The Nokia C7-00 is a

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from the

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Cseries. It was introduced on 14 September 2010 and released in Q4 2010. The C7-00 features a , 640 x 360

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and features

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video recording, and was also the world's first smartphone to have

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capability. The C7 shipped with Symbian^3 and is updatable to

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(update made available on 7 February 2012). The C7's round design has similarities to the

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. Nokia's mobile phone business head Anssi Vanjoki called it the "sleekest" device in the world. Unlike the

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flagship, the C7 has physical call and hangup buttons.

Variants

The Nokia C7 Astound was also released for the T-Mobile USA, but has only one casing colour available, and omits 1900 MHz HSDPA (3G) band. On 25 May 2011 the premium Nokia Oro was announced, which has the same internal specifications and even looks exactly like the C7, but has 18-carat gold plating, leather and sapphire crystal materials. It shipped with the "Anna" Symbian update.

NFC

The C7 shipped with an NFC chip built-in, but the chip was not enabled until the following year, with the release of Symbian Anna, a new version of the OS. The feature could be used to pair with headsets, read NFC tags, or, through

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e-commerce software, be used to accumulate loyalty points or pick up discount coupons.

Firmware versions

The C7-00 runs the

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operating system, originally shipping with Symbian^3 and updatable to Anna and later Belle. Nokia Belle supports six home screens, each with re-sized widgets that the user can customise. Nokia released the Nokia Belle update via Nokia Suite (v3.3.86 or higher), with Anna previously released through FOTA or Nokia Suite (for PC or Mac) or Nokia Software updater on 18 August 2011. Nokia (Symbian) Belle v.111.030.0609 has been made available on 7 February 2012, along with other devices in the original Symbian^3 line-up. Several countries do not have the Belle update available for the Nokia C7. There is no current release date scheduled and it is not clear if the update will be released for the countries that do not currently have it available. If a phone has an

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indicating it is from one of these markets, it can not be updated to a Belle release.

Specifications

Dimensions

*Size: 118.3 × 56.8 × 10.5 mm *Weight (with battery):

Keys and input methods

*Touch screen *On-screen alphanumeric keypad and full keyboard

Personalisation

* Six customisable home screens (in Nokia Belle) * Widgets * Themes * Customisable profiles

Personal information management

*Detailed contact information *Calendar *To-do list *Notes *Recorder *Clock

Navigation

*Integrated

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, with

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functionality *

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with free car and pedestrian navigation

Photography

Camera

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(3264 x 2448 pixels)

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: f/2.8 *Focal length: 4.3 mm *

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with Extended Depth of Field (EDoF), marketed as "full focus" *Still images file format:

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*Secondary camera for video calls (VGA, 640×480 pixels) *Face recognition software (in Nokia Store for older phones)

Image capture

* Automatic location tagging of images and videos * Photo editor

Other

*Built-in memory: 8 GB *

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memory card slot, up to 32 GB *

enabled

Video

Video cameras

*Main camera **Video capture in

30 fps (after update to Nokia Belle) with codecs H.264, MPEG-4 **Dual microphones for stereo audio recording *Secondary VGA camera for video calls

Video sharing and playback

* HD 720p, 30 fps video playback *

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*Video call and video sharing *

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and Xvid support

Music and audio

* Music codecs:

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, WMA,

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* Short range FM transmitter

References

External links

Nokia C7-00 Device Details at Nokia DeveloperNokia C7-00 press releaseNokia Support Discussions
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