Bold design: while the Nokia E7 and Nokia N8 share a similar design philosophy (despite being significantly different in size), the Nokia X7 goes a notably different route, boasting a far bolder angular design well suited to its gaming aspirations.
Stainless steel construction: we shouldn’t be surprised by now, but the Nokia X7′s stainless steel chassis has a confidence-inspiring sturdiness about it that should see it happily withstand its fair share of knocks, as will the Gorilla glass display.
Screen size: and speaking of which, that 4-inch screen is of a size and quality befitting the Nokia X7′s top billing. It comfortably eclipses the Nokia N8′s 3.5-inch panel, and so is a more natural fit for gaming and watching movies, while it’s also an AMOLED screen, so you lose nothing when it comes to quality.
8-megapixel camera: the Nokia X7 may be mainly about consuming media, but it’s no slouch when it comes to creating it either. You get 8 megapixels of snap-happy shooting power, along with the ability to shoot video clips at 720p. It’s not quite a match for the Nokia N8′s 12-megapixel sensor, but then again very little is.
Symbian Anna: Nokia’s long-awaited update to Symbian^3 was unveiled alongside the Nokia X7 and its stablemate the Nokia E6, and both will ship with the latest OS already on board. Other Symbian^3 smartphones, such as the Nokia N8 and Nokia E7, aren’t being neglected either, but they’ll have to be updated to the latest OS.
Top typing: unlike the similarly sized Nokia E7, there’s no slide-out QWERTY keyboard here, but thanks to the aforementioned Anna update to Symbian, you do now get a virtual keyboard in both landscape and portrait orientations, and the size of that 4-inch screen makes typing as painless as you could hope to expect.
Game on: that huge expanse of screen is just perfect to show off the latest high-quality games, and the ‘four-vented’ design of the Nokia X7 makes for comfortable gaming when held in landscape mode. Nokia even gets you started by including Galaxy on Fire and Asphalt Five on board as standard.
Speed: another vitally important component when it comes to gaming is speed, and the Nokia X7 is more than up to the task thanks to the combination of a 680MHz processor and the reduced power demands and improved performance of Symbian Anna.
Storage: the Nokia X7 is meant for media consumption, so it wouldn’t make a lot of sense not giving you somewhere to store it all. Nokia has shoehorned just 350MB of internal storage onto the Nokia X7 to get you started, but you can add up to 32GB more via the microSD card slot.
Battery: we get the feeling you’ll be using your Nokia X7 quite a lot, and it seems Nokia has the same feeling, as it’s kitted the X Series top-ender with a battery capable of delivering as much as 50 hours of music playback, 9.5 hours of talk time and up to 450 hours in the unlikely event that you just leave it on standby.
So how do you reckon the Nokia X7 stands up to its Symbian^3 compatriots in Nokia’s smartphone portfolio? Does it deserve its billing as a gaming superstar? Let us know in the Comments below!
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