Nokia E7 now available in the USA [$680 ... are you mental?]

Nokia’s flagship enterprise focused device, the E7, has finally come to the United States after an excruciatingly long wait time. This thing was announced back in September 2010, so that’s what … over half a year for the boat to go from Finland to America? You can pickup the E7 from Nokia’s very own online store for $679, which is frankly obscene since the N8 is also available on the same website for $450, over $200 cheaper. The N8 and the E7 are, for all intents and purposes, the exact same phone, except that the N8 has a better camera and the E7 has a slide out QWERTY keyboard and larger screen. They both share the same guts, meaning quadband GSM/EDGE, pentaband 3G so you’ll be able to hop on a high speed wireless network irregardless of the country you’re in, WiFi, GPS, the same processor, the same amount of RAM, the same version of Symbian^3, the same everything.

Considering this handset is aimed at business customers then Nokia most likely made the assumption that companies have higher budgets than individuals. That’s a shame since most companies can actually save money if they went with RIM’s BlackBerry platform or even Apple’s iPhone, both are not only comparable in price, but depending on which model you go with and what length of contract you opt for, they can actually be even cheaper. At the end of the day though, none of this matters, since no one except for the most geekiest of people pay full retail prices for their mobile phones in the USA. It’s why Google’s Nexus project was canned, and it’s why no one wants to get a new device unless they can sign a contract and get a few hundred dollars shaved off the price tag. Welcome to the American market. It isn’t perfect, but it works. Barely.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

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Anonymous

I have to agree with you here – obscene price and Nokia wanting to get into the US market – this is not how they are going to win over consumers there.
http://www.sheeptech.com Vincent Chow

It’s no different here in Malaysia. The Nokia E7 is only a tad cheaper than the iPhone 4, and mostly more expensive than other mid-high end Androids. It is by no mean a high end device, and featuring an underdog OS, the pricing is simply ridiculous.
http://twitter.com/w_elegancko Chester Copperfield

You are a moron Stefan
- Chris P
  
  Care to clarify!?
  - http://twitter.com/w_elegancko Chester Copperfield
    
    Sure, he’s a moron because he thinks N8 and E7 are the same and publishes his hate views online
    - Anonymous
      
      But the innards *are* the same, sans the camera. Same SoC, same memory, same screen, same everything except the camera. It’s the same old tired recycled E7/N8/C6-01 module.
      
      Very, very tired. Less than half of the speed of last years 1GHz Androids (that sell for less!) in web browsing and very laggy in it’s UI operations.
      - http://twitter.com/w_elegancko Chester Copperfield
        
        SD slot, HDMI, CBD, EdOf, need I say more?
Anonymous

Overpriced 2009 level hardware, sorely waiting for PR 2.0 and an upgraded SoC that does nog l-a-a-a–agggg.
Freemanmbowe

This thing is awesome, its often easier commenting at the face value without knowing what u are talking about. I am using this phone right now, its by far the best in performance compared to other high end smart phones i have used. It realy a business phone. Great Job Nokia