‘ready to go’ with the E5 out of the box.
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