Nokia E52/E55

The Nokia E52 and Nokia E55 are smartphones from Nokia's business-oriented Eseries range. They run Symbian OS v9.3 (S60 3rd Edition FP1). The E55 was announced on 16 February 2009, whilst the E52 was announced later on 6 May 2009. They are both physically and functionally identical, except that the E55 has a 'half-QWERTY' keyboard, similar to the SureType keyboard on BlackBerry Pearl, whereas the E52 revision has a traditional T9 keypad.[5]

Nokia E52 and Nokia E55[1]
The Nokia E52 (top) and Nokia E55 (below). The E55, despite being a higher number, was announced before the E52.
ManufacturerNokia
SeriesNokia Eseries
Compatible networksQuad band (GSM / GPRS / EDGE):

Dual band (UMTS / HSDPA):

Availability by regionSecond half of 2009[2]
PredecessorNokia E51
SuccessorNokia E5-00
RelatedNokia E72
Nokia 6720 classic
Form factorCandybar phone
Dimensions116 × 49 × 9.9 millimeters
Mass98 g
Operating systemS60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 on Symbian OS 9.3
CPUARM11; 600 MHz
Memory60 MB (built-in)
Removable storageMicroSDHC (up to 32 GB); Hot-swappable
BatteryBP-4L, 3.7V 1500 mAh lithium-polymer
Display240 × 320 pixels, 2.4 inches, 16.7 million colors
MediaMP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB and audio streaming
Rear cameraBack-mounted; 3.2 megapixels (2048 × 1536 pixels) with fixed focus (Extended Depth of field) and flash. It supports VGA video recording up to 15fps[3][4]
Front cameraFront-mounted; 0.0768 megapixels (240 × 320 pixels)[3]
Connectivity
Data inputsNumeric keyboard and five-way joystick
Other

They are available in Black, Black Aluminum, Metal Grey aluminium, White Aluminium and Gold. They came with a 1GB MicroSD memory card,[6] but it supports MicroSD cards with up to 32GB memory. It also has 60 MB free user memory. The E52 is the successor to Nokia's successful E51 model. Latest firmware version is v091.004 released on June 2, 2012.

The E52 and E55 were, at 9.9 mm thickness, very slim for its time, and feature mostly metallic bodies.[7][8] Nokia called the E55 the world's thinnest smartphone (it was just 0.1 mm thinner than Nokia E71).[9] The E55 model has a unique 'compact' QWERTY keyboard featuring two letters in the QWERTY order on a single key.

Features
  • Accelerometer Sensors (Automatic Landscape/Portrait View, snooze for alarm, make incoming ring silent)
  • Light sensor (for automatically set brightness for display and keypads)
  • Microphone with the noise reduction function (used during phone calls and for video recording)
  • One-Touch Keys
  • USB Charging
  • 3.5mm Standard Audio Connector
  • TCP/IP support
  • Serves as a Data Modem
  • GPS and A-GPS navigation via pre-installed OVI Maps or any other 3rd party applications
  • Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, A2DP
  • 3.5G Support
  • WAP 2.0/XHTML, HTML Browser (Flash Lite 3.0 Support)
  • Digital Home Support
  • Push To Talk (PTT)
  • SMS, MMS, Email Support
  • Stereo FM Radio with RDS and Internet Radio
  • Printing to File (Remote), using LPR or USB PictBridge-compatible printer
  • MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support
  • Java with MIDP 2.1 and CLDC 1.1,[3] JavaScript 1.3 and 1.5 browser support
  • Voice Recorder
  • Voice Command Capability
  • Smart Dialing
  • Text Message and Email - Audio Reader
  • 8 Hours Talk Time
  • 23 Hours Music Playback (battery dependent)
  • 23 Days of Stand-by Time
  • PDF Reader
  • Remote Lock/Wipe Over-The-Air
  • Quick Office Viewer/Editor - Word, Excel, PowerPoint Support (Free Update for Office 2007 formats support)
  • Power Saver Mode

Battery life

It has been observed that the 5.5 Watt-Hour, 1500 mAh, 3.7 V battery can easily last 27 days of practical use. This is considerably higher than other phones in its class made by Nokia and other manufacturers. If WiFi, Bluetooth are used and built-in VOIP client is active, the battery will last about 24 hours.

References
  1. "Nokia E52 - Specifications". Nokia Europe. Nokia. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  2. "Nokia E52 boasts super call time". Nokia Conversations - The official Nokia Blog. Nokia. 6 May 2009. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  3. "Device Details: Nokia E52". ForumNokia. Nokia. 6 May 2009. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  4. "Camera Review: Nokia E52". ForumNokia. Gsmarena. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  5. "Nokia E52 and E55 Review". slashgear.com. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. "Nokia E52 - Specifications - In the box". Nokia Europe. Nokia. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  7. "Nokia E52 - the most beautiful phone?". 28 August 2009.
  8. "Nokia E55 review: Five by five".
  9. "Nokia E55 smartphone • The Register". The Register.
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