Nokia E7 (Unlocked)

For die-hard Symbian fans, the Nokia E7 is a beautiful farewell as the company shifts to Microsoft's mobile OS; all others should stick with Android or iOS devices.

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The Nokia E7's sleek aluminum and glass body feels expensive to the touch. It measures 4.9 by 2.5 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weighs a heavy but solid-feeling 6.2 ounces. 

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The E7's 4-inch, AMOLED glass capacitive touch screen looks bright and vibrant, and touch response is well-calibrated. But the screen offers just 640-by-360-pixel resolution, which doesn’t match higher-end Android and iPhone 4 devices in sharpness.

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The E7's front panel slides up and at an angle to reveal a roomy, four-row QWERTY keyboard. It requires a somewhat tricky maneuver to pull this off, but I got used to it quickly. 

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The E7's 8-megapixel auto-focus camera features a bright, dual-LED flash. This is all a step down from the N8, believe it or not, but it’s still an excellent camera. 

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The E7 handles multimedia well. There's 16GB of internal storage. That’s enough memory for most folks, but the lack of a memory card slot limits your media transfer options.

Spec Data

Service Provider AT&T, T-Mobile

Operating System Symbian OS

Screen Size 4 inches

Screen Details 360-by-640-pixel, 16.7M-color, AMOLED glass capacitive touch screen

Camera Yes

Megapixels 8 MP

Camera Flash Yes

802.11x Yes

Bluetooth Yes

Web Browser Yes

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Network GSM, UMTS

Bands 850, 900, 1800, 1900, 2100, 1700

High-Speed Data GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA

Storage Capacity (as Tested) 350.21 MB

Processor Speed 680 MHz

Keyboard Yes

Continuous Talk Time 4 hours 11 minutes

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