Nokia E7 Review

A video review of the Nokia E7 Symbian ^3 smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard. The Nokia E7 has a 4" 640 x 360 AMOLED display, and runs on ARM11 680MHz CPU with 256MB RAM and 350MB internal storage as well as 16GB mass storage. The Nokia is a pentaband world 3G HSDPA phone with unlocked GSM. It comes with Ovi Maps 3.0, Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi 802.11n and supports MS exchange Active Sync and works with Google services as well. The phone has a 1200mAh battery that has claimed talk time of 5 hours.

[@Animated__Freak]

I wish there was a modern phone with this design. Love the pop-out keyboard. They where so great.

[@Trojanischer_Esel]

Animated Freak I know this comment is pretty old, but take a look at the F(x)tec Pro1 if you’re still searching for something like that

[@richardvargas81]

May 2022, i still have it and i love it 😎

[@Shelbyyy999]

isnt it 3g? do 3g phones still work nowadays? im asking because i was thinking about buying a phone like this

[@richardvargas81]

@@Shelbyyy999 still works but is so slower, i have a collection of old phones and the e7 is so beautiful, but not very useful.

[@LouAntonioGiordano]

I had one of these back in the days. The only downside is Symbian. It kept freezing and crashing so I had to let it go. Sad that I sold it. It's definitely a great piece of hardware. Even if it was a brick it still impresses with the hardware.

[@ChrisTian-sd5yq]

what version of symbian?

[@LouAntonioGiordano]

@@ChrisTian-sd5yq First Anna then updated to Belle

[@ChrisTian-sd5yq]

@@LouAntonioGiordano does it still lags even on the latest update?

[@LouAntonioGiordano]

@@ChrisTian-sd5yq Yes got worse

[@TheMrJoltz]

Wow, it's been so long. I really miss using mine day to day. We need a new model! HMD make it happen!

[@jovrien]

This is still my greatest “what if”. I was torn between E7 and N8 but I got the N8 for its autofocus and Xenon flash

[@golabkius]

@kentoruo If your talking about the delay for the swipes of the home screen, that is the way it is. It's set to move after your finger is taken off the screen, not to move with your finger.

[@Noksus]

this is the best review of this phone!! thanks!

[@velt1870]

Good Review. I did notice some frustration with the browser and you tube app. This phone has more innovation then any phone on the market now. People can rave about 4g but don't have a world phone in their pocket that guarantee's you 3G in anywhere in the world. Android would have been horrible and lame on this phone and a assure battery killer. They should have put Maemo 5 on this device. A real Linux device like the N900.

[@HokiesACC]

@Boxytheboxed Wrong. It's ruined by a lack of microSD expansion, a small battery, and that camera.

[@imafreck123]

Im using the e6 . Should i switch to this phone ?

[@jeffreyfitzpatrick1262]

Sure, I like mine still.

[@cjerry8]

What's the Camera like? did you take pics using the phone?

[@nalditwisterron]

How does this compared to nokia c7?Which one is much better?

[@dexa5813]

Would like to know if an SD card slot available?

[@GGanon]

i watched this video with my head phones on. i kept looking around me.....cuz it felt like she was standing right next to me while giving this review! WOW!!!

[@GriboedovAnton]

@07liberian where did you get that shift's faster? our e7 in russia is much faster than any androphone, speacking about the UI. and multitasking IS DAMN GOOD with n8 and e7 and the battery life.... yet becauser of the apps i am still choosing between e7 and desire z

[@Noksus]

@clairey1995 Symbian^3 - which is on this device - is renewed, and BIG improvement over the earlier versions. Symbian^3 is not that bad, and it's not even slow. Nokia's phones, which basically run Symbian, have most likely the best call quality. People really shouldn't jugdge Symbian before testing the newest version.

[@rwkonson]

I suspect a lot of people just follow the herd in damning Symbian without ever having gone into a shop to actually pick up the thing and play with it. As for this phone, the new Symbian Anna update will also greatly improve on what is already a fantastic device.

[@mbecky24]

this phone looks pretty nice and I'm looking for another phone with keyboard. I was wondering if I can use this phone in Canada and use it with Virgin Mobile or Fido?

[@joefrog4154]

anyone in 2020

[@parranoic]

@Emil Doicu yeah better if you compare it to iPhone 2g...

[@Lin045-1]

it would be nice if it ran android

[@brontox098]

is this e7 3g, so you can get internet anywhere?

[@WollyhoodStudios]

@danylance13 Where is the keyboard on that iPhone of yours?

[@axelglen6884]

why nokia not re-release this to new version like "nokia E7 2014/2015 edition" with 12 mp camera, and card slot?

[@alexanderson8740]

+AXEL GLEN Nokia was bought out by Microsoft the company no longer exist

[@89forsakin]

@07liberian are u serious ? im sorry but android has openness apple has revolution what does nokia and symbian or even WP7 has ?

[@Hagontoss]

Symbian is dated, no doubt about that, but it's decent. It's clunky and not very sexy, and I hope that Symbian Anna (and then Belle) polish it up nicely. Simple touches are needed like a colour-gradient on the Options softkeys, just the done thing in 2011. It looks like something from 2007. They should update the system font too to Nokia Pure. But it runs just fine, like a Honda. It'll get you to work and back, but it won't win any drag races! The hardware is simply gorgeous.

[@edwinsurijah]

can you update the review with Anna or Belle OS later???

[@ghostfreakmsk]

Front facing cam??

[@maxvinay]

at 2.22 what was that?

[@JustMe-pv7eu]

Great phone, but I'm concerned since the Symbian OS is nearly obsolete now, with little to no support. Would this phone work today (July, 2016). I just need a phone for calls, texts, camera & MP3 player. I don't need web browsing, GPS, or any of the other functions. I'm on AT&T, and located the northeast, USA. Please advise.

[@xmaverickhunterkx]

Old comment but still worth mentioning: Nokia Maps works even when offline, it has true GPS. And totally usable for eveything you described.

[@josuengh4370]

Can we use a pebble time with this?

[@carlos_caceres]

I already have this phone and it is good, the browser is not fast, youtube app is not amazing, skype doesnt work under 3G or wifi, camera is not bad, but I prefer the Nokia N97 camera it has autofocus on the N97, this one doesnt have it. The desing is much better than other phones. Sound is amazing but again not too many apps. Rating 4 of 5 stars,

[@extreme115x]

how do you put music on it

[@COD5252]

@Boxytheboxed tell me 1 thing in droid/iphone/others that symbian dosent have on the other hand it has enhanced security

[@supertank215]

Symbian not that bad its ok if you ever use it u would like it and Nokia coming out with there swipe OS are mingo are something like that and so far it look great and maybe it can get an upgrade to the new OS ill buy it just because its a 4inch screen and a keyboard the phone to me I love the OS I'm not to much into but I think it would b my next phone in tho I have the mytouch 4G I hope its get the upgrade :)

[@muhammadsamsi8491]

Nokia is the best

[@samlabruja11]

does it require a data plan

[@Phenom98]

Samantha :) Nah, I'm getting mine tomorrow. Take that suckers!!! :D

[@moodley100]

please can someone recommend an alternative to this that has a card slot ??

[@iiscool123456789]

where can i buy this super cheap???

[@89forsakin]

@07liberian android can send bluetooth with no apps any file u want to send

[@Denamime]

Anyone knows about the price?

[@OSNAP305]

Man, I can't wait until Nokia starts putting out Windows Phones. So much better.

[@Ive994]

Nokia e7 or Nokia n8? Help, i cant decide!

[@Jatramain]

E7 for design and N8 for quality.

[@Sebaslight]

nokia hardware + android = OMG!!! perfect holly mother of god phone

[@MichaelStergides]

I think it's very expensive for what it is. It's beautifully made ok, but there's not enough in the software front.

[@Mrkinghal0]

it would be my dream phone if it was running android....

[@COD5252]

nowadays companies are targetting not the common people but the income group wiling to pay for these phones and the profit margin in these phones is very high

[@praisepprt]

Symbian ^3 isn't that horrible to me ... just a decent browser and i might consider it over an android...well. with faster CPU tho

[@michaeljordan6588]

hi ma'am can I ask favor I'm the person who love Nokia e7 but I don't have any money to buy that phone..

[@michaeljordan6588]

please help me I'm from the Philippines

[@seadranx]

Amoled Metal casing Great Camera Great Design Elegant Design Mini HDMI Port Great Keyboard but.. Symbian?

[@Handler4071]

👍lol i upgraded my hammer with this phone. Downside is It bends every nails. now using this as my armored tank replacement. And works well. Lol😄still watching at 2019

[@munkkis4n]

just waiting the symbian belle

[@harismechy92]

i love camera..so i go for N8.

[@MindGem2010]

nokia's design its very elegant..but wht @Boxytheboxed say its sadly true nokia have to make their own OS..if nokia want to fight with apple,blackberry and android too bad nokia, the "nokia's year" now just a memories

[@Sinnertwin01]

Hardware is awesome. Pitty about symbian though.

[@MrKarimmagdi]

if I have the e7 I would die for a 12mp camera with xenon flash,sd slot,fm transmitter

[@DarkMerchant2222]

good review.

[@Noksus]

@clairey1995 you're welcome! :)

[@sonicspeedstar]

If it had android it would be a killer device.

[@GGori_99]

a great piece of hardware but lacking of software.. i wonder why nokia just didnt do the research more on their Symbian and make it more up to date like we used to get android or iOs.. if they could.. they might be the third biggest manufacture in the world against samsung and apple.

[@Junboe]

"And of course, you can make a phone call too" LOL

[@tylerhoell]

Why did they bother, why wouldnt they make a really high end phone..

[@BiGdaddyM100]

Thep phone is awesome ! but the OS nokia uses is outdated

[@posaule]

BUT still really good review thanks|!

[@NetherVoiD]

One weakness of Nokia is Auto Focus

[@123HMatty]

i guess this is what the n97 was meant to be

[@paulocesarop]

NOKIA E7

[@tipoomaster]

Everything until their WP7 phones hit is just stop-gap.

[@VF28WWE]

Hey it has a headphonejack!!!

[@ImpactIndian]

goddamn phone

[@djuroue1]

Why the fuck screen lock-unlock slider is on the left side????

[@ftowords]

but it's Symbian.....

[@jathomas0910]

ugh...they had to put Symbian on it,

[@chuckchizzle]

Nokia makes beautiful phones. but Symbian is.....shall we say dated but if this fell in my lap I would use it

[@ccetdany]

@supertank215 Wow it was quite an effort to understand your post xD Punctuation might be a good idea next time ;)

[@COD5252]

check out LG CHOCOLATE BL40 on ebay it has features and cheap that n8 and e7

[@jhaidel22]

you know guyz y i dont like nokia, becoz if i doing like using the net and somebody text me i have 2 exit the net and read the message and reply, and start all over again, while in android i can reply the message and continue surfing the net..

[@amk68sco]

symbian..........dear lord its well past its sell by date.

[@IgalaMan2010]

Nokiaaaa, pleaasseeee, for God sake change the damn font.

[@psp785]

nokia died after the n900 just wait until the W7 phones

[@TheDjflb]

1.android software 2.nokia hardware 3.ios appstore simples!

[@UlzikO]

whats so bad about symbia???? it is a developing operating system... maybe after a few years it will be the best who knows lol

[@nzomancruz4163]

Hi! I'm from the year 2018 and let me tell you; the answer is nope, Didn't happen. 🤣

[@stefanstroe91]

I guess it's just your fault because you don't know to use Symbian. :) Nokia's can multitask very well.

[@kentoruo]

oh my god. The responses of the phone to her touches are terrible

[@PuolukkaPillussa]

@07liberian "The Only Reason The Shift May Be Better Is Because It's Faster, But That Has Nothing To Do With The OS....And It's Not Even Incredibly Faster Only A Second Or Two." Now stop trolling and get back to your cave! + Why You Write Like This?!

[@msfunn1]

No micro sd memory slot!!! that sucks major ass!!!!

[@waleed7020]

.

[@KillerSaurus79]

Nokia make good phones but they are let down by symbian.

[@parranoic]

@Ive994 n8 is better

[@SuperLaugh20]

didint expect whiteboy :DDD

[@TheIllegalRider]

designed in finland.... made in china?

[@virustwin]

dead pixel? lol

[@atomichurley]

nokia not nooookia

[@whatsagoodusername23]

sigh nokia nokia nokia... shoulda teamed with samsung... maybe instead of using touchwiz they use a symbian^3 overlay instead making samsungs ui look better... cuz imho, touchwiz is just fucking shit

[@Sheiff1]

Symbian? No, thanks.

[@sedag100]

Useless phone, don't buy!!!

[@hoggvarun]

Its A She .....Ur A Girl ?????

[@jovrien]

This is still my greatest “what if”. I was torn between E7 and N8 but I got the N8 for its autofocus and Xenon flash