Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: Frequently Asked Questions

Alright, this is the last of my Maxis10 Nokia E7 post. After, going through all my review post on Nokia E7. Some of you might have questions that you want answered. So, I compiled these question that might be in your mind here on this FAQ post.

1. There's no mention of the processor speed and RAM size in the specification on Nokia website, what is the processor speed and RAM size?

While, I won't be able to answer this question straight out because I too don't have any official source about the processor speed and RAM size. Through some digging (Googling to be exact), according to a previous release to the news, Nokia E7 uses ARM 11 680 MHz processor and comes with 256MB of RAM.

2. I have limited data usage because I uses Hotlink and I don't plan to actively uses the data. Is there a way to turn off data when I don't need to data connection, so that I can use save the data cost?

Welcome to the club. I use Hotlink too and I only activated the 100MB/2weeks for RM18 Internet Mobile plan during the reviewing period. I found some apps I installed are using the data even if I've exited the apps. What I do is, go to Settings > Connectivity > Settings and set the Data use in home country to WLAN only. So, all any other connection will be denied except for WLAN connection. Don't worry, you still can receive SMS and voice call.

3. Is the battery life good on Nokia E7?

Well, I'll have to say that it very much depends on your usage. I tried once that I have 3G connection and then playing Angry Birds non-stop for two hours, 40% of the battery gone. If I just use it normally and not much 3G Internet connection activity, the battery can last me for a whole day.

A tip to save battery is to change your connection to GSM mode instead of 3G mode when you are not using Internet connection. I think 3G use up more energy, I have no real fact to support that though. You can go to Settings > Connectivity > Network and change the Network mode to GSM.

Better yet, click on the battery icon on the main screen, and Activate Power Saving mode. E7 will automatically changed from 3G to 2G and other settings to save power.

4. Is the camera on Nokia E7 good?

Well, it can take photo up to 8 Megapixel, which is more than enough for most but the downside is that it only has a fixed full focus lens. So taking macro shot will sometime turned out not very well because shooting very near the subject will not turn out clear. For wide shot it do quite well if you have a steady hand, I love the picture when watch on a 40" HD TV.

While the photo camera is not too impressive, the video camera really takes good 720p HD video. Playback of HD video on Nokia E7 is also very good. I used it to watch HD drama series while traveling on bus or train. Click here to watch the HD video I took of the Hong Kong Disneyland parade while I was in Hong Kong last week.

5. What is the pricing structure like for Nokia E7?

The Recommended Retail Price for Nokia E7 is MYR 1,995 but you can get it at cheaper price if you sign up for the Maxis package here. Nokia E7 will only cost your MYR 1,499 if you sign up the 24 months plan.

6. I am a blogger too. I want to be able to do phone review for Maxis10 Reviewers Programme too but I don't know how to start?

It's quite easy, submit your application here and if you fit the criteria, you'll be called up for one of their future Maxis10 review. Better yet is to follow Maxis Twitter Account because any new phone up for Maxis 10 Reviewers Programme will be announce there.


Hope this will very much answer some of your questions. Any questions regarding the feature of the Nokia E7 can click here and go through my Maxis 10 review posts.

Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: Social Networking

After a few posts of work, play, a guest review, and a 9-to-5 video. It's time for me to review something that I used most often on Nokia E7. Social Networking tools. The tools that I used most are Twitter and Facebook. On addition to those two, I also occasionally Plurk and Weibo. With Nokia E7, I can download Whatsapp free from Ovi Store.

Yes. You read it right. Whatsapp is free from Ovi Store and no jail breaking or whatsoever needed. So, now I'll be able to chat with my cousin sister Elaine from Hong Kong using Whatsapp. She use her iPhone 4 and I use Nokia E7.

The Twitter and Facebook app from Ovi Store is a bit too simple for my liking but I do like the fact that it's very Twitpic friendly. I can upload a photo and publish it on Facebook and Twitter on the same time by choosing All Activity which will linked up both Facebook and Twitter status updates. For normal, Twitter checking and Facebooking, I still prefer Snaptu.

Also Weibo has their own app for Symbian ^ 3 phones. I really like their app design. Also, when you took a picture with Nokia E7, the Weibo app will asked whether to publish it on Weibo. This feature is not available when I installed it on my LG GW525.

In short, on Nokia E7, not only you can work and play but stay connected with many Social Networking sites by using hundreds of apps available out there. Gravity is one that is quite good for Twitter and Facebook but have to pay one lah.

P.S. For all Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review posts, you can click here.

Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: My 9-to-5

Okay. This is something like a Vlog. I made a video showing a day at work from 9 to 5 (actually I work from 8 to 8 lol) for me and what I do with the Nokia E7 in my hands literally. It's less than 3 minutes, so sit back and enjoy.

This is the first time I do video editing. If it's not nice please forgive me :p

To read all the Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review posts, click here.

Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: Guest Blogger Reviewer

After posting a few review posts on Nokia E7, many of you might say that I must be very bias one lah doing this review for Maxis10. Okay, so I roped in Jackie Loi, whom has been using Nokia phones in the past but is currently using a BlackBerry and a keen supported of Android platform. That's why he also owns a Samsung Galaxy Tab that runs on Android :p

Jackie Loi and Jessica

This is a snippets from his review post.

"Courtesy of Simon, i am given a chance to review a Nokia E7, for 24 hours LOLL..Simon was reviewing it for Maxis10 and i am his guest blogger. Well, now what make u guys think i am qualify to review this phone? since i am such a android fan boy now ;P

A little bit about my experience on mobile gadget (opss), I am not a professional reviewer and all the review i wrote is based on my personal preference. I have been Nokia user since 2003 till 2010. Nokia phone that i have use b4 were 3310, 8250, 6600i, forgot model, forgot model, forgot model and finally, my last nokia phone was my belated N900 :( Nevertheless, i have been watching Nokia Symbian grown until today, so i am actually quite familiar with the UI and etc. Once hands-on on Nokia E7, i get to access ...click here to continue reading."

Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: Play

In my previous review post of Nokia E7, I wrote about how it helps in office work. Well, Nokia E7 is not all only about work, there's also play involve. Maybe many of you didn't know that apps and games can be downloaded from Ovi Store, the apps store of Nokia phone.

More of you might not know that some of the popular games previously found only on Apple App Store are now available in Ovi Store. Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja now can be found on Ovi Store. I've downloaded three free version of Angry Birds and only left 1 level I haven't beat in Angry Birds Lite.

There are also a lot of High Definition (HD) games available such as Worms HD and Assassin Creed HD. This is because Nokia E7 has a 720p HD screen that can churn out very clear HD quality graphic. I compared Angry Birds on Nokia E7 and my friend's iPhone 3Gs and found that it looks much nicer on E7.

Downloading Angry Birds with Maxis 3G connection doesn't take too much time. I played it while waiting for Jay Chou's concert to start last Friday lol.

I downloaded all free version of Angry Birds that I can find on Ovi Store. Angry Birds Free, Angry Birds Lite and Angry Birds Seasons.

With a 4" HD screen, Angry Birds on Nokia E7 is much nicer than other mobile phones. Of course it only loses to tablet and some 5" screen mobile phone.

Too bad the free version of Fruit Ninja only has 1 level. Kind of bored already. So tempting to part away with RM4 to buy the full version from Ovi Store.

Even my niece Fay thought that I am using iPhone when I show her that Nokia E7 can play Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja. Previously she only can play these two games on her grandfather's iPhone 3Gs.

Here's a video of her playing Fruit Ninja on Nokia E7 ;)

In short, those of you who thinks that Nokia E7 is only about work and no fun? Think again. There are load of games that are free and money can buy. Some of it in HD version too.

Next post, I'll rest a bit and let my guest reviewer Jackie tell you what he's think of Nokia E7. Previously he's a long time user of Nokia Symbian phones but has since changed to BlackBerry and a strong supporter of Android phones. So, be very sure of his bias review lol.

To read all of the Maxis10 Nokia E7 review posts, click here.

Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: Work

The Nokia E7 is a smart phone design to help professionals to be able to continue their work even if they are on the go. Best suited for those that are always traveling from one place to another.

Nokia E7 provides real-time business email with Mail for Exchange – no extra fees and no additional hardware required. You can also setup your personal email account with push mail feature from your Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail or whatever email service you're currently using. I setup my Gmail and once activated my mail is being push so fast that I worried that it will takes up 3.9GB of space. That's how much the space my Gmail is occupying. Haha, lucky there's option to set the limit of mails that is stored in the phone mail account.

With Maxis 3G connection the mail was very fast sychcronized with my Gmail account. Sometimes I am quite worry that it will used up my Hotlink 100MB mobile Internet plan that I've activated. RM18 only mah, I'm very kiamsap one :p

In the Office folder there are some preloaded apps that will help those that has to work while traveling. To be a mobile office. One had to have the ability to read and write work related documents on the go. In Nokia E7, come loaded with Quickoffice. You can view and edit Microsoft Office files like Word, Excel and Powerpoint. It says to support up to Office 2007 but I tested with Word and Excel files save with Office 2010 yet it still can be opened. I think as long as the extension is .doc, .docx, .xls or .xlsx then there will be no problem.

The viewable files that can be accessed by Quickoffice are shown.

Viewing and editing Excel spreadsheet using Quickoffice. The 4" screen really make view easier.

Below is a short video on the demo of viewing and editing Word document and Excel spreadsheet using Quickoffice.

For many corporate executive, in their mobile devices usually stores confidential and sensitive materials, such as bidding price, unannounced product pricing and etc. If the mobile device containing this confidential and sensitive data was stolen or lost, then the information might leak out and do a great impact on the company's secret.

Having thought of this, Nokia preloaded F-Secure Anti-Theft service in Nokia E7 smart phone. By activating the service, it can help protect important data with remote device management options such as device lock and device wipe. Locate your phone if it is stolen – see where it is on a map with the theft control feature. Keep important work files safe.

In Nokia E7, you also can connect to your company intranet quickly and securely with built-in Nokia Mobile VPN. You can tend securely access the application and files stored in your company's Intranet.

Oh. There's also Adobe Reader. I found it very useful for me to store my flight itinerary from Air Asia. This can help to save paper and help the environment a bit because now I don't have to print out the itinerary. I can also use Nokia E7 to do mobile check-in, no hassle of queuing up. To bad I still have to print out the boarding pass from the kiosk in LCCT. Air Asia should learn from MAS to provide e-boarding pass.

Viewing my flight itinerary that is in PDF format.

The above are just some of the extensive features Nokia E7 has for people that work on the go. I myself only able to utilize maybe 20% of the features because my work has to be done sitting in front of a desktop in the office for 12 hours a day. I don't have to meet clients and have to reply important emails while I am outside of office.

Check out the rest of my review posts here. ;)

Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: Look, Feel and Touch

For the first post of my Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review, I'll start with the Look, Feel and Touch of the smart phone. As my previous post I've already written some of the basic specs of Nokia E7.

4" Nokia ClearBlack 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels) AMOLED screen:

I used my current LG GW525 that has a 2.8" full touch screen as a comparison of how big the 4" full touch screen is. The touch screen on Nokia E7 is way more sensitive than my current LG phone. I have to take a bit of effort to scroll and slide in my LG but it is a breeze on Nokia E7.

It has 8megapixel camera to take very nice picture with. I'll will write a review post later just on it's camera and video.

For those that don't like to read long words, I made a video about this post. I find that reviewing a smart phone is better with video plus words and pictures.

Apart from full touch screen, Nokia E7 is also a slide phone with a Full QWERTY keyboard. If you know how to write Chinese, it also has full screen handwriting recognition.

It has a 16GB internal memory, which I think is quite enough for me. I copied some of the HD videos that I have into it so that I can watch HD video on the go with it and still there's enough space for more apps. I think that is why there's no need for a MicroSD expansion slot.

To take out the battery I think it will be very difficult if you are not technical enough. I suspect that the battery is meant to stay in there for layman like me because the SIM card is slot into a holder at the upper side and then inserted into the phone. By the way, it support a normal SIM card and not a micro SIM card.

As for network connectivity, it supports GPRS/EDGE class B, HSDPA and WiFi. One think I like about Nokia E7 is that you can plug it into a HD TV with a HDMI cable for HD 720p video playback from the video that you've shot with the 16:9 HD 720p video camera.

Because of the size, Nokia E7 is little be heavier than the smaller size smart phone that I've tried holding before. My hand gets tire if holding it for too long with one hand. Not a problem is I held it with two. Also because my hands are not small, the big screen and full QWERTY keypad is just nice for my big fingers.

So, this is the Look, Feel and Touch of Nokia E7 from my point of view. Click here for the list of reviews in other aspect of Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review.

Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: The List

I've been selected as one of the Maxis10 reviewer for recently launched Nokia E7. This is the 9th Maxis10 Reviewers Programme. I felt so lucky to be chosen as one of the reviewer. Bumped into Hanie and Jason, two bloggers that I know in Menara Maxis when I went there to collect the phone last Friday.

The first five that collected our Nokia E7 review units.

It's been a while now that I didn't use a Nokia phone. My first Nokia phone is a Nokia 3350, don't even have colour screen that time. My favourite game to play on it is of course, Snake II. Yes, on Nokia 3350 there's an update for Snake lol.

Basically Nokia E7 runs on Symbian OS, comes with a 4" 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels) AMOLED screen, Full QWERTY keyboard and anodised aluminium casing comes in dark grey, silver white and blue. We all got the dark grey. I won't go into the technical details, you can find out more of it here.

Downloading FourSquare from OVi Store while waiting for Jay Chou.

There are now tons of apps available on OVi Store. I'll write more about that later.

I'll list down the review posts that will be written here for the Maxis10 Nokia E7 review for easy reference for those that are interested to find out how I tested out this new phone.

1. Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: The List (this post)
2. Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: Look, Feel and Touch (Published)
3. Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: Work (Published)
4. Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: Play (Published)
5. Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: Guest Blogger Reviewer (Published)
6. Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: My 9-to-5 (Published)
7. Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: Social Networking (Published)
8. Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review: Frequently Asked Questions (Published)

List will be updated as I post the review post.

Updates: Finally all of the Maxis10 Nokia E7 Review Posts were published.