Nokia E90 - Good or Bad. Review on Nokia E90

I was one among the first few persons in my city to get a Nokia E90 business Phone. Its not that I need a business phone as such but I am a person with a passion for gadgets. I have changed mobile phone gadgets

then I can remember.Coming back to Nokia E90.

Design and Looks wise it is the best till date communicator from Nokia yet. The metal and plastic body very good and to top it all the hinges makes it very strong. As the size has been decreased so the keypad has

shrunk in size , resulting into smaller keys. The 3.2 mega pixel camera gets you good pictures both indoors and outdoors.

Recorded video quality is also ok. The audio quality is surprisingly good then its predecessors, both in radio, audio the quality is very good. As a phone the E90 is comparable to any of the best devices out there. It is

a device which compensates all our e-mail and internet needs. It has all Office and business capabilities a phone needs, like editing documents, pim, mobile ofice, etc.

Its has gps capability. Its inbuilt gps takes some time to lock on to the satellite though and I personally think using it as navigator is a bit difficult. But the best part is the E90 has got S60 3rd Edition OS which means literally all the applications out there which are meant for this os will work on E90. The E90 has a 1500 mAh. In normal usage with WiFi, Gps & Camera it can do without a charge for about 2 days.

Thats better then N95 which I was using before E90. Some reviews I read about Nokia E90 seem to point

out that only some s60 3rd. Edition applications seem to work on E90. But Allmost all the applications I tried on E90 worked out alright. I will list them later down here. T

here is a freaky mistake on E90 though, the body cover on the back side near the camera lense is creaky and press down slightly [ as does when the body is loose ]. Does anyone have any similar problemThe new Nokia E90 is in the market. It is a good business phone. But I am afraid the quality of this premium product from Nokia is not so good. The Back cover near the speaker creaks and makes you

feel that its loose. There is a hissing and static disturbance in

background which makes the call quality terrible.

And when you write about your problem to nokia care, firstly they do not accept it as manufacturing defect and simply advise us to take the

instrument to nokia service centre and that the cover is not covered under warranty and we will have to bare the expences for the repair of the fault. It makes us feel that they are trying to tell us that the

cover was loosened by our fault. And we all now know that this "back cover creeking" is being

faced by people widely.

So why does not Nokia accept the there is a manufacturing problem in their Premium product E90. Below is a copy I received in reply to my complain e-mail to Nokia Care.

[ Thank you for e-mailing Nokia Care.This e-mail is in reference to your concern regarding Nokia E90. As we are not in a position to physically access your phone to detect the cause for concern, we request you to take your phone to a Nokia Care Centre. Our technicians will assist you in the best possible way.

For location of a Care Centre nearest to you, kindly access the following web link:https://nokia.co.in/nokia/0, , 96076, 00.htmlWe recommend you take along the proof of purchase while visiting the Nokia Care Centre. You may kindly note that concern with panel is not covered

under warranty.

As such, you will have to bear the service charges.Before submitting your phone at a Nokia Care Centre, you may kindly take a backup of the phone contacts data to the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card. If the phone supports memory card, take a back up of contacts, messages, images, clips, etc. on to the memory card or on to the PC. Back up can be taken, provided the phone is in “Power ON”

condition.

The technicians at the Nokia Care Centre and Nokia India would not be responsible for the loss of data during the repair process. ]

*There is also a hissing sound while making and receiving calls. It starts with occational hissing in the background while the call is ongoing. It becomes presistant after few

days and the hissing is present in every call we make or receive. And after sometime it becomes like loud static disturbance which makes the call useless as we cannot hear the other party and the party on the

other side cannot hear us. It is confirmed by some techs. at nokia service centre as microphone problem. Some pieces are repaired and some replaced.

But still Nokia has not openly accepted both problems creaky back cover and Hissing and static disturbance . And both of these problems with E90 are spread widely in all geographic areas

around the world. I think if they are ready to accept a small and cheap part problem such a battery [BL-5C] and recall it, Why not accept the problems faced by its Premium product users of E90 business phone world

over and replace the faulty lot.

In fact Nokia in India has stopped supply of E90 and sources say they will be put in market only when the new lot in which these problems will have been ractified come from the

company. So what about the poor dedicated customers who with faith bought the E90 as soon as they hit the market?Mine has gone for replacement? Its been 10 days since they accepted the phone but the dealer says I will have to wait for my new replacement phone for some time more as Nokia is not being able to supply Phones. Its not only E90 in short supply but N series and others as well. Lets hope I get my e90 soon.*