Nokia E52/E55

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
Availability by regionSecond half of 2009[2]
PredecessorNokia E51
SuccessorNokia E5-00
RelatedNokia E72
Nokia 6720 classic
Compatible networksQuad band (GSM / GPRS / EDGE):

Dual band (UMTS / HSDPA):

Form factorCandybar phone
Dimensions116 × 49 × 9.9 millimeters
Weight98 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
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]
Display240 × 320 pixels, 2.4 inches, 16.7 million colors
MediaMP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB and audio streaming
Connectivity
Data inputsNumeric keyboard and five-way joystick
Other

The Nokia E52 and Nokia E55 are mobile phones 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]

They are available in Black, Black Aluminum, Metal Grey aluminium, White Aluminium and Gold. They came with a 1 GB microSD memory card,[6] but it supports microSD cards with up to 32 GB memory. It also has 60 MB free user memory. The E52 is the successor to Nokia's successful E51 model.[7] 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.[8][9] Nokia called the E55 the world's thinnest smartphone (it was just 0.1 mm thinner than Nokia E71).[10] The E55 model has a unique 'compact' QWERTY keyboard featuring two letters in the QWERTY order on a single key.

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  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. ^ a b "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 review". CNET. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Nokia E52 - the most beautiful phone?". 28 August 2009.
  9. ^ "Nokia E55 review: Five by five".
  10. ^ "Nokia E55 smartphone • The Register". The Register.