The Nokia E72 isn’t out yet, but I’ve got to play with a pre-production model during the Mobile Geeks of NY meetup. It is the update to the E71, whose camera I absolutely hate. The camera app was the first thing I checked on the E72 and I was surprised to see a new autofocus system. Check out the video.

To autofocus with the Nokia E72, you rest your finger on top of the Optical Navi key. The green bracket shows up on the screen to confirm locked focus, then you press fully to take the photo. This is different from the predecessor where you had to press the letter ‘T’ to focus on a subject.

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The Nokia E72 was not running final software, but the new autofocus worked pretty well. I wasn’t able to grab the photos from the E72 to see the quality, but there are plenty of available photo samples on Flickr.