iRiver P7

46 reviews

Nov, 2024

Positive
design (17)
sound (16)
usability (16)
portability (9)
price (8)

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performance (12)
size (7)
reliability (3)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 46 reviews of iRiver P7. The average rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the durability and price. The portability and sound also get good opinions. Many are critical about the reliability, and there are some mixed comments about the storage and size.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the iRiver P7 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.

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Amazon.co.uk review summary for iRiver P7

alaTest has collected and analyzed 5 user reviews of iRiver P7 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers really like the performance. The battery is also appreciated, but some have doubts about the size.

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80% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

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Amazon.com review summary for iRiver P7

alaTest has collected and analyzed 5 user reviews of iRiver P7 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the size and usability.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : Stuart Andrews (trustedreviews.com)

iRiver P7 8GB

How does iRiver's P7 PMP fare against the likes of the Cowon O2 and iPod touch?

Finally, the right hand side brings us the current photo image and a panel for text. Click on any one of these, and you go straight to the relevant function. These sub-pages are also well designed, providing - in music playback, for example - access to...

Feb, 2011

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Expert review by (whathifi.com)

iriver P7

iRiver has jogged along behind Apple's offerings – and the gap seems to be widening on this evidence

Smart exterior ; big 4.3in screen ; decent file compatibility ; FM ; decent sound and vision

Fussy and basic touchscreen ; no web browsing ; poor off-axis

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Expert review by : Stuff.tv (stuff.tv)

iRiver P7 review

Multimedia portables are at last making the sort of impact that the first MP3 players made, with truly versatile machines finally finding their way into high-street pockets. iRiver is a name that's been on the scene for some time and the P7 is a PMP...

Jun, 2009

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Expert review by (stuff.tv)

Stuff magazine

The P7 brings a stylish design and fresh ‘magazine-style' interface to the PMP scene. Will it become a cult alternative to the iPod Touch?

A refreshingly original design and interface, but greater functionality and performance can be found elsewhere

Jun, 2009

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Expert review by : Chris McGivern (reviewexplorer.com)

Review: iRiver P7

There's no doubt that iRiver have always placed a high emphasis on style for their media players – but perhaps at a cost to substance. When the iRiver P7 was launched during the summer it initially looked like it could be a serious competitor to the...

The iRiver P7 may not suit everyone in terms of looks, but it has enough to offer in terms of performance to attract the average user – particularly at the price. There are a few gripes – video performance and a slightly lacklustre touchpad – but audio...

Nov, 2009

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Expert review by : Cliff Joseph (talktalk.co.uk)

Iriver P7

Portable media player with an unusual âmagazineâ interface There are obvious comparisons between Iriverâs P7 and Appleâs iPod Touch: both are portable media players with large ...

Aug, 2009

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Expert review by (channel5.com)

iRiver P7

The iRiver P7 is a 16GB Flash memory media player with 4.3-inch touchscreen. It supports FLAC, OGG, MP3, WMA and WAV audio plus AVI, MP4, DAT, MPG, WMV, RM/RMVB, 3GP,K3G and FLV video. Also has FM radio with recording and a text document viewer. It...

Hope and pray for a firmware upgrade, as this stunning and powerful player deserves better from its interface and supporting software. Hard-core users and style junkies might find it worth persevering with. iRiver P7 is tagged with iriver P7, iriver...

Aug, 2009

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Expert review by : electricpig (electricpig.co.uk)

iRiver P7 review

A good looking PMP ruined by poor UI and slow performance.

Slick looks, great style

Sluggish performance, buggy PC software

Jul, 2009

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Expert review by : Alun Taylor (reghardware.co.uk)

iRiver P7 8GB portable media player

iRiver's best product for quite some while, the P7 just shades Cowon's O2 as our favourite Flash-based PMP that isn't made by Apple.

The P7 may not be perfect, but it's the most convincing product iRiver have put out in quite a while. We liked the look and feel and welcome that iRiver has, at last, managed to combine both on-board memory and card storage data into one library. File...

May, 2009

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Expert review by (engadget.com)

iriver P7 unboxing and review

We've been getting friendly with iriver's latest touchscreen masterpiece over the past few days, and have a few impressions to share. In many ways, though, the...

Apr, 2009

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