Samsung F700 review

Tuesday, April 15th 2008 - 21:40 CEST - Comments: 0

C urrently mobile phones are used for a lot more than calling and sending text messages alone. Smartphones are gradually catching up with sales of mobile phones. The difference between a smartphone and a regular mobile phone is mainly found in the more extensive E-mail and Internet functionalities on the smartphone. The operation system of a smartphone is usually based on Microsoft Mobile, Symbian or PalmOS. However, Samsung have chosen equipping the F700 with their own operating system. The Samsung F700 Smartphone's most obvious features are the full (QWERTY) keyboard and of course the touchscreen.

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Samsung F700 review - Touchscreen

The main feature of the Samsung F700 is its full touchscreen. The monitor measures 3.2 inch and is capable of reproducing 260,000 colours. Touchscreens are beautiful and handy but one type of touchscreen or another can make a whole lot of difference. Personally I get really annoyed when a touchscreen does not respond like it is supposed to, namely fast and fluent. Using the touchscreen of the Samsung F700 wasn't too bad. The screen responds well and touching the screen will make the phone vibrate slightly for confirmation of the touch. In daylight, in bright sunshine, it is not always possible to read the monitor that easily but this also happens with other phones and is not specifically related to a touchscreen.

 

 

Samsung F700 test - Digital camera

The Samsung F700 has been equipped with two digital cameras. The front carries a small VGA camera, which mainly serves for video calls. The second camera, on the back, is more enhanced of course. The 3.0 Megapixel camera with auto focus as well as flash takes beautiful pictures. A minus is the shutter lag which makes the camera very slow. Sometimes I did not capture what I wanted to capture because I moved the phone before the picture was taken or because the object had gone from the composition before I was able to capture it. The flash has a rather limited effective range and is in fact a LED instead of a flash tube. Still the functionality of an internal flash is evidently apparent. I, myself didn't use it that much though. Moreover if you like to capture an object at a considerable distance, a flash like this creates some unwanted side effects. Want to know more about this Samsung mobile phone? Read our full Samsung F700 smartphone review.

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