Nokia E7-00

Nokia E7-00
ManufacturerNokia Finland
Series
E-series
Availability by region
7 February 2011
PredecessorNokia E75
Nokia E90 Communicator
Nokia N97
SuccessorNokia 808 PureView
RelatedNokia N8
Nokia N900
Dimensions123.7 mm (4.87 in) H
62.4 mm (2.46 in) W
13.6 mm (0.54 in) D
Weight176.0 g (6.21 oz)
Symbian^3, upgradeable to Nokia Belle Refresh (111.040.1511)
CPUARM 11 @ 680 MHz
Storage16 GB external mass storage, 256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM
none
Battery
  • BL-4D (1200mAh) Li-Ion battery (removable by service)
  • micro-USB charging
Rear camera8 Megapixels (main), 16:9 720p video, 35 FPS. Dual LED flash (can be used as flashlight by holding the Lock key).
Front cameraVGA, for video calling
Display640 × 360 px (nHD), 4" capacitive, multi-touch ClearBlack AMOLED
Data inputs
Development status
Discontinued
SAR0.56 W/kg (head)

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. While it was not part of the Nokia Communicator, many regional marketing literature unofficially considers it as such, being the spiritual successor of the E90.

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

Keys and input methods

Appearance

Display and user interface

Personalisation

Hardware

Nokia E7 beside the first communicator, Nokia 9000 Communicator.

Power management

Data network

Memory

Operating frequency

Connectivity

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.

References

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  12. ↑ Parkkari, Jani (29 April 2012). "Kansanedustajilta meni hermo: Eduskunnan Nokiat eivät toimi! | Digiuutiset | Iltalehti.fi" [Members of the Parliament lost their nerves: The Parliament's Nokias don't work! | Diginews | Iltalehti.fi] (in Finnish). Iltalehti/Alma Media. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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