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Although we admire Nokia’s dedication in squeezing what they’ve managed to squeeze into the Nokia E52, we think they might have just, well, squeezed a little too hard. In the same way the world’s tallest man could probably – if he tried really, really hard, and maybe took out the steering wheel – fit into a Mini Cooper, there wouldn’t really be much point in his doing so because he wouldn’t be able to drive. And this is what we think is going to be the main problem with the E52, because for all the high-end, business-driven features, gizmos and go-faster stripes it has, it doesn’t have a QWERTY-keyboard. And yes, yes, we know a lot of people don’t like the bulkiness a keyboard necessarily creates (and at 9.9mm thick, and barely 100g weight, this thing is a stunner, we have to admit), it seems kind of redundant to have so many features that require, well, typing and browsing without having the typical tools of browsing and typing.

There’s access to intranets via the Mobile VPN capabilities, remote access to your hard drive via Ovi files, push email support, super quick HSDPA and all sorts of similar businessy jiggery pokery, but the idea of trying to navigate all this using nothing but the number keys is terrifying.

If you’re happy with that idea though, then this phone could well be right up your street. With it’s crazy thin dimensions, fantastic build quality and a huge range of mid to top-range features, you could do a hell of a lot worse than the Nokia E52. There’s a full Nokia E52 review here if you fancy more details, or have a little look at the video below.

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