rancebobo wrote:
I don't think I will go back to my good old E72, as the email client works MUCH better on Anna. Still considering what to do...
From your personal usage of both the E72 and the E6 can you share the pros and the cons of the switching to the E6, other than the obvious notification light and battery drain. You mentioned the email client is better can you build on that. Has the basic calendar changed if so what, things along that nature. Thanks!!
My Pleasure. A very personal comparision, potentially incomplete, and focussing on the differences:
- looks (for those who care): the E72 looked slimmer (although it isn't really), sexier than the E6 (very personal asessment).
- build: the E6 feels more stable and even better built than the E72.
- screen: of course much better on the E6, those websites that I could barely read on the E72 are now no problem.
- keyboard: less cramped and a little "softer" on the E6. I like it a little bit better, although the E72 also had a very good one.
- Anna: obviously a much more up to date OS, cleaner, fewer "cascaded" menu levels, a little bit more intuitive and logical to handle. I like it, and think its fun to use. Some details:
- calendar: for me this is the biggest improvement over Symbian^3 - finally the great month calendar display with appointments showing next to the month view ist back! I would consider it to be back at a level comparable to the E72 now, so no major improvement over v.5 but a huge improvement over ^3.
- email client: I'm using gmail synch (mail for exchange) for email, contacts and calendar. This NEVER worked flawlessly on the E72: emails very often got screwed up, I guess due to weak support of the gmail threaded structure. Sometimes emails didn't fully download to the phone, no matter what I tried. Sometimes they didn't get displayed properly. Calendar and contacts synch worked better with the very last E72 OS update, however, some updates that I made on either the PC or the E72 didn't get synched or it took a very long time and I had to initiate manual synch. These problems are completely gone on the E6/Anna, so far I didn't run into any problems, it works fast and reliably.
- touchscreen: now that I'm used to it I don't want to miss it ever again. A few days ago I re-activated my E72 to look for something, and always found myself trying to touch an icon on its screen. A really great enhancement.
- vibration/ringer volume: this was really a bit stronger/louder on the E72.
- shortcut HW keys: they were a bit more convenient to operate on the E72, as they were put onto one panel together wich call/end keys on the E6, so a bit more cramped, and as they are located very close to the touchscreen, it's a little harder to hit the right one and a little easier to hit the touchscreen. Not a big problem though, also a matter of getting used to.
- browser: a disaster on the E72, usable on the E6. I still prefer Opera. Its a little faster (not much), and more user friendly.
- reception & sound quality: the E6 beats the E72 (although the E72 wasn't bad either). No reception problems at all, and speaker/sound quality when making calls on the E6 is the best I ever had on any phone. Awesome.
There are still a few glitchesin the E6 OS, but no major ones in my opinion, and can be fixed in SW updates, I hope.
All in all, the E6 would represent a major step forward, and would really be pleasure and fun to use, if there weren't those silly notification light and battery issues, which are real problems for me. I already missed a couple of important emails (better: I saw them too late), and I have to recharge my battery at least once per day, sometimes twice. Without these nasty issues, I would consider the E6 the best phone of its kind in the world.
Hope that hepls, pls feel free to ask more questions.
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