Once the data is coming down it's very fast, but it always takes more than a moment before that initial connection is made. Nokia has built its reputation on several important factors, but the first that jumps to mind for us is always the quality of its camera phones.
Following the success of the megapixel monster in the N8, it would be safe to assume that the 8-megapixel shooter in the C7 would be a winner, right?
That's certainly the assumption we made before the camera proved otherwise. This camera uses a new and, according to Nokia, improved fixed focus lens. This means that when you take a photo the camera doesn't adjust the focus before snapping a pic, instead it keeps all subjects beyond 50cm from the lens in a sharp, flat focal range.
The obvious upside here is speed; without waiting for an auto-focus mechanism this camera can fire off shots almost instantly. This camera, with the combination of speed and consistently sharp focus should be a winner, except for the fact that not a single photo we've taken has been in focus.
In a recent Nokia Conversations blog post , Nokia's Damien Dinning outlined the various upsides to using what Nokia calls Full Focus cameras, rather than auto-focus models. To achieve a camera that is fast and user-friendly, Dinning explained that Nokia uses a secret post-production algorithm to take the softness out of slightly blurry photos taken in-camera. We like this concept in theory and we love the speed of the camera in the C7, but it seems we'll have to wait for next version of this algorithm before we see decent photos.
As we mentioned earlier, the basic processing of the C7 seems to be more consistent than we saw recently with the Nokia N8, and in truth, this baffles us. It sports the same ARM 11 MHz processor and has the same 3D graphics accelerator chip in support, and yet all of the irksome lag has been ironed out of the firmware.
The design of the Symbian system and its core applications make it hard to recommend the C7 as a smartphone for someone with a busy email and social media life.
We would recommend it, however, as a basic phone with a good web browsing experience. We've found the battery life to be a little better than you might expect from today's smartphones, coming in at a day and a half or more between charges.
April March February January June May December November September Cancel Continue Shopping. There's 8GB of internal storage too, and support for a microSD card to add more space.
However, we think it's a design issue that you need to remove the battery to get to the microSD card slot — it's terribly inconvenient. Anyone who likes to hot-swap their stills, video or other content is going to find themselves doing a lot of rebooting, which is never acceptable.
And to add insult to injury, the SIM which you hardly ever want to get at can be removed without touching the battery. The C7 can't compete with the N8 in build quality either. The body is mostly plastic, although there is a metal backplate that echoes the N8. Still, the plentiful plastic does mean a light handset, and the C7 has a heft of just g. Despite its plastic frame, the Nokia C7 feels comfy in the hand.
It's quite slim and has a fairly narrow profile too. It's easy for smaller hands to reach all the way across it for one-handed use — ideal when you're on the bus and holding on for dear life with the other hand.
Our review sample has a black all-round chassis, but you can also chose reddish brown Nokia calls it Mahogany Brown and silver Frosty Metal alternatives. There's a fair amount of space both above and below the 3.
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