Another interesting duel here folks, a very similar device offered in the same market segment and tag price of PhP16,500 ($375), fueled to snatched one another verging only one common goal, complete domination. Both phones can be purchase freely in the market, SIM free no holds bared.
Caution! My opinion is based only on the company’s given hardware, technical specifications, features and sample videos that can be seen in the web or in any video sharing sites. I have no hands on experience whatsoever on booth phones but I’m familiar with the Nokia C7 Operating system having tried a Nokia N8 and have tried Android Eclair via Cherry Mobile Nova.
Advantages against the disadvantage in every criterion mentioned and I will site winner in each. The most number of votes win!
Operating System: Android 2.1 Eclair vs Symbian^3
The Motorola Defy has a MotoBlur UI (User Interface) on top of the Android 2.1 Eclair, meaning it has a more customizable options on top of the Android operating system, the multiple active window customizable homescreens, eye candy graphics brought about by the widgets on board both from Motorola and Android made, the ability to change the size and form of widgets giving a unique and more interactive experience among others.
The browser is very much part of this criteria having used proprietor web browsers from the Operating Systems. Motorola Defy uses an Android web browser supporting HTML and like any other Android phones, very much capable and top notched with its smooth transitions and fast page downloads. The ability to adjust characters to fit the screen during zooming or changes in the screen dimension is here as well as the text reflow.
The Nokia C7 on the other hand has the very capable Symbian^3 operating system. Homescreen is very much customizable but was limited only to 3 panels. The icons and shortcut buttons are not size adjustable to users liking and the absence of 3D effects and graphics is very much noticeable.
The browser was rather feature-riched having WAP2.0x/HTML, HTML and RSS Feed support with Flash Lite 4.0 that allows youTube video watching directly from the website but it doesn’t support character adjustment unlike the Android.
Overall, Nokia C7 offers a very good user experience but the Motorola Defy is more fluent, faster, graphics and effects riched and smoother that’s why I choose it as the winner. Symbian^3 at the moment is developing and is going competitively on the right direction.
Cover
The Nokia C7 has a very solid form structure, its wrapped in high grade plastic and aluminum battery cover giving a classy and durable impression. The front touch screen is a scratch resistant Gorilla Glass display. On the other hand the Motorola Defy not only offers a solid cover to withstand any abuse but a water and dust resistant coat making it the most ideal phone for all seasons, a phone that anybody could care less. It also has the scratch resistant Gorilla Glass display making it the run away winner of this category.
Size and Dimension
With a 117.3 x 56.8 x 10.55 mm dimension of the Nokia C7, it comes out longer narrower and thinner than the Motorola Defy's 107 x 59 x 13.4mm. When it comes to pocket and hand friendliness, the Nokia C7 takes a bit of a lead here. It would slip on to any sleeve and would fit easily to any hands. I have tried display units of both phone and Nokia C7 gives a more comfortable grip and dimension specially in one hand use.
Display
Both phones have a capacitative touchscreen with 16million color resolution, accelerator sensor for auto-rotate and multi-touch input method but they differ in screen size with Motorola Defy's 3.7" screen edging the 3.5" of the Nokia C7, screen resolution of 480 by 854 pixels against 360 x 640 of C7 and the Defy's TFT display compared to the bright AMOLED screen of C7. The differences where quite noticeable not only on the screen contrast and resolution but also in the overall usability both indoors and outdoors. The Motorola Defy is great to use indoors but worst in full sunlight outdoor clarity while Nokia C7 is best in both world. C7 takes down the Defy easily on this category making it the winner.
Memory
The Motorola Defy offers a 2GB Internal storage with an expandable card slot of up to 32GB and 512MB RAM internal memory which means the phone is capable in handling huge files and multitasking while the C7 has 8GB Internal storage, expandable card slot of up to 32GB and a 256 RAM with 1GB of ROM, a very huge difference in storage as well as on phone performance, with only 256MB of RAM against the 512MB of Defy, C7 can handle heavy multitasking better than the later making it a winner in the category.
Connectivity
The Nokia C7 is Quadband GSM Pentaband on HSDPA which means that it can work wherever you are in the world while Defy is Quad band GSM and Dual band HSPDA giving a limited connection. Both phones handle GPRS, EDGE, WIFI, Bluetooth and microUSB but the Bluetooth of Defy is version 2.1 while C7 is v3.0 making it more faster, Defy has DLNA and C7 has USB on-the-go support... one pro cancels the other and in the end, Nokia C7 has something more to offer making it the winner in this category.
Camera and Camcorder
No question here, with C7 trumps Defy with its 8MP, dual LED and Face Detection, though the Defy hit back with its Autofocus function. It wasn't enough to throw the C7 down specially that its camcorder capability pokes 720p HD capability at 25 frames per second with video stabilization while the Defy could only manage a VGA video with 30 frames per second. Defy also have no secondary camera. The Nokia C7 breezes its way on top of this category.
Entertainment
Both phones have music player with multiple audio support, video player with multiple file support, FM Stereo with RDS among other entertainment features but what makes Nokia C7 the overall winner of this category, count this down... DivX/Xvid support against the Xvid lone support of Defy, Flash Lite 4.0 against the basic Flash Lite making youTube playing on C7 better, FM Transmitter on C7 and WebTV. Gaming is flawless on Nokia C7 with its 3D graphic accelerator support.
CPU
The Nokia C7 has ARM 11 processor with 680Mhz speed while the Motorola Defy has TI OMAP3610 with 800MHz speed. The Motorola Defy wins this category base on numbers and phone performance. It is more savvy and smooth to use compared to the Nokia C7.
Features
Both phones have unique feature of there own to boast like Voice memo, dial and command of Defy among other minor Android features but Nokia C7 has a lifetime drive and walk navigation and Ovi Maps 3.0, exclusive Nokia features such as push email via Nokia Messaging, Ovi Music, Share online among other features making it the winner in this category.
Battery Life
Motorola Defy literally has a bigger battery compartment with Li-Po 1540mAh against the C7's Li-Ion 1200mAh but Android OS strips down power enormously giving it only a 238 hours of Standby time and 6.48 hours of Talk time compared to 648 hours Standby time and 9hours of Talk time in Nokia C7 making it the colossal winner in this category.
Customer Support (Care Centers)
Nokia have strategic Care Centers all over the world so I buyers are very much assured that if anything happen to their my device, they have somewhere near to bump into. Nokia also have ready to use accessories, parts and supplies to purge so Nokia C7 again takes this for a win.
The Scores:
Motorola Defy = 3 points
Nokia C7 = 9 points
And the winner under a not very obvious victory swift… Nokia C7 via landslide. Holistic experience is seen here more than any hype or media blitz. Strip down one by one, the Motorola Defy running Android 2.1 has its best features and its worst which applies also for Nokia C7 but the later showed strength in almost all of the category.
As I've been saying over and over again, the best smartphone in the world is not only good in one or two things. It must not only include a super savvy OS or a high pixel camera; it has to be everything, the after sales support, the price, usability among others. Go for the best value device that is worthy of your hard earned money. The best of everything!
Jan 13, 2011
Price Match: Motorola Defy vs Nokia C7
4 comments:
LOL, the Android OS alone win 10 points
@anonymous
yeah you can lol all you want but reality still remains, Android is just an Operating System with a few tweaks and treats, nothing more. c",
no way c7, defy is gr8 phone...
@anonymous well, where did Android makers got the idea of open source, UI tweaks, etc? Symbian!
Android is just a copycat of Symbian and iOs, a clunky one.
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