Nokia E7-00
The Nokia E7-00, also known as Nokia E7, is a smartphone by Nokia with a QWERTY keyboard that was marketed as part the business-oriented Nokia Eseries. It was announced at Nokia World in September 2010 together with the Nokia C6-01 and Nokia C7 and started shipping in February 2011, retailing for 495€ / HK$4898 / £375. As with the other two, it ships with the Symbian^3 operating system.
Aside from the addition of the physical keyboard, many of the E7's specifications are similar to the more multimedia-focused Nokia N8. Differences include the lack of memory card slot, no FM transmitter, a less advanced camera with extended depth-of-field, instead of autofocus as in the N8 and the Nokia E90. However, it retains the N8's HDMI connection and a non-removable battery. The slide features a similar upward-facing mechanism as the Nokia N97.
Compared to the N97 and E90, the E7 has a multitouch capacitive touchscreen. Unlike the N8, N97, and the E90, the E7 has an AMOLED ClearBlack display with a slightly lower resolution than the E90's primary display.
Vlasta Berka, general manager of Nokia Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei, talked about the trend of users who are using their smartphones for business.
Design
Dimensions
- Size:
- Weight :
- Volume:
Keys and input methods
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Home key, power key, lock key, camera key, volume key
- Finger touch support for text input and UI control
- On-screen alphanumeric keypad and full keyboard
- Possibility to use capacitive stylus
- Full screen handwriting recognition
- Handwriting recognition for Chinese
Appearance
- Anodised aluminium casing available in dark grey, silver white, blue, green and orange
Display and user interface
- Screen size: 4"
- Resolution: 16:9 VGA AMOLED
- 16 million colours
- Capacitive touch screen
- Orientation sensor
- Compass
- Proximity sensor
- Ambient light detector
Personalisation
- Up to three customisable home screens: menu, widgets, themes, shortcuts, icons, customisable profiles
- Ringtones: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
- Video ringtones
- Themes: wallpapers, screensavers, audio themes & pre-installed themes
- Changeable colour themes
Hardware
Power management
- BL-4D 1,200 mAh Li-ion battery
- Talk time :
- * GSM up to 540 mins
- * WCDMA up to 300 mins
- Standby time :
- * GSM up to 430 h
- * WCDMA up to 470 h
- Charging port:
- * Micro-USB
Data network
- GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33
- HSDPA Cat9, maximum speed up to 10.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA Cat5 2.0 Mbit/s
- WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
- Capability to serve as data modem
- Support for Microsoft Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes
Memory
- Internal memory: 16 GB, not expandable.
Operating frequency
- GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
- Automatic switching between WCDMA and GSM bands
- Flight mode
Connectivity
- Bluetooth 3.0
- HDMI
- High-Speed USB 2.0
- Micro-USB connector and charging
- USB On-the-Go
- Standard 3.5 mm AV connector
- FM Radio
- Built-in wireless b/g/n connectivity adapter
Criticism
The Parliament of Finland bought 200 E7s in spring 2011; by late April 2012, over 50 of these phones had been serviced under warranty. Most of them were fixed by an OS update.The E7's battery is not user-removable, although unofficial online tutorials on how to replace the battery exist.
Being one of Nokia's first phone designs without a dedicated connector for charging, the USB connector in the E7 is also used for charging, and is a common point of failure.