[3][4] Nokia's mobile phone business head Anssi Vanjoki called it the "sleekest" device in the world.

On 25 May 2011 the premium Nokia Oro was announced, which has the same internal specifications and even looks exactly like the C7, but has 18-carat gold plating, leather and sapphire crystal materials.

[9] The feature could be used to pair with headsets, read NFC tags,[10] or, through AirTag e-commerce software, be used to accumulate loyalty points or pick up discount coupons.

[11] The C7-00 runs the Symbian operating system, originally shipping with Symbian^3 and updatable to Anna and later Belle.

Nokia Belle supports six home screens, each with re-sized widgets that the user can customise.