The Nokia E7-00, also known as Nokia E7, is a

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with a

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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

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. When compared with the multimedia flagship of the time,

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, the E7 has fixed

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of 16GB without a

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slot, no FM transmitter and a less advanced camera, with

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, instead of

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as in the N8 and the E90. Like the

, it comes with an

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-out connector and a non-user-replaceable battery that is smaller than the E90's. It has the same keyboard spring mechanism as the Nokia N97 mini, but has like the N8 an anodized aluminium casing. All this is different from the bulkier and heavier E90. Compared to the Nokia N97 mini and E90, the E7-00 has a

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. Unlike the N8, N97 mini, and the E90, the E7-00 has an

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(AMOLED) ClearBlack technology with a slightly lower resolution than the E90. 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 (with battery): * 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(640 × 360 pixels) AMOLED * 16 million colours * Capacitive touch screen * Orientation sensor (Accelerometer) * Compass (Magnetometer) * Proximity sensor * Ambient light detector

Personalisation

* Up to three customisable home screens: menu, widgets, themes, shortcuts, icons, customisable profiles (with an update of Symbian Belle you got a six home screens with some new and enlarged widgets) * 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 (maximum): ** GSM up to 540 mins (9 h) ** WCDMA up to 300 mins (5 h) * Standby time (maximum): ** GSM up to 430 h (17 d, 22 h) ** WCDMA up to 470 h (19 d, 14 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

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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) * 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

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bought 200 E7s in spring 2011; by late April 2012, over 50 of these phones had been serviced under

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. 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

External links

Nokia E7-00 official product page

Nokia E7-00 Device details at Forum Nokia
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