- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How it compares
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Nokia C7
- Symbian^3 OS
- 3.5G
- 3.5"
- 0.68 GHz
#1 in Symbian^3 OS phones
Released November, 2010
Rated 70% by by TrustedReviews (Jul, 2012)The web browser is another feature that fundamentally gets the job done quite well, showing web pages accurately and providing the usual touch-interface niceties of pinch-to-zoom and inertial scrolling.
Conclusion Check out the Nokia C7
First reviewed December, 2011
Features Key features of the Nokia C7
0.68 GHz
Symbian^3 OS 3.5G
by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)And there is much to catch up on – the competition, the iOS, the Android OS, even Bada OS – they are still ahead when it comes to handling.
screen size
3.5"
5.5"
4.7"
Nokia C7 by c|net (Sep, 2010)The smartphone has a 3.5-inch AMOLED, glass touch screen with multiple home screens that can be customized with live updates from your social networking accounts, including Facebook and Twitter.
Nokia C7 by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)With sharpness tuned down, photos turned out for the better so much so that we actually went ahead and shot a comparative shot with the XPERIA X10.
screen resolution
Nokia C7 by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)The aggressive noise reduction smudges fine detail, there are plenty of oversharpening artifacts to see as well as softness in the extreme corners.
camera resolution
| 0 MP | 5 MP   | 8 MP |
Nokia C7 by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)The Nokia C7 is equipped with an 8 megapixel camera for a maximum image resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels.
Nokia C7 by c|net (Sep, 2010)The handset also comes with an 8-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 3.0, and 8GB of mass memory.
Performance Real world tests of Nokia C7
browser benchmark
Nokia C7 by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)Starting with the good things, the Nokia C7 browser has good page rendering and offers some nice features such as different font sizes (5 options), auto fill-in of web forms and a password manager.
Nokia C7 by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)For now, if we could give you an advice here, we’d say get the latest Opera Mobile up and running on you C7 and use the default browser only when you need to access Flash content.
talk time
576 min
888 min
455 min
Nokia C7 by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)The battery is quoted at up to 552 hours of stand-by (2G, 648 hours in 3G) or up to 9 and a half hours of talk time (and 5h in 3G).
Nokia C7 by TrustedReviews (Jul, 2012)Battery life is also superb, with a week between charges easily obtainable under light usage.
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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3.5 mm -
Nokia Store (Symbian^ OS) -
Capacitive -
8 MP -
Broadcast from your phone to your car's radio -
OLED screens are typically higher contrast and use less power -
Enables payment by phone and other wireless communications -
Micro USB -
57 x 117 x 11 mm -
Listen to music and news from local radio stations -
8 MP -
33,300 min
cons
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11,053 ms -
Many games and videos on the Internet require Adobe Flash -
104,000 apps (Nokia Store) -
Can't share your phone's data plan with other devices -
0.68 GHz -
1,200 mA·h -
423 ms -
Single core -
Nov, 2010 -
640 x 360 -
Doesn't support the fastest, most reliable networks -
3.5" -
69.81% -
0.71 Mb/s -
Cannot detect when the tablet is rotated
Reviews Word on the street
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 | Rated by 44 users at amazon.com Rated 100% by by Frank-Pizza (Jun, 2011) Rated 100% by by E.-Brown--EB (Dec, 2010) |
Screen
Nokia C7 | Rated 70% by by TrustedReviews (Jul, 2012)One of the first things you notice about the interface is the rather neat clock display that sits there whenever the phone is out of your pocket but not in use.
Nokia C7 | by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)Update 05 Nov: To redeem the Nokia C7 here are a couple of shots taken with the sharpness set to a lower, more acceptable level.
Camera
Nokia C7 | by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)You’ve heard that before and you’ll hear it once again: when it comes to digital cameras, it’s NOT the megapixels that count but the image quality.
Nokia C7 | by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)On top of that, the camera interface is far from user-friendly.
Nokia C7 | by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)Two more Nokia C7 camera samples • a Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 camera sample.
Apps
Nokia C7 | Rated 80% by by Hiram-Alfonso-Fernandez-Hernandez--Hiram-Fdz (Oct, 2012)On the software definitely Belle works very well, has great new features, such as widgets, up to 6 home screens, excellent notification bar (you can control with a single click - enable / disable - Cel Data, WiFi, Bluetooth and Silent, has calendar notifications, messages, etc.).
Nokia C7 | Rated 70% by by TrustedReviews (Jul, 2012)Once through the very cumbersome email setup, you also have a reasonably competent email client that supports all the usual POP3 (hotmail), IMAP (gmail) and Exchange options.
Nokia C7 | Rated 80% by by NokiaFanToo (May, 2011)Additionally you can load Swype from Nokia's App store to make this an awesome texting machine!
Operating system
Nokia C7 | Rated 80% by by Kenzo (Nov, 2010)Symbian 3 OS is definitely a much better OS than the old one.
Nokia C7 | Rated 70% by by TrustedReviews (Jul, 2012)Regarding the latter, it can be customised - as indeed you can with most of the OS - but you don't really expect to have to do quite so much just to make a phone usable.
Nokia C7 | by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)The Nokia C7 comes with virtually the same image browsing software as its predecessors and, honestly, it’s barely passable by modern standards.
Video
Nokia C7 | by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)Video player is impressive, could use some subtitles.
Nokia C7 | by GSM Arena (Nov, 2010)You can also put the mobile display to good use with some DivX/XviD videos as those are seamlessly supported.
Nokia C7 | Rated 80% by by Kenzo (Nov, 2010)& videos look clear and crisp- Capacitive touch screen is great, very responsive.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Samsung Galaxy Note II Rated the best by consumers Samsung Galaxy Note II vs Nokia C7 |
 | 2 | Nokia Lumia 920 Sharpest screen Lumia 920 vs C7 |
 | 3 | HTC One X Thinnest HTC One X vs Nokia C7 |
 | 4 | Sony Xperia J 4-way tie: Supports Flash Sony Xperia J vs Nokia C7 |
 | 5 | Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G Least latency on actual networks Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G vs Nokia C7 |
 | 6 | Nokia Lumia 610 Long standby time Lumia 610 vs C7 |
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September 11, 2012
Reading books
I am an avid reader so clear text display is an important factor for me
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What is a good budget phone with WiFi calling (skype or equivalent) and external storage (micro SD)?
I do a lot of travel. I have ipad for internet and games. I need a lite phone with a little brains, and a decent camera to capture impromptu scenes.
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