First look at Nokia C7

Nokia cannot keep information on new models before their announcement. Some view it as good PR and moves calculated for effect. Unfortunately, the naked truth is easier to understand: no top manager can control events in the company and the number of leaks increases year after year irretrievably. The amount of information already available about Nokia C7 makes this model well known and devoid of any novelty.

In the smartphone lineup from the Finnish manufacturer Nokia C7-00 (hereinafter referred to as C7) occupies a special place. It is the second smartphone on Symbian^3 to go on sale. Such models will be offered in abundance at the end of 2010 and in 2011. They will coexist with old fashioned handsets on Symbian^1 (S60 5th Edition). The company views Nokia N8 as the flagship and all promotion efforts will be concentrated on this model, but Nokia C7 will sell better due to lower price and will prove that cameras in phones are not so important for average consumers. Why Nokia C7 will attract the attention of people? The answer is simple. It is Nokia N8 in a different body with a lower price.

The screen looks familiar. It is the one used in other Nokia models, such as the X6. It has the resolution of 640x360 pixels, 3.5-inches, covered with glass (that is what the special plastic identical to that of the X6 becomes called) and allows up to 16 million colors. It is based on AMOLED, which however shouldn't be compared to Samsung's Super AMOLED, those are two different technological generations. The Nokia N8 screen is comparable to the one in the Nexus One and is even superior to the latter in direct sunlight; the picture quality is comparable indoors. On the whole, the AMOLED screen is not that much of an advantage; the picture is similar to X6, albeit better in terms of the color range. The difference is not that apparent (probably, due to the interface icons and design). It becomes clearer when browsing through the pictures.

The phone features 135 MB of memory dedicated to common applications or your data. The internal memory of 8 GB can be extended by microSD memory cards of up to 32 GB. The handset also has 256 MB of RAM (Nokia N97 Mini has 128 MB), which is a great leap forward for Nokia.

 

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BL-5K battery has the capacity of 1200 mAh and offers up to 390 hours in the standby mode and from 5.5 to 12 hours of talk time (UMTS/GSM).

In USB settings you can choose one of the following 3 modes:

• Data Storage (Mass Storage USB) – the phone memory and memory cards are detected; no drivers required and the OS recognizes the handset without additional help.
• OVI Suite – work with OVI Suite, access to all phone features, back up of all data, etc.
• Printing & Media – photo printing, MTP regime.

Data transfer speed reaches 5.5 Mb/s. When USB cable is connected the phone starts recharging.