The 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:
http://www.nokia.co.in/nokia/0,,96076,00.html
We 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. ]
You can see photo blog here: http://incobra.vox.com/library/post/e90-the-new-nokia-communicator-on-the-streets.html
Addition:
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?
Posted by Dave on August 6, 2007 at 5:45 am
Same rear panel problem on my E90 here in Malaysia. If it does get worse I will be printing out the 3 or 4 reports of the same problem from around the world that I have been seen to show them this is a design problem, and not due to mis-use.
Posted by incobra on August 6, 2007 at 10:57 am
Dear Dave, it certainly is not a problem created due to mis-use. I had written to Nokia care that the problem was there right from when the E90 was taken out of its box packing. An mine is not the only case here. All the E90’s my dealer has sold have the same problem and also the hissing and static disturbance during the call. The problem is there when the phone came out of the company sealed box so how can it be due to mis-use. Least the company can do is accept that it is company manufaturing defect instead they try to put blame on customer.
Posted by Dr. Kurt-Ernst Littig on November 14, 2007 at 1:16 pm
A look at a first glance and the rear cover was defective. This is clearly a fault of design and construction. I wrote to Nokia and I’am waiting for the answer.
Posted by dude on November 21, 2007 at 8:59 pm
i heard (from a very reliable soure) they are doing a recall on all nokia e90 because of the speaker problems, maybe give them another call.
i so badly wanted one, but maybe it will all be sorted out by feb 2008.
Posted by Nilster on December 18, 2007 at 2:18 pm
I bought my E-90 in August and I’ve had the exact same microphone problem as described above by Jaideepsinh, and I’m from South Africa. It’s now in for repair and waiting feedback. This is bad reflection on the Nokia brand…
Posted by Jhay on June 5, 2008 at 8:13 am
I bought my E90 in Nigeria in Feb 2008. It has been a HUGE disappointment. call quality was extremely poor for the first two months when it worked. The rear cover is obviously defective plus now I simply canoot receive or make calls on the phone as the other party cannot hear me. The bluetooth has also stopped working completely.It has been awful.
Posted by Santosh K on July 8, 2008 at 9:50 am
I have a similar problem that of Jhay… nokia service center india is highly irresponsible… after buing premium phone they made me wait for about 2 hrs,… is this phone really a premium business phone, if it is so… make them learn what that means… u can not wait for a long as general public…. airlines to have preium memberships… and they reallyb dwell on that… nokia…. pls put some thoght to this…. also hope E90 encounters no more problems… ( by the way at counter smile was good, the guy know the problem, before i could explain him… is it his efficiency or the amount of similar complaints that he has handled?)
Posted by jackson on July 30, 2008 at 10:40 am
i brought my new e90 phone it was flicking and the side cover is wobbling i have extereme fear because its a new phone can any one tell how ihave to get it replaced
Posted by jackson on July 30, 2008 at 10:42 am
hello every body i am the same can any one tell that some thing fast
Posted by jackson on July 30, 2008 at 10:43 am
i got annoyed ao asshole nokia care supports because i have boght it for a high cost 36000RS
CAN ANYONE HELP ME
Posted by Hemant Patel on December 14, 2008 at 4:51 pm
well I faced other problem in mY New E90 Black…just about two weeks it’s Internal Screen got Blank.
The External Screen was alive n Phone was working but Internal Screen got Dead. alas…
I sent it back and claimed for the Replacement.
After One month of long waiting they Replaced the Phone with a New One.
Nokia pls Care for Ur High-End Premium Phone Buyers…
Posted by gavin on March 4, 2009 at 6:45 pm
i have the same problems with my e90. it is now in thetford nokia centre n aftr readin othr peoples experiances i am woryd wot wil hapn nxt. hopefuly i wil b lucky n hav a e90 without the internal screen n microphone faults. n these r amung many othr isues wiv this model. nokia shud buck thier ideas up n make a stable fone. they r losing custom from a huge amount of ppl
Posted by Sanjay Tyagi on August 27, 2009 at 4:59 am
My E90 bought in July, 2008. Within 2 weeks the inner screen went blank. This was repaired by Nokia Care in Delhi. Within 6 months the paint started blistering & peeling off from the front screen. 2 days back the front metallic rectangular ring around the display & front screen came off. I am in Korea, where Nokia has no support (Read Market). I will be sending this to Malaysia with my friend for repairs. Lets wait and senn, How Nokia deals with this one.
Posted by Gandhiji's Monkey after using Nokia e90 on October 1, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Below is My Email to Nokia where you can find my problems / complaints to NOKIA
Hello
I have Nokia e90. I had purchased this mobile thinking it as the business phone, highly prestigious and of the excellent quality.
I am afraid to say that its not. I am sure nokia would be knowing about the problems in nokia e90 but to my surprise have not responded to it
Problems faced by me and many nokia e90 users
1. The quality of the product in terms of the body is very bad. The body color started coming out in just 4-5 months even after taking due care in terms of carry case, handling, etc
2. In just 6 Months, i had to replace the speakers as the speakers were giving torn voice (Add Rs 1200 to the cost)
3. In 1 Year, the battery drain (Adding Rs 1950 to the cost)
4. In 1.2 years, the microphone inside is dead (I cant speak), No person can listen to my voice (Estimated cost Rs 1200). I have not repaired the same till now
5. I started using handsfree, In just 1 month, one side of the speakers cant be heard now (Now I cant hear also)
I hope nothing happens to screen or else I wont be able to see also
So Gandhiji’s Famous Monkeys would be in me (Tomo 02 Oct 09 – Gandhiji’s Birthday) and i have to understand gandhiji’s gift to me (Dont talk bad, dont hear bad, dont see bad). It means Dont Use Nokia e90
Like me, many people are facing the same problem
For Your Reference: http://incobra.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/nokia-e90-defective/
(Giving You only 1 link, i can see plenty on google)
My Request you to compensate us in some possible way like
1. Replacing / Repairing parts for Free
2. Giving us a good exchange offer price
3. Giving Concessional rates for repairs / replacement
I look forward for your positive reply
Thanks