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Either in open or closed  state, The E7 feels consistently solid as well: nothing wobbles or  feels out of place.While it’s also smaller than the E7, the thickness is about the same: quite an impressive feat for a slider phone, so props to Nokia engineers for pulling this off! I’ve taken the time to reach for my HTC Desire to compare the two in each hand: my phone  does feel  like cheap plastic toy in comparison.The phone is incredibly smooth on the surface: there’s nothing that sticks out of the device when in closed form, and that definitely goes towards making the device as pocket friendly as physically possible.The aluminium unibody shell assuringly cools my palm. Second: it’s quite sizeable ‘little’ monster. First thing that pops  in my mind when taking the device out of the box: ”it’s rather heavy”.All in all, the retail box contents covers all the basics, but it does make the whole unboxing process rather boring. A leaflet with instructions on how to operate the slider and fit the SIM card into a slot can be found, but other than that, there’s no paperweight to be found whatsoever. There’re no manuals to be found (a digital copy can probably be found on the 16GB mass memory of the device). Luckily, the provided  microUSB data transfer cable comes in standard length. Aside from some incredibly basic looking hands-free earphones and a charger, there’re adapters for HDMI-out and USB-To-Go functionality included in the package.Call me old fashioned (and probably not very eco-friendly), but I still prefer having large, glamorous boxes, especially for my expensive purchases, that would jump-start my impressions into the high-note straight away. Overall, the box is very simplistic, almost borderline tasteful.

I do like the idea of introducing the features through showing rather than telling – it’s a much more powerful tool of persuasion I believe, although at the same time it’s quite tricky to achieve right. Chunks of text at the back of the box explaining features of the phone are  not present this time: instead, the user has to decipher the information from the small column of icons.  A little more glamour to present this flasghip phone to the consumer wouldn’t hurt, I think. Can’t  say  it’s a good thing, especially if we take into account that the  E7 is anything but cheap. Before actually looking closer, the impression is you’ve just committed yourself to a cheap Cseries phone. For a supposed flagship  device, the Nokia E7 comes in one of the smallest and modest looking retail boxes I’ve ever seen so far.