Samsung SGH-F700 Communicator - Cellphone Review

 

Samsung SGH-F700 Communicator - Cellphone Review

Samsung SGH-F700 Communicator - Cellphone Review

Many things immediately stand out when playing with this device — but first and foremost, it’s a stunner. The rear of the phone is made with a glossy material that is reflective, like plastic chrome (think Sony Ericsson Z610i, then scale up the beauty) that really bumps this already classy device up a few notches. The F700 is a tri-band device with 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM, EDGE, and HSDPA. It is definitely worth noting that the F700’s HSDPA is the 7.2Mbps variety; no word on 3G frequencies, but we are all praying for some North American salvation. The screen is huge, taking up 2.78 inches of the touchscreen , which is almost all of the front surface. The 440X220 resolution is ideal for mini-widescreening your favorite flicks using the native support for MPEG4, H.263, H.264, real video or take pictures with the 3-megapixel camera. A quick slide and the bottom half hops out to reveal a pretty tight, but ultimately useful keyboard.
Basically, the menu is a three by four grid with a band of color each across a row and a column. Where these intersect is where you just tapped your finger, your selection, though the phone’s touch screen wasn’t quite perfect. The color scheme and the detail on the phone’s icons are superb, but, having spent serious time with a graphically powerful touch screen phone, we’re a bit disappointed that this flagship didn’t take the touch paradigm to its extreme.
The phone is much thinner than other QWERTY sliders we’ve used. It isn’t as thin as the iPhone, but it also isn’t as thick as one of HTC’s QWERTY sliders, like the Mogul on Sprint. Samsung’s designers referred to this phone as the “Q-Bowl.” Q stood for QWERTY, and the bowl comes from the idea of touching the surface of a bowl of water with your fingertips. It’s a nice visual image, and we especially like the tranquil audio effects that accompany actions and gave feedback to our input.

 

Samsung SGH-F700 Communicator - Cellphone Review


 

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