Nokia E7: A Powerful Symbian 3 Smartphone

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If beauty were only screen deep, the Nokia E7 series would stand a good chance in a Miss Handset competition. The Nokia E7 is a powerful Symbian 3 Smartphone that features an 8 mega pixel camera, a 4 inch touch screen and a full slide out QWERTY keyboard. The Nokia E7, or E7-00, caused quite a stir at this year's Nokia World and is the second device (after the Nokia N8) to be powered by the latest version of the Symbian OS - Symbian 3. Nokia basically conceived the QWERTY-laden business phone with its Communicator Series way back to1996 and now we have the anodized aluminum chassis of the Nokia E7 waving at us, claiming to be a worthy heir of Nokia's enterprise series phones with physical keyboards. The sleek brushed aluminum casing that feels great in the hand. It's just under 14mm thick, but fairly lightweight for its size and depth.

Retaining most of the wonderful features and design cues from the Nokia N8, the E7 just might have the perfect mix of ingredients, with its peculiar looking keyboard, to consider itself as being the next big Smartphone from Nokia's camp.

What's boasting about E7 besides other Nokia smart phones is that it has an ample 4" AMOLED Clear black display with 360 x 640 resolutions; this is the biggest screen ever on a contemporary Nokia phone. We've found Symbian 3 to be a solid step forward. With three Home screens and smooth transitions between pages, version of its operating system is the best up till now. Perhaps there can be tight spots, mainly slower in loading apps more than our Notion but mostly e7 is easy.

Under the display there is single menu button that will light up or pulsate when receiving calls or text messages as the notification system. Its location in the center is much better than the home button on the Nokia N8, which you almost drop the phone to reach. Plus, it is equally accessible in the middle for both left-handed and right-handed users.

On the left edge, we locate nothing but an unlock switch, while the volume switch, shutter key, and SIM card slot are all found on the right side of the phone. Taking a quick look at flat top of E7, we find its 3.5mm headset jack and dedicated power button perched on their usual spots. and at the left end of the top side is the exposed micro USB port, which offers USB-on-the-go capabilities with the supplied connector.