The world's first test of the largest screen Nokia sideslip E7 in history.

Background Review: On April 27th, 20 10, Nokia released its first smartphone based on Symbian^3 operating system, named N8-00. So far, this year's first N series mobile phone has finally been made public, and countless Nokia fans have high hopes for this new generation mobile phone.

On August 20 10/1day, the licensed version of Nokia N8 mainland came to Beijing, China for the first time, and it was listed for the first time during the National Day two months later. The powerful hardware specifications made the N8 debut in China full of popularity and attraction, but the market feedback was disappointing.

▲ Although Nokia China's mobile phone brand is the first, N8 failed to show the king's demeanor.

Bottom line: Symbian^3 is at a disadvantage in the contest with Apple's iOS 4 and Google's Android platform, and once strong Nokia users are beginning to lose a lot.

▲ Apart from N8, what other ace products does Nokia have this year?

Is it true that Nokia has become everyone's eyes? Declining aristocracy

Can it be said that Nokia will not have a heavyweight model that can be on an equal footing with the N8 this year?

If so, there is only one candidate model, and that is Nokia E7-00.

IT 168 evaluation 20 10 9 14, Nokia held its annual Nokia world congress in London, England as scheduled, in which the appearance of E7-00, the new generation business flagship of E series, became the focus of the audience. Someone asked, who is E7? What's so great about E7? E7 and Milestone, which is stronger this year's star sideslip mobile phone? Next, please invite netizens from all over the country to approach E7 with the author. Please enjoy this article? Nokia E7 world premiere evaluation? .

▲IT 168 exclusive presentation: Nokia E7-00 world first test.

Next part:

1. Nokia E7-00, new side-slip mobile phone, finished abusing N97/N97mini?

2. Is there any design flaw in Nokia E7?

3. Exclusive analysis of the world's largest sliding touch-screen mobile phone

E-series previous life+exclusive analysis of appearance: good, good, heavy and domineering.

Since E7 1 was sold all over the world, Nokia E-series has gained new vitality just like phoenix nirvana and rebirth. So far, this product line, which focuses on business intelligence, has been recognized by users with the strategy of intelligence+business+multimedia. In recent years, E-series has also introduced side sliding cover models, such as E75, but due to publicity, positioning, configuration and other reasons, it has not been widely concerned.

▲ The picture shows the flagship of Nokia E series: E90.

Speaking of it, E-series has not had a leader for a long time (E72 is an upgraded version of E7 1 at best), and the last flagship can be traced back to E90 Communicator three years ago. At that time, I just joined the work, and I was not impressed with E90. After a lapse of three years, E-series finally selected a new mobile phone, which is E7-00, and it is also Nokia's first side-sliding mobile phone after adopting brand-new naming rules for models.

▲ Nokia E7-00, very tall and powerful ~

When I first saw E7, I was quickly attracted by its atmospheric appearance. In my opinion, is it worth it? Atmosphere? The word sideslip mobile phone is rare, and Motorola Milestone, which is popular all over the world, is one. In all fairness, the overall shape design of Nokia E7 gives people a domineering taste, even a strong sense of oppression, which makes the author curious about the machine, so I picked it up and tried it first.

Is E7 really big?

▲ The length of E7-00 is not much shorter than the diameter of the porcelain dish.

E7 is so big that holding it in one hand will obviously make you feel that your palm is not enough. According to the data provided by official website, we know that the three-dimensional dimension of this machine has reached123.7x62.4x 13.6mm, although its thickness is only13.6mm, it is a circle larger than N8.

Is E7 really heavy?

▲ Such a heavy guy is put in his trouser pocket. ......

In terms of weight, E7 is a giant. Because it is made of all-metal material, up to 176g, more than 95% of mobile phones can be ignored. In the same contest, N8 is only 135g. Many people think that Milestone is not heavy, but its weight 165g is also lighter than E7 1 1g, which shows how heavy E7 is. ......

Multi-angle characteristics: improved bracket side slide cover

▲ The baffle length of E7-00 has become shorter.

Remember a few years ago, Andy Lau acted in a movie "Even the wisest man is foolish", in which? Muscle man? Although simple and honest in appearance, it has peerless martial arts ... So what's so special about Nokia E7-00' s domineering look? The secret is hidden in its brackets.

▲ The baffle of E7-00 is connected with the upper flip through the rotating shaft.

As a personalized embodiment of the design, Nokia E7-00 adopts a bracket sliding cover similar to its predecessor N97, which has the advantage that the screen is more in line with the human eye's line of sight angle when inputting and browsing horizontally. But slightly different, the baffle connecting the upper and lower fuselage is much shorter than N97, and only the outermost slide rails on both sides are reserved. The baffle itself folds the mobile phone through the rotating shaft, which looks more stable than N97.

▲ Close-up of fine print on the back of baffle.

It is worth mentioning that the cable between the Nokia E7-00 screen and keyboard is built-in, which reduces the failure probability caused by external cables. In addition, because it is not the final version, the machine only marked the engineering machine number on the bracket baffle? C0-00？ And then what? Finnish design? And so on.

▲ The cable is missing. It seems that the workmanship of E7-00 has improved ~

The design of the sliding cover is defective. Design of four-row Qwerty full keyboard

I've always been concerned about the handle of the side slide phone. Simple and not blunt should be the best experience, but the way Nokia E7-00 pushes the cover really shocked me.

▲E7-00 slider feels bad.

To be exact, if you want to open the slider, your thumb needs to be close to the middle of the slider to push it away smoothly. If you push it close to both sides, it will feel quite hard, probably related to the baffle with the rotating shaft as the sliding hub adopted at the back of the fuselage. I hope the official version can solve this problem, otherwise the design of this side slide cover will be a failure. ......

▲E7-00 Full Keyboard Close-up

After pushing the slider, the Qwerty keyboard of Nokia E7-00 appears in front of you. Compared with N97, E7 cancels the independent navigation key and replaces it with the most traditional four direction keys, which are located in the lower right area of the keyboard.

▲E7-00 Keyboard Left Close-up

In addition, the machine has added a row of keys, and the keyboard layout has reached four rows (one row more than N97 and N97mini), and the area of each key has also increased. Fortunately, although the keystroke has not increased obviously, the feedback strength is more obvious than that of N97, and the tapping feel is better.

▲ Close-up of the right side of E7-00 keyboard

Peripheral interface: with HDMI, no MicroSD expansion.

As the flagship model of E series, Nokia E7-00 is equipped with relatively perfect interfaces and shortcut keys around the fuselage, which are basically the same as N8-00, but the specific position has been adjusted and some designs have been improved.

▲ Close-up of E7-00 fuselage top

Among them, at the top of the fuselage, the machine is equipped with a 3.5mm earphone interface, a power button, an HDMI interface and a MicroUSB interface. The HDMI interface still uses the HDMI C port commonly used in DV/DC products (commonly known as Mini HDMI) and is equipped with dust plug protection, while the MicroUSB interface has been moved from the right side of N8 to the top.

▲ Close-up of the right side of E7-00 fuselage

On the right side of the fuselage, Nokia E7-00 is equipped with camera key, volume key and SIM card slot respectively. Among them, the volume key adopts a novel sliding design, which is different from the traditional key operation; The SIM card slot has been moved from the left side to the right side of N8, and it is still externally designed, but it is not directly inserted like N8. You need to take out the card slot first, and then put in the SIM card, which is a bit like Apple iPhone. There is only one screen lock button left on the left side of the fuselage.

▲ The design of the SIM card slot of E7-00 is similar to that of Apple iPhone.

We looked around the fuselage and found no external MicroSD memory card slot, which shows that the machine does not support the expansion function of memory card, which is rare for a smart phone that focuses on business.

▲ Shutter button at the bottom of the right side of E7-00 fuselage.

It is worth noting that the bottom design of the machine is similar to that of N8, only one hanging hole is set, and the back cover is still not allowed to be disassembled at will, which means that E7 continues to adopt the design of built-in battery. Official website pointed out that the machine comes standard with Nokia BL-4D lithium battery with a capacity of 1200mAh, which is consistent with N8.

▲ Close-up of E7-00 fuselage bottom.

Breakthrough: The largest OLED touch screen in history, with defective menu keys.

Many people complain that Nokia's mobile phone screen is too small. Think about it. Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and LG, among the top five mobile phone manufacturers in the world, have successively launched 3.7-inch, 4-inch or even 4-inch large-screen terminals, while flagship models such as Nokia N97 and N900 only stay on poor 3.5-inch screens. ......

▲ Side slide phone with the largest screen in history

Now, Nokia E7-00 is finally proud. The machine is equipped with its largest size ever: 4-inch touch screen, N8 AMOLED LCD screen, supporting the display ratio of 16:9, and the visual effect is outstanding. In addition, the machine also used ClearBlack technology on the screen for the first time, which improved the visibility of the mobile phone outdoors. Unfortunately, the screen resolution of E7 still stays at the nHD level (360x640 pixels).

P.S.: Although the screen specification of HTC HD2 has already reached 4.3 inches, Nokia E7 still set a record: the largest screen-side slide phone in history.

▲ Close-up around the receiver

By the way, the Nokia E7-00 has built-in light sensors and distance sensors around the earpiece above the front of the fuselage. The VGA front camera is located on the right side of the receiver, which can take selfies and make video calls with a resolution of 640x480 pixels.

▲ Close-up of menu keys

There is only one physical key on the front of E7, that is, the menu key, which is located directly below the screen (the menu key of N8 is located at the lower left of the screen). Because this key is located on the steep slope between the screen and the slider, even if the size of the key is large enough, the up-and-down width is narrow, so it feels bad and inhuman to operate.

Camera+photo proof: 8 million pixels, AF is not supported.

Compared with N8, the back design of Nokia E7-00 is very good? Pingping? There is only one camera and a set of LED flashlights, with 8 million pixels and the maximum aperture of F2.8, which is the top match in the E series. Considering the positioning, the camera does not adopt carl zeiss authentication technology or N8 professional xenon flash, but adds the functions of face recognition and 720P HD video recording, and provides 2x static digital zoom and 3x dynamic video zoom.

▲ Close-up of camera part

Surprisingly, the machine does not provide autofocus function, only supports full focus technology. In the process of taking pictures, the viewfinder has no focusing frame, and the lens itself has no focusing action. Only software simulation is used to enlarge the depth of field. According to official data, the close-range shooting distance of E7 is only 50mm, and the scene will be blurred when shooting close objects (macro). Of course, full focus is not without its merits. For example, you can get a long depth of field, which requires skill and repeated practice.

▲E7-00 camera interface

▲ Photosensitive+Scene Mode

▲ Video recording interface and settings

▲E7-00 supports playing 720P HD video.

Let's take a look at the real Nokia E7-00 sample first. Due to the lack of light in the scene during shooting, the imaging quality is affected to some extent. Objectively speaking, E7' s camera ability is far from N8' s. If you want to have a mobile phone with good camera effect, E7 is obviously not a wise choice.

▲ The picture shows the E7-00 photo sample. Click to view the original picture.

▲ The picture shows the E7-00 photo sample. Click to view the original picture.

▲ The picture shows the E7-00 photo sample. Click to view the original picture.

▲ The picture shows E7-00 photo sample. Click to view the original image (the near-object image is blurred by full-focus shooting).

▲ The picture shows E7-00 photo sample. Click to view the original image (turn on the LED flash).

Core hardware: 680mhz+1gbrom+16gb storage.

Symbian platform has always had low requirements for mobile phone processors, so Nokia E7-00 chose ARM 1 1 processor with the same clock frequency as N8, but the ROM capacity is as high as 1GB, in which the available memory of users reaches 350MB. In contrast, N8 has only 5 12MB ROM, and the available memory for users is only 140MB. Both phones have 256MB RAM and 16GB flash memory, but E7 does not support the expansion of MicroSD memory card.

▲ The ROM capacity of E7-00 is twice that of N8.

Because Nokia E7-00 and N8 use the same Symbian^3 operating system, there is almost no difference in their operating experience. Among them, the machine supports three-screen sliding browsing, and each home screen can customize the wallpaper separately. You can add widget controls or change the current wallpaper by pressing or clicking the option button to select the edit screen in the blank area of the screen. For the displayed controls, users can change their positions by simply clicking and sliding.

▲E7-00 supports three-screen switching.

▲ Long press the screen to edit the home screen, delete the home screen or change the wallpaper.

▲ The menu supports list display mode, and the picture supports multi-touch.

Built-in rich and powerful SMS/office/email system

Based on the tradition of E series and the characteristics of Qwerty keyboard, Nokia E7-00 is obviously a heavyweight weapon for business people. In terms of short messages, E7 also supports interactive short message interface display, built-in pinyin phrase input, stroke input and other input methods, which improves the input speed of users. For those users who are used to keyboard input, E7 can be regarded as a short message weapon.

▲E7-00 SMS input interface

▲E7-00 SMS is inserted into multimedia and calendar interface.

Like most smart phones, Nokia E7 has built-in office software, such as Quickoffice, Notepad and PDF document reader. However, when viewing files, multi-touch operation is not supported, and only through? +,realize the zoom function. In order to better serve local users, Nokia also pre-installed several application softwares such as Ovi Map, Renren.com, Kaixin.com, Sina News, etc. for the licensed version of E7 in mainland China. Among them, the localized Ovi service is also a highlight of Symbian^3, such as cooperating with Ctrip.com and ticketing companies in Ovi Map to realize one-stop services such as booking air tickets and hotels on mobile phones.

▲E7-00 preset office software interface

▲E7-00 preset application interface

Sending and receiving mail is a function that business people often use. Nokia E7-00 also provides a rich and perfect mail system, including the familiar Mail For Exchange and Microsoft Mail for Exchange, which can send and receive push g mail or Hotmail anytime and anywhere.

▲E7-00 preset powerful mail system.

▲E7-00 preset powerful mail system.

▲E7-00 preset powerful mail system.

E series new features: OTG+ Bluetooth 3.0+ Dolby

With the upgrade of Symbian^3 platform, Nokia E7-00 has also added some auxiliary functions, such as OTG. Simply put, the mobile phone directly reads and copies the data in the U disk through a special USB cable. USB OTG function is very practical in daily life and work, such as 1. Without computer equipment, the mobile phone can directly read or copy data from the USB flash drive; 2. You can enjoy photos or videos on the USB flash drive without copying (it should consume a lot of power); 3. If 16GB (or 32GB) is full, it is very convenient to read or copy directly.

▲E7-00 supports USB OTG function.

In addition, Nokia E7-00 also supports Bluetooth 3.0 and dolby surround technology. The data transmission rate of the former is 8 times that of Bluetooth 2.0. In terms of network, the machine can be automatically switched in GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA 850/900/100 networks, and IEEE 802.02 of WLAN is also provided.

▲E7-00 also supports Bluetooth 3.0, Dolby pro logic and other technologies.

Of course, there are many changes brought by Symbian^3 platform, such as 720P HD video recording, HDMI HD video output, multi-touch and so on.

Summary: The visual impact on the appearance of Nokia E7-00 has made us vaguely see the recently rare domineering of Finns. At the same time, with the support of strong hardware specifications, it can be said that this machine is the most regal sideslip flagship this year, surpassing the N97 two years ago and spelling out the Motorola milestone a year ago. However, behind the praise and aura, E7 also hides its own and even the whole Nokia's shortcomings.

▲ The picture shows the Nokia E7-00.

Compared with the era when I was the only one a few years ago, Symbian^3 has a heavy mission and a long way to go. Compared with competitors, Nokia needs more developers to actively invest in the future, to create localized application services suitable for Symbian platform, and to create a brand-new and more humanized system interface and experience. Whether it is Nokia or Symbian^3, there are still many ways to go.

▲ The picture shows the Nokia E7-00.

It is reported that Nokia sells 260,000 smartphones every day. How many Symbian^3 system terminals will there be in the future? Let's wait and see!

Advantages of Nokia E7-00:

1.4 inch large AMOLED touch screen

2. Side slide cover design +Qwerty full keyboard input

3.720P video recording +HDMI HD video output.

4. Rich and powerful business functions

Insufficient Nokia E7-00:

1. 176g The fuselage is too heavy.

The 28 megapixel camera does not support autofocus.

3.Symbian 3 system experience has no obvious advantages.