Nokia E7

Beautiful design, Incredibly well built, Superb sliding keyboard, Decent camera for non close-ups

Slow interface, Clunky, confusing interface, Poor default app selection, Fewer apps in app store than competition

We’re disappointed by the E7, it feels like a phone from a few years ago. Elements that are good- like the screen, build and camera – are negated by the less-than powerful processor. The E7 is hard to recommend to anyone other than die-hard Nokia fans...

Easy to view screen ; HDMI-out port ; HD video recording ; Classy chassis ; Great keyboard

High price ; Outdated software ; Poor UI ; Unintuitive media experience ; Clunky browser

If beauty were only screen deep, the Nokia E7 series would stand a good chance in a Miss Handset competition, even up against the likes of the iPhone 4, HTC Desire S and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc.

Top notch build quality, excellent screen and QWERTY keyboard, 8 megapixel camera with HD video recording, HDMI output

Symbian OS, bulky build

It’s a heavy beast, clearly intended for business users. And as mobile offices go it’s a terrific tool, with a fine keyboard, excellent screen, more than capable camera and a feast of software goodies for work and fun. The problem, as it has been with...

Excellent build quality, smooth operating system, multitasking

Ovi Store needs to attract premium developers, some unexpected OS sluggishness, not enough has changed on the surface

The Nokia E7 is a superbly built smartphone with an excellent display, a great keyboard and very impressive specifications. But smartphones are no longer about the specifications as much as the entire user experience, and it's here where the E7 fails...

What did Nokia do? They dropped this form factor which was associated only with their products and did not have any direct competition. The next step was to choose the same form factor other manufacturers like HTC used for corporate users i.e. they...

Despite that, we still find ourselves liking the Nokia E7. The excellent build quality and proper keypad make it feel like an old-school business smartphone – a feel further enhanced by the slightly old fashioned operating system. If you can live with...

A few fiddly aspects aside, the Nokia E7 is a lovely piece of hardware, but the Symbian^3 operating system is just out of its depth when compared to the competition — and the fact that Nokia has also lost faith in Symbian is hardly encouraging either....