Nokia E7-00

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Nokia E7-00
NokiaE7 1.JPG
Manufacturer Nokia Finland
Series E-series
Availability by region7 February 2011 [1]
Predecessor Nokia E75
Nokia E90 Communicator
Nokia N97
Successor Nokia 808 PureView
Related Nokia N8
Nokia N900
Compatible networks
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)
Operating system Symbian^3 Belle
CPU ARM 11 @ 680 MHz [2]
Storage16  GB external mass storage, 256  MB RAM, 1 GB ROM
Removable storage 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 camera VGA, for video calling
Display640 × 360 px (nHD), 4" capacitive, multi-touch ClearBlack AMOLED [3]
Data inputs
Development statusDiscontinued
SAR 0.56 W/kg (head) [4]

The Nokia E7-00, also known as Nokia E7, is a business-oriented QWERTY smartphone by Nokia from the Nokia Eseries. [5] It was announced at Nokia World in September 2010 together with the Nokia C6-01 and Nokia C7 [5] [6] [7] [8] and started shipping in February 2011. It is the second phone after the Nokia N8 to be running the Symbian^3 operating system.

Contents

When compared with the Nokia N8, [9] it has fixed mass storage of 16GB without a memory card slot, no FM transmitter and a less advanced camera, with Extended Depth of Field, instead of autofocus as in the N8 and the E90. [3] Like the Nokia N8, it comes with an HDMI-out connector and a non-user-replaceable battery that is smaller than the E90's. [10]

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. [3]

Compared to the Nokia N97 mini and E90, the E7-00 has a multitouch capacitive touchscreen. Unlike the N8, N97 mini, and the E90, the E7-00 has an Active-matrix OLED (AMOLED) ClearBlack technology with a slightly lower resolution than the E90. [3] Vlasta Berka, general manager of Nokia Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei, talked about the trend of users who are using their smartphones for business. [11]

Design

Dimensions

Keys and input methods

Appearance

Display and user interface

Personalisation

Hardware

Nokia E7 beside the first communicator, Nokia 9000 Communicator. As Time Goes By (Nokia 9000 Communicator & E7).jpg
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. [12]

The E7's battery is not user-removable, [13] [14] although unofficial online tutorials on how to replace the battery exist. [15]

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.

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