Samsung SGH-F700 Smartphone

I first got this phone on an upgrade for my contract when it came out. Obviosly the qwerty keyboard was what drew me to purchase this device and the vodafone salesman did a great job in selling me the item. Here is what I think about the F700.

First impressions........
As with many phones, they start outbeing quick and nippy, the battery life is fantastic and everyone looks at it when you get it out of your pocket; the F700 is no exception. The touch screen takes some getting used to however this is the case with all phones at the moment.

Usage......
Samsung have done a great job in ensuring that texting is easy. The qwerty keyboard makes it veryeasy (for those of us with very small hand) to write a long text messagein seconds. Although it is good for texting, emailing is not really an option with this phone. I spent houres trying to get it working, on the phone to Samsungand Vodafone and they both ended up saying use a computer.

Once you have had this phone for a few weeks the battery life gets very poor and the phone becomes luggish in general and freezes alot. The only way you can get round this is to take the battery out.


One small thing also is that there is a cancel button once you click send message to senda text but it does not work!!


All in all I would not recommend getting this phone as for the price there are much better ones around. I am on my third Blackberry now and they are fantastic so check them out.




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The reason I wanted this phone (not a smartphone btw) is because of the keyboard and the touchscreen.
I have it about a year now and i'm still quite fond of it.
No scratches whatsoever yet.

I'm not too keen on the battery capacity, it needs to be recharged often.
The touchscreen gives feedback, that's nice because you'll know you are pressing right.

For anyone who has doubts about it: I like the iPhone better.

this phone is awsome all it needs is wirless! realy easy to use and it has lots of storage space, what more could u want in a phone!

This is a good phone if yo do a lot of texting, like a modern look and play lots of music.
Good sized screen, quick response touch screen

I think this phone is fantastic,
the keyboard layout enables extreamly fast texting,
the touchscreen is extreamly responsive and makes navigating the phone extreamly quick.

overall i think it is an all round good phone, it has all the features you could want!

Samsung's F700V is in the vanguard of products looking to knock Apple from its perch.


It's a product that has great potential. Unsurprisingly it's very similar in size and shape to the iPhone - it's thicker at 17mm but otherwise there's not too much in it. It looks pretty good too with its glossy, pinstriped front fascia and minimalist design. There's just a single button adorning the front of the phone - just like the Apple device - while a mere three controls sit along the long right-hand edge: the trigger for the F700V's three megapixel camera, a two-way volume rocker and a switch for locking and unlocking the device.

The F700V is, as you've probably already guessed, a touch-screen device, and one that you'd probably also expect to be inferior in quality to the iPhone, but the F700V has a couple of important advantages hidden up its tightly-tailored sleeve. The first of these is vibration feedback. Whenever you hit a button on the F700V's 3.2in 240 x 440 screen it responds with a quiet beep and a light buzz. It sounds frivolous, but this feature contributes so much to the feel and usability of the interface that I wonder why other manufacturers haven't done the same thing. It's like having the best of both worlds - the flexibility and adaptability of a touch-screen, but with the feedback of physical buttons.

The second weapon in the F700V's considerable armoury is its keyboard. It's hard to believe given how slim this phone is, but stashed away below that lovely screen is a full, QWERTY keyboard. And even more impressive than this is the fact that it's quite possibly the most practical small keyboard I've ever used. It's better than my TyTN II's keyboard by quite a considerable margin and the backlit, well-separated rectangular keys make it ridiculously easy to type at speed. I'm sure it's possible to type quickly with the iPhone's on-screen keyboard after some practice, but - and you'll have to trust me on this one - it's not a patch on this.


Next consider the fact that the F700V has quicker Internet connectivity than the iPhone with HSDPA at up to 3.6Mb/sec, pretty good battery life at around two to three days normal use, POP3 and IMAP support, plus Vodafone's own £5 per month 'consumer push' email option, and it looks as if, surprisingly, we have a potential winner on our hands. The F700V also has Google Maps preinstalled and cocks a snook at the iPhone by including a proper 3.5mm headphone jack (hallelujah!) so you can use any decent set of headphones without needing an adaptor. The phone even comes with an adaptor in the box that turns your own headphones into a hands-free set, but unless you already have a decent pair, the Bose earphones supplied will be perfectly adequate.

What's slightly less surprising is to find that Samsung's software design puts a bit of a dent in its iPhone-killing ambitions. It does make a pretty good stab at making its very own touch-screen statement, and to a large extent the software works well - certainly better than the software I've used on Samsung phones before - but it's just not as elegant and intuitive as the iPhone's.

I liked that the phone was in good condition and that the seller was honest enought to alert me off the minor scratches that don't affect the appearance of the phone. I decided to buy this phone because I looking for a QWERTY Smartphone for some time, but really I wanted a cheaper alternative, which is what I found on eBay. I dislike that I am having some difficulty with the camera, which is not a problem as I will have the issue sorted by a phone shop. Overall, the phone is absolutely brilliant.

Great vaule for money compared to the iphone, so in my eyes its alot better.

Highly recommend it.

This is a fantastic phone and well worth the money. I bought this for my daughter and I am well impressed with its features, would quite like one for myself.

I live everything about this Samsung F700. Its touch screen and its also got a keypad! so if you get bored with texting using touch screen, you can type quicker and easier using the keypad. Its amazing! I decided to buy it because i was bored with my Samsung Tocco and before i had that i wanted the Samsung F700 so i bought the F700 and i don't regret it one tiny bit :)

This is an absolutly amazing phone. I really like it. The touch screen allows for really easy, fast and hassle free access to the phone and its functions. The other great feature of this phone is the full qwerty keyboard. When your writing a normal/long message you can write it so much quicker than the conventional keypad like on normal phones. You don't have to wait for keys to reset before typing another carrector from the same key ie, typing R then having to wait to us S. The reason why I have only classed this product as average even tho this is an amazing phone is because i can't use some of the functions and features. The sellers description did not match what i recieved. I have no USB cable or cd rom to transfer media from my laptop to my phone and visa versa. It's not the end of the world but just limmits and restricts usage. This shouldnt however put anyone off from this phone as it is still amazing without the USB etc and as long as you check with your buyer you should get them if you decide to buy one. Mint Phone.

Amazing phone came with everything near enough brand new and even a sim card. I brought this phone to getter a more recent phone as mine was a bit dated. However the phone itself isnt that great drains on battery and crashes i also cant hear a phone call so have to put it on loud speaker!

very responsive touch screen and love the quatery keypad good music player and average camera i bought this phone because i like the slide out keypad.

a great phone in great condition. the phone has a full qwerty keyboard &also a touch screen keypad which makes it quite individual. i love the phone, its fabulous.

I bought this phone for my daughter for xmas, and she has had not one problem
with it at all,
i would recomment this phone if you like the small key pad

the phone was bought for my daughter, as it is discontinued the only place i could buy it was ebay.She loves the phone as it has a qwerty key pad ,touch screen and is easy to use

I think this is an excellent phone, I like everything about it, it is stylish, yet compact and pretty. I hope everything will resolve perfectly regarding the purchase of the phone. thank you!

The samsung f700 is an excellent and easy phone to use. I took intrest in this phone as it has a querwty keyboard. I love that it can do a photo slider as the waller paper, letting all of the pictures on my phone become the wallpaper every 3 seconds and the vibration on it is very strong and loud so i can always hear it or feel it. I dont like how thickness of the phone is its like a brick it would be even greater slightly thiner. The cost on e-bay was a bargin at £97.01 compared to the retail price of £280.00 rrp.

this phone is as good as it gets . it has a goood feel to it and has a lock so it doesn't shuffle through pages in your pocket. great value for money and not locked to any one provider 5*

The things i like about the phone is the qwerty keyboard, touch screen and ease of use. Things like texting, picture messaging and emailing is easy to access. One thing i dislike about the phone is the touch screen doesn't always respond to finger tip touching. But over all this is a very good phone not too big and not too heavy! This phone is also in excellent condition for a used phone!
I would give this phone a 9.5/10

Product good working order as described although not unlocked as hinted in description got past that tho in the end fast delivery very pleased

I WOULD RECOMEND THIS PHONE TO ANYONE!!! THE FEATURES AER AMAZING

THE GPS CONNECTS IN LESS THAT 40 SECS!!!

SUPER FAST WIFI!!!!

No problems at all. :) keys look like there hard to use, but there so east!! better than normal infact!!!!

Easy to change the houseing to make it look now !!

by the way there were a few probs with the black n82 haveing a broken speaker, its rarem but i believe nokia fixes it for free

so year ITS GREAT!!! ( U CAN GET A 8 GB CARD ON EBAY FOR AROUND 10.00 !! WELL WORTH IT

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