Nokia unshamedly say that this is a big phone , but then Communicator users have always been happy with this because it has meant that they have a bigger keyboard and screen. The old E90 weighed a massive 210 grams which was certainly one of the heaviest devices on the market , the new E7 offers similar functionality while trimming off 20% of the weight, coming in at 176 grams and measuring 124 x 62 x 14 mm.
Although the display is now an attractive 4 "ClearBlack" AMOLED touch screen panel, one immediately obvious thing is that the resolution has dropped to 640 x 360 pixels from 800 x 352 pixels on the E90.The wide display was one of the best features of the old E90, and 800 pixels or more is what you would expect from a high-end smartphone these days. Many Communicator users will be put off by this apparent downgrade.
This is a Symbian^3 smartphone , so the full range of Symbian^3 applications should be available to it, unlike the old E90 where there was only a limited subset. One of the problems with running Symbian applications on the E90 was the unusual format of the display.. so it looks like there could be an advantage in the more standard 640 x 360 panel after all.
Nokia E7 Unlike the E90, there is no secondary display.. but touchscreen phones are much more common than they were in 2007, so this is no surprise. The keyboard is elegantly laid out and is reminiscent of the one found on the old 9210i, with a clear layout and good spacing between the keys. The slider mechanism has a sort-of-hinge, so the E7 can be opened up and left on a desk and used like a tiny LAPTOP.
On the back of the E7 is an 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and 720p HD video capture. Videos can be played back through the familiar 3.5mm AV connector or via an optional HDMI adaptor. While we are on the subject of multimedia, the E7 also comes with an FM radio and a multimedia player that can support most major formats including MP3, AAC, Windows Media and Flash Video.
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