14 DAY TRIAL // Scheduled for a December 10th release, Nokia E7 has just made its appearance at the FCC (Federal Communications Commission). The smartphone is one of the few to feature 3G penta-band (HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100) compatibility.
Nokia E7 is powered by an ARM 11 680 MHz processor (with 3D Graphics hardware accelerator) and comes with a 4.0-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors and 360 x 640 pixels resolution.
Nokia E7 has the same build quality as its Nokia N8 predecessor, but is much heavier, as it weighs 176g (battery included), compared to N8's 135g (battery included).
The reason Nokia E7 is heavier is the fact that it comes with a full QWERTY keyboard and it is larger than the N8.
This will be the fourth device running Symbian^3, Nokia's latest iteration of the operating system, after Nokia N8, C7 and C6-01 have already made their way to store shelves.
Other key features of the smartphone include: multi-touch input method, proximity sensor for auto turn-off, accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, scratch-resistant surface, touch sensitive controls, handwriting recognition.
The E7 boasts an 8-megapixel camera with fixed focus, dual-LED flash, geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilization, video recording capabilities (720p@25fps) and secondary VGA camera for video calls.
It also embeds 16 GB internal memory, 256 MB RAM and 1 GB ROM, but lacks a microSD card slot for memory expansion.
In addition to its 3G penta-band compatibility, Nokia E7 is a complete connectivity tool with features such as HSDPA 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA 2 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP support, microUSB 2.0, USB On-the-go support, GPS with A-GPS support (Ovi Maps 3.0).
With its appearance on FCC's website, Nokia E7 is closing the gap between its official announcement and the actual release on the market, which is scheduled for the first part of December.
