Samsung F700

  • Released 2007, December
    139g, 15.9mm thickness
    Feature phone
    112MB storage, microSD (dedicated slot) slot
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  • 3.2"
    240x440 pixels
  • 3MP
    Video recorder
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  • 1000mAh
    Li-Ion

Samsung F700 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 2100
Speed HSPA 3.6/0.384 Mbps
Launch Announced 2007, February. Released 2007, December
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 112 x 56 x 15.9 mm (4.41 x 2.20 x 0.63 in)
Weight 139 g (4.90 oz)
Keyboard QWERTY
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 3.2 inches, 27.8 cm2 (~44.3% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 240 x 440 pixels, 17:9 ratio (~157 ppi density)
Memory Card slot microSD (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 1000 entries, Photocall
Call records 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
Internal 112MB
Main Camera Single 3.15 MP, AF
Features LED flash
Video Yes
Selfie camera Single VGA videocall camera
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP
GPS No
Radio No
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Yes
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 H.264/MP4 player
MP3/AAC/AAC+ player
Organizer
Google Maps
Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 300 h
Talk time Up to 4 h 30 min
Misc Colors Black
SAR 0.41 W/kg (head)    
SAR EU 0.08 W/kg (head)    
Price About 280 EUR
Tests Loudspeaker Voice 73dB / Noise 69dB / Ring 74dB
Audio quality Noise -81.6dB / Crosstalk -82.1dB

Samsung F700 - User Reviews

  • It doesn't have Whatsapp,Spijo.

  • SAR = 0,07

  • Why s it that my samsungf700 dont take app why

  • Does samsung f700 have whatsupp guys plz help me up?

  • no one agrees with you...^_^

  • Its me Ayman, I am from E Egypt i do have that phone, Samsung F700v. First i could not find any support solving my problems, coud not find the original battery, charger and the date transfer cable from and to my Not book.

  • Very good phone with many features. Ahead of any phone in that time period. Even comparable with iphone which was released 6 months later than this phone.

  • lg prada copy! lg also sue samsung and paid another billion! haha!

  • Amazing how Samsung had already created a phone that has been way ahead of Apple's features, namely camera with LED flash and higher at 3MP (F700) vs 2MP (iphone 2G), including the front-facing camera all in 2007...

  • How dare can Apple say Samsung is copycat if you look at this design. Apple is copycat. 1. GUI over mouse - It came from Xerox. Not began from Apple. 2. Apple log - it came from Beattles album. 3. iPhone brand - It came from cisci brand. 4. iPOD - TAK INFORMATION SYSTEMS and Texax MP3 5. Caculator, Radio and Speakr Design - It came from Braun GmbH.

  • no way samsung can do that in 1 month after iphone was announced. they must have something ready way earlier.

  • "Announced and released" can be very different from "designed and patented". It's clear Samsung intentionally made the software similar, but for Apple to try and say rectangular phones with a touchscreen and one button is some kind of unique, design feature that only they came up with and only they should be allowed to use is, frankly, ridiculous.

  • Actually, it was both announced and released after the iphone. Do lookup that info, right here on gsm arena...

  • Oh WOW!! It's an iPhone 4S with a qwerty keyboard =P

  • Sure you can - try reading the size specs above, and then doing the same for the iPhone :-O

  • looks like iPhone, released before iPhone.

  • yes its looks likes iphones.

  • how to copy photo from phone memory to memory card

  • can i know is this phone same size as iphone

  • i lik de fone buh it frezes alot yy

  • i cna only save pictures from the internet as "pages" is there any other way to save a picture and then use it as my wallpaper?

  • Hi, I like my samsung F700, but I'm facing a big problem to connect to internet, and I will like to have the booklet so I can be able to know how to use it.

  • hw can i check my phne iemi no from the internet site?

  • How can i install game in mamory card

  • How may apps install in this phone?

  • samsung F700 mobial super

  • This one's older than the iPhone. Samsung can sue Apple's ass back.

  • how do i get my texts to go into the phone's memory instead of it going to my sim's memory instead? :(

  • i can't access internet in my country malaysia why?

  • my phone does not want to read my memory card,everything else works fine & i even switched memory cards!!! anyone have any ideas as to what could be the problem here??? thnx in advance!

  • Thanks dude :)

  • an AMAZING phone with a good affordability!!! everyone should get it....

  • www.zedge.co.uk type in the name of your phone then click on download games for this phone and ther you are. you can download the hames from there. :D

  • www.zedge.co.uk type in the name of your phone then click on download games for this phone and ther you are. you can download the hames from there. :D

  • the phone iz good l luv it

  • where can i download games for this mobile? plz help me

  • This phone is very smart and good looking.But I face one big problem,I can't downlode games because it can't supported them.how can I solved this problem?

  • Can this phone ring and vibrate at the same time. I tried but no success.Can some one tell me how this done

  • In new Zealand. Came out here in november 2009

  • im xpierencing de screen problem.by blacjesus

  • i had mine for alomst 6months,until my brother dropped it into the toilet pot & cracked my lcd...on my bloody birthday night!!!! :-( but it was a crappy phone though.

  • For all ppl who say they're using it and quite satisfied with it how do u get by by only 500sms memory limit ?

  • At me, it stayed alive 1,5 year, under very heavy use. Maybe, yours had problems.

  • not a good fone...really bad fone dont get it because it lasts only 1year

  • It is still in market? In where country? I had bought it Q1 of 2008. It survived on my hands over 1,5 years(only this has managed it) and it is my favorite phone. Can you tell me, where is this available and in what price?

  • this phone is the bomb. an incredible price. this phone is the phone

  • i have an offert to buy this phone at a very small price, and i'm impressed only by it's design. So i want to ask somebody who owns this phone: are you impressed ? Does it worth the money ? / sorry for my english

  • I have had my F700 for just under 2 years now.I have had multiple problems with it.1.the phone keeps on freezing,i have sent it in for a software upgrade and everything,and a few hundred rand later,still it freezes.2.for some reason my phone peels.really badly.3.the touch screen is very bad and blurry.4.the camera and video quality is very poor.otherwise it is a very nice phone especially with the qwerty keyboard

  • Good morning, will you please load open version 1849p3:php

  • actually i have try the whole code non is working,i was trying to reset my phone is not going,please try and help me out,thank you.

  • No the default password for all samsung phones is 00000000(eight zoros) correction.

  • The security pin by default on all Samsung handsets are 1234 or 0000 or 12345 , unless you have not changed to someone of your choice.. regards

  • pls i have been using these phone for years i dont know the password or the phone code and the security code.but i love the phone very well.

  • itz cool

  • no it does not have wifi. very good fone tho,

  • I've had the phone for over a year, no problems atall. I use the phone all the time and feel lucky to have it, the only small downfall is that it is getting a bit old now and much better phones are being produced at much better prices. It only has demo games which have to be payed for if you want the full version and it doesn't have other small features like a torch (permanent flash), fortunately these are only small problems and apart from them i think the phone is brilliant. It's the type of phone that can impress your mates and get a few pleasing comments, i've had many jelous friends coming and asking me the price of the phone. Unfortunately that's the worst bit, the price.

  • i dont know why dude

  • had the phone for almost 2 years without a problem, but now am unable to listen to music. the phone has no sound. it only has sound when i receive calls.

  • also, what is the video player like? can it take avi or wmv videos?

  • this phone looks really good, it has wifi right? does anyone know the largest sd card it can take? i have an 8GB one

  • hi, this phone has served me for two years and going strong..... good stuff

  • ohhh i forgot and how many gig is this phone anyway

  • its nice but does it have wifi

  • hi! this is the best phone ever!!! :D :P

  • it doesn't have games????!!!!!oh no.....

  • Yes. It has a 3.5mm port.

  • can i plug headphones with this cellphone can somebody tell me pls ??

  • erm tis phone really can support opera mini huh? but how?

  • still my dream phone but i chose 5800xpress music instead, now i have n97 mini.

  • i sooo love this fone.. it doesn't give me headaches.. i can surf the net with the use of opera mini i sooo lurv it.. the quality of the music is soo good..

  • this fone is tatti

  • i got this couple days ago and i also cant install java app! i mean wtf? so no opera mini on this ??!!??!! is this for real? really no way to make this happen? and please, can somebody say how to copy paste text from drafts into online mail. i mean, even my cheap cheap SE g502 could do that!!

  • I've had this phone for 8months now & I think it's horrible. The touchscreen doesn't work right.. when I press the screen at the left bottom it selects the right bottom etc etc. Also the keyboard isn't working right anymore. The A & D don't work anymore. I know I've dropped the phone.. and it has been in contact with some water, but I still think a phone should be able to handle some of that without totally crashing. Thereby it isn't possible to download JAVA stuff and the internet is very very slow and difficult to use.. So people, dont buy this phone!

  • i have this phone

  • where will i get an application for this phone..

  • maximum of 4gig

  • can it hold 8gig?

  • I have this phone over a year now. And had none of the problems the other people has. hey maybe you guys just dont know how to use a touchscreen. I absolutely love the phone. It is fast and the keypad is brilliant. I love that it is a vodafone as well.

  • I own this gadget and it sucks,big time.If you've got this one it feels like you don't have a phone, period because its picks and dicscards signals like nothing I've ever experinced.The one thing you need when you purchase a mobile is to be connected but tell me how can you do that if you are permanently out of signal

  • where will i download application for samsung f700

  • Take the sim card out and write thos numbers. the phone will restarte then. *2767*63342# *2767*3855#

  • I have this phone since one and a half year. And it is absolutely the worst phone i've ever got. The touchscreen is very unexact and doesn't work at some times. It is not possible to install java applications from your pc. And the worst thing ever: The phone crashes sometimes if you start an application, answer a short message or open the slide out keyboard. Even if this one is pretty cheap buy a non touchscreen phone you will have much more fun with it!

  • Oh and also, there is great reception in europe. I travel back and forth from north america and europe and the tri-band works with european networks. It actually gets 6 bars of reception to those who struggle with one bar. In north america unless i'm in downtown i get crap reception. Like 0 bars but the network still registers so i can text and make quick calls. Overall i like this phone except for the fact that it electronically fell apart and no network can give me a data plan cuz it's not a common phone. in europe or north america. Might just be me. Sincerely, Adrian.

  • IMPORTANT FOR PPL CONSIDERING BUYING THIS PHONE! Hello: I've had this phone for about 15 months. Sure i may have dropped it a couple times but bounced it off of my foot, no direct concrete or hardwood fall. About 3 months ago the volume rocker for up-volume stopped responding. Shortly after, the down-volume. After that the camera button would focus but not actually take the photo, then stopped working. Then the shortcut button. Now the speakers. I can't make a call anymore no matter how much i mess around with the speaker-phone or keeping the phone slid open while i talk. I think that in the slide mechanism where the wires change position at a contact point are loose. When the phone is closed no sound works. Sometimes they work when it's open, but now it's totally gone. No alarm, no phone calls, or music (headphones are fine).I think that wear-and -tear on such a new model of slider keyboard phone didn't have the cahnce to be perfected so it won't last very long unless u rarely use the keyboard or very gently slide open and close the phone for the entire time u own it. Even then u still might be prolonging the inevitable loose connection. No excitement or haste responding to a text cuz it'll end up like mine in about 9 months. If u are going to buy it then take my advise and be gentle and treat it like newborn baby, or go for a different more recend model that may be improved due the that problem, Sincerely, Adrian.

  • i dont know why u people are looking for a help over here. Its really a crap phone, with this value. It realkly SUCKS. So plz thorugh it in dustbin and stop commenting here

  • this phone is the worst phone ever. it sucks bigtime. it never catches any signal anywhere. even if someone forces you to buy it, don't.

  • hey kyle do you think theres a solution for this phone? its not to shabby by the way...

  • does anyone get good service with this phone? i get very poor quality service with this phone maybe 1-2 bars max..anyone else have this problem? can it be fixed> i'm with rogers

  • great phone, but crap when it comes to being serviced...noit a good phone at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • it's a vodafone!! Not t-mobile!! You need a vodafone-contract to use a F700v, that's what the v stands for

  • The texting on this phone is amazing it has a keyboard

  • When i had the phone when it first came out my games worked on it.

  • not good phone

  • so far so good

  • soo if any onez want tooo selll thz set in cheap price sooo u can cont me on thz num 03422459001

  • welll should ihve too buy thz orr nokia 5800 im cunfused in thz prob sooo plzz solved ?

  • welll should ihve too buy thz orr nokia 5800 im cunfused in thz prob sooo plzz solved ?

  • Hi I would LOVE to have this phone but i have read to comments saying that the games does not work does anyone else have this problem? Thanks

  • nice phone,just cant get any software

  • i have the sameeee problem. have you figured it out yet?

  • its unfair that samsung didnt released it here in the philippines.

  • can this be on verizon service?

  • Depends, I updated my firmware and now I can read 8GB, before the update the 8gb was read as 4gb.

  • weel i think you should buy it i have this one and another iphone alll of them are great.....so buy it.

  • Is it prepaid to??

  • what is the biggest memory card that this handset can take?

  • Had the same problem until I went for a software upgrade. Go to samsung and ask them to load the open software version ( f700jbgk3)

  • I L O V E this phone, Although I am also having a problem with games. Every game I put on, it says not compatible :(

  • So how's the texting on the Samsung F700? I have a touch screen and I get frustrated with the texting on it... help me!! I don;t know if I should buy it or not.

  • Anyone knows which OS is using in this phone?

  • I have bought this phone **which i love** the only problem i have is that i cannot download games..ANY games... i always end up getting the same message saying that the game is not compatible... Can anyone help me plz....am desperate!!!!!

  • Is this expandable up to 8gb? How about the acoustics? Does it meet the competency when it comes to xpress music or walkman phones?

  • hi i work on customer service for o2 so can try a couple of things...to start with does the handset allow t-mobile sim's in it? if it is locked to a certain network you will need it unlocking...if it is on t-mobile try a different sim in it to see if it is something to do with the sim compatablitiy, if your sim is old you may need a new one the handset itself is 3G so its best to have a 3G sim too hope this helps..nicola

  • I've had one for 6 months and it started freezing... It has been in for repairs 4 times then they gave me a new phone... That one I had for 6 months and it started freezing again... Is this a 6 month Phone?

  • this phone draws so much attention because it looks so fancy! i had bought an iphone but hated it cuz the texting so i sold it and bought this one. this has by far been my favorite phone which i used unlocked with tmobile with no problems whatsoever. the keyboard is the best i have ever used because the buttons are well spaced...i dont understand why i ended up with a keyboard with the A in place of the Q and the Z in place of the W lol...i got used to it though. i love how it has two camaras and how the screen is not off-centered when you use the keyboard like many qwerty phones. plus the way the loudspeaker is set up is the best! you can say its "surround sound" because it has a speaker at the top end AND at the bottom end! searching through the music player sucks though. its pretty amazing that i cracked the screen in three different spots and the touchscreen worked just as well as new. im not saying the sensitivity is the best...probably gets 70% of performance compared to the iphone, but still, i sold my iphone to buy this phone. after still loving it for four months with a cracked screen, it finally gave in :(. gotta say im amazed how well it went after experiencing so many tradgedies with this phone. I even dropped it in the water at the log ride in six flags magic mounain! i didnt turn it on until i got home and dried it with a blow drier and worked 100% after that! i tried to buy another but couldnt find any so i bought another iphone:/ by seeing how much i wrote about this phone you can see how much i got attached to it lol

  • i got a SAMSUNG SGH-F700v. when i put my T-Mobile sim into my phone it says no service, i can use all the features but i can't make any calls or recieve calls. it just says "NO SERVICE"....but i put my sim into another phone SAMSUNG U900 SOUL and it works GREAT...PLEASE ANYONE HAVE A SOLUTION PLEASE HELP ME.. ANYONE KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PLEASE HELP...THANKS..

  • no radio other than that its bootastic (fantastic) very nice qwerty keyboard and touch screen

  • battery stand by time,only 4hours and talk time only 20 minutes.please send us the battery which give us good timing.

  • Lovely phone, no hick-ups. I strongly recommend, very fast internet acces. Design is awesome. But lacks functions. Cannot apply or change themes. Else, the music player is enjoyable with good sounds.

  • So overall is this a good phone to buy then?

  • This is not true. Vodafone do not lock their handsets. i have one and it is NOT LOCKED AND NEVER HAS BEEN. In other views i would reccomend this phone , very good gui and general build and design is fantastic.

  • is there a firm-ware to unlock this thing so i can use my phone..it work one day and then the next it stopped..

  • Beware of the touch screen on this device, it is particularly difficult to activate (frequently it doesn't detect that you've touched it), and it's decidedly lacking in accuracy (and does not work with a stylus). I found the samsung i900 or F490 to be better alternatives (though I find the Apple iPhone to have a much better touchscreen).

  • This is a vodafone branded phone, so it will be locked to work with vodafone sims only. That is probably why your T-Mobile SIM will not work with it. Buying a vodafone sim card should work.

  • recently i bye it..its not so good as i wish....

  • i got a SAMSUNG SGH-F700v. when i put my T-Mobile sim into my phone it says no service, i can use all the features but i can't make any calls or recieve calls. it just says "NO SERVICE"....but i put my sim into another phone SAMSUNG U900 SOUL and it works GREAT...PLEASE ANYONE HAVE A SOLUTION PLEASE HELP ME..

  • one queestion my f700 is bugging several time n dnt knw y??can some1 help me plz

  • Don't ask stupid questions.!

  • Do you come from the farm?

  • What is the 3 INternet ? Cost it money?

  • What is this 3g internet, something there costs money? or is it like WIFI?

  • there is a method of installing java on even the manufacturer firmware - explained here : its much more laborious, however, and its a long and a bit technical process.

  • i work for a samsung repair agent in south africa, the ph works like a bomb i have tested few of those handsets,the phone is amazing,the picture quality,the games,i fell in love with it first i held it in my hand problem is mxit,that is why i never bought it for myself, i mxit like my body's business like qwerty keyboard hense i bought samsung i780 fabulous

  • i love it. i'm on the 3 network in ireland and it's like my lil internet tablet.

  • For all those South Africans� And people that got it on the MTN network� Mxit is just not going to work, software updates from MTN Service centers are a waste of time.. after much frustration I got rid of my phone, nothing against Samsung, but they should tease us with a qwerty and not allow us to use it properly. I have recently seeked �greener pastures� and bought a Nokia e71.. much better and much more user friendly, no touchscreen, and a proper qwerty. PS) If you have a Vodafone version then you are a-ok!! =)

  • java is supported with Samsung F700 only problem is that is not supported with samsung default operating system version. You must install Vodaphone OS for this Phone you have all instructions on dutch website which someone posted here ( on dutch).

  • Why? :o

  • I read most opinions and I can only comment that you should ask yourself this question: Do I want an advanced cell phone, pda, smart phone or an I phone. This Phone to me is a hybrid of sorts I think a glorified cell phone. A cell phone disguised as an I phone its not a smart phone or an i phone. so there I hope that helps you decide Jaco

  • I read most opinions and I can only comment that you should ask yourself this question: Do I want an advanced cell phone, pda, smart phone or an I phone. This Phone to me is a hybrid of sorts I think a glorified cell phone. A cell phone disguised as an I phone its not a smart phone or an i phone. so there I hope that helps you decide Jaco

  • welll dat set is awsm ,,,i had uxd da n95 (8 gb) bt this give me a more fun nd atchmnt dan dat ...

  • hi i am just so dissapointed with this phone. ay! if you guys are on mxit please donot buy this phone, u will be dissappointed like i am.

  • Hi. I have called Samsung and was told that the F700 doesnot surpport Java. i have tried every thing to download mxit but i keep on gettin a mgs saying unsupported content. I am so fustrated. How can a phone like this not have Java? I also went to that Dutch website to download the Java setting but it also says unsupported content.If someone has beaten all odds and downloaded Java pls pls let us know :(

  • hey there i dont how u got it right but ive tried everything but this phone does not like mxit it has a thing against mxit coz no matter what it keep saying unsurpported content , ive even tried downloading the motorola e1000 version of mxit and that never worked so magical phone powers do u have????

  • Hi Please help. I'm trying to download mxit on my F700 but it keeps telling me unsupported content.is there a way i can download mxit on this phone...please help. thanking you in advance.

  • LOVE the phone very useful.... highly recommand

  • I have had this phone for over a year having had Sony Ericson P900 then 910 then 990i's. I hated the 990i so looked away from Sony brand and for the first time went with this Samsung. Only a couple of small things have stopped me saying that this phone is perfect. The screen is great, the software is very good, once used to it (like any phone I think) and the camera is acceptable as a phone camera. The touch interface is nothing like the Iphone, but the phone is much cheaper and available on most networks. Battery life is good, better than my sonys, and call quality is superb. The keyboard is beautiful, quality feel and slide, easy to use and Samsung stupidly stopped making their phones with it, so I am now forced to look elsewhere for my new phone, which is a shame cos I really liked this one, but its getting old now and Im due an upgrade. Worst thing for me was that I bought it, with much hype from Samsung about their new flagship phone, but within months they almost ignored its existence competely and focused on all the similar phones without keyboards. I am now looking to replace it and sadly cannot find a Samsung with the same keyboard, so bye bye Samsung, it was nice while it lasted.

  • This is such a great phone!, I just LOVE the design and layout unlike the LG KS360 Webslider!. This is my favourite phone and will be getting it! 100% recommended! cheap price! AMAZING 5 STARS

  • nice phone

  • It's a great phone! I've just got it, and after a few minutes I allready understood how it worked (I'm not used to touchscreen). I've tested te camera, and eventhough it's 3mp, the photo's are very good too! I think people who are such gadget-fans should'n't post all those comments on this phone, we all know that you want the best there is. So something a little-less shouldn't be bad immediately.

  • yes u can use the phone out of the US.i have it for 3mth now and workinh good so far is a nice phone to use,

  • girl my dear i have this phone 4 real it's a really nice phone u 'll love it trust me and wen u get tell me if u really love it oh wat k

  • I've had this phone for a year now, really pleased with it. The touch screen is not as intuitive as as an iphone but who's is? The screen can sometimes take a while to respond (a fraction of a second longer), it's not a deal breaker though. The Camera is rubbish - but remember.. IT'S A PHONE!. Good music player, with a 4gb card it can sometimes crash, I'm not sure if it's officially capable of accepting one though. It can be had to text using the screen, you need to see the characters when you hit the keys, I'd stick to the lovely built-in keyboard. All in all a great, stylish phone. One major flaw in my opinion is the software. You can't really use it as a pda, it does not synch with Outlook very well.

  • how do i download the firmware?

  • does this phone work well outside the US? thank u for your answer!

  • hi all can anyone tell me should i take this phone or not, is it a good phone?

  • Yes this phone support MXit. You have to download the version for Motorola E1000. It will work best on this phone. Glad to help.

  • i love it. got it unlocked by vodafobne ie, then put the 3 sim and it's wonderfully wonderful

  • The only good thing about this phone is the qwerty keyboard everything else is a load of pants! don't bother!

  • this phone is a waste of time

  • also had exp with it myself and it doesnt seem as nice as it looks

  • i have problems with my bat

  • hey can sum one please tell me if ur'l having battery problems with this phone

  • I have a problem. I've bought this phone 8 months later. It is perfect, but 10 days now when i open the qwerty keyboard the screen turn to a blue color. However, the touch keep working. Does anyone know what must i do to fix this problem?

  • u need to download the vodafone firmware for your fone for java to work. Samsung F700's that werent bought from vodacom are preloaded with firmware that doesnt allow you to download any java. Here's the site where you can download the firmware

  • Hi guys can anyone please help me ouy with this problem i have.I have a customer who had purchased a samsung f700 from an cellphone branch where i am the manager.This guy got this handset from the previous guys that were here,they promised him that he could download mixit on his handset but the handset upon investigation from samsung direct does not support java settings please help got angry customer

  • can someone plz help, i am trying to download mxit, and other java applications, but ut keeps vringing me an error, please advise

  • I am experiencing difficulty to access my cellphone banking - I am with ABSA and it only allows me to go to the absa dowloads and then return to the MTN menu!!

  • I have a question and hope somebody out there can help me PLEASE? I got this phone over the weekend but i have a problem with the volume of the speakers. I cannot hear the phone ring when it is in my pocket even though the volume is set to max and speakers also not very load when listening to music. Is there any way i can make it a bit louder?? I had a LG Viewty before this phone and there was a code you put in to go to the phone's settings. Thanks

  • This phone is vodafone branded so vodacom should only be used on it mtn doesn't have vodafone that's why mtn users get all these problems

  • I have this phone and I have to say that is sucks. it looks cool when you see it at first but it is very slow confusing menu and touch screen hard to use. olso it doesnt have any good options on menu compare to phone size and price. I dont recomend this phone. iPhone is much better

  • does this phone have mxit

  • Unfortunately not

  • The website does work. The only problem is that it is in Dutch or something but it is easy to figure it out. Here

  • Is FM available ?

  • i have linked onthe websiteyou mentioned however it doesn't exist- if you can help me with further info it would be highly appreciated

  • can someone please tell me how to download mxit on this phone?

  • i got this phone yesterday and i saved a few numbers in the phonebook but i find that when any of my contacts call their name dont show only the number..can sum1 tell me y that is? i love the phone but that is my only issue

  • well now wow a phone branded "VODAFONE" not working on mtn.....got with a vodacom contract..... hmmmm kinda speaks for itself

  • mxit works fine on mine, a little bit. still getting used to it tho its a bit wierd on the f700

  • i got a 4gb micro sd, and yes you can watch movies in ful screen sideways, the pc studio s/ware that i comes with has a converter so you can get the right size

  • what should be the resolution of the video to play it full screen??? I cant seem to make it play full screen!

  • Download the firmware from this site

  • Download the firmware from this site

  • Yepp. You Can Watch It Side Screen.. It Is Really Good To Watch On! X

  • Yepp. Been out for a while now X

  • this fone is brilliant. i absolutely love it.

  • to make it 1000 posts :P, i had this phone last year from vodafone it came with bos headphones!! but the phone wasn't all that, it looks and felt good but the software is terrible so i switched to the n95 8gb instead. dont think i'll be using a samsung anytime soon

  • I have this phone on an MTN contract and what a nightmare! I sent it in for the software upgrade, and nothing changed. I suggest that everyone that wants to get this phone, get it on Vodacom, because it only works with them. The phone is useless on MTN. If you get this phone on an MTN contract, you wont be able to download Java applications or games, therefore, no MXit! Whenever you try download something, it says "UNSUPPORTED CONTENT". So far i havent found a way to fix this, so i am stuck with the piece of shit for 2 years:( I'm actually trying to sell it at the moment, as the phone will be fine for a person that just sends messages, takes pictures and videos and makes phone calls. The phone is ok, but i really miss mxit... I read somewhere that you can download Vodafone firmware for this phone, and it might sort out all the problems. Does anybody know where i can download it from or does it have to be sent into a shop again?

  • hello everyone! what's the most memory you could fit on this phone?? 4gb or 8gb??, and could you watch movies sideways fullscreen? please somebody let me know soon, thanks, happy holidays and god bless!

  • is the samsung f700 out in stores yet? in sa,adelaide

  • please can someone if this phone can take mxit- i am trying to download it but it says unsupported content

  • i tried downloading mxit onto this phone but it wont work. if i press down load, it says 'unsupported content'. what can i do to fix this?

  • Get a vodafone one, you will enjoy it, it is a great phone

  • I simply hate this phone. I have the phone for 2.5 months. It has been to Samsung twice already. It looks good but it is far from effective. I had the very same issues. Currently the phone is at Samsung coz it refuses to work. I can switch on but the touch screen does not work. I do not want this phone back

  • it is relly good phone and i want to get it

  • what OS is it running on? Windows Mobile?

  • this phone is like a iphone and a sidekick put together!!

  • i would like to know more about the recall by MTN, i have a F700 MTN version. I have it for just over 5 weeks now and it already spent 2 weeks at the MTN service center to get a "software" upgrade. Please tell me more about this,,,, Thanks Jman

  • people in the us keep moaning why buy it locked to network with awfull software in the uk u can get 1 on contract but its unlocked so the networks havnt bugered it up

  • I enquired about the phone at MTN, the sales rep said that the phones have been recalled due to software issues on the Network, it seems that Samsung has issues with MTN, I have the Samsung D900 which I got with a Vodaom weekend everyday contract, the phone works fine with Vodacom, but once I use an MTN Sim Card the phone has issues, during calls the phone restarts or shuts off or freezes up, this is not the first time I have had problems with Samsung phones, I have the samsung E370 which also has problems on the MTN network, I think Samsung and MTN should get together and discuss the issues. I would rather stick with NOKIA or SonyEricsson.

  • I love this phone all you people who says its a crap phone you dont know how to work it.my only problem is it doesnt have radio other than that I LOVE IT.CHEERS

  • First, my friend had this phone and I thought it was amazing. I played around with it and loved the design and the idea of the phone. I fell in love with it. When I bought it for myself, the first month was great. But after a while, the touch screen started to freeze, the front main-button would stop working sometimes, the camera isn't so good, and it's just a very slow phone. During a call, you can't touch the screen unless you press the middle button, so I'll try doing it, and it doesn't work. The phone has its moments of freezing and it actually drives me nuts! I've only had the phone for three months now and I'm looking into buy a new phone. Out of ten, I'd give this phone a 4.5

  • does this phone only come as vodafone???

  • This mobile is the worst one out by samsung

  • it is a good phone but it lacks the mp

  • can the front camera be used to take self-portrait photos as well?

  • i think you can't

  • Can use wireless?and install sorfwears?(programs)

  • i have the phone - it can play mp3s and they can be used as ringtones

  • Can you use mp3 songs as ringtones? i.e does the phone have mp3 ringtones?

  • Some online stores say this phone has MP3 ringtone cabapilities and some stores say it does not. Can someone who has the phone tell me if you can use the mp3 tunes for the ringtone?

  • I took my phone for a software upgrade at MTN Service Center and they quoted me a week to two weeks (at least it is free). But they cannot garentee that Java will work. I will keep you posted on whether or not a software upgrade from a MTN Service Center is the solution to you problem!

  • Hello everybody... I purchased the Samsung F700v last week and i have not as yet had any problems with the phone what so ever, and am enjoying the touch screen, cant seem to put this phone down, Will kepp everyone updated as it seems that MTN users are having big problems, i am how ever Vodacom. Just try to remember that Samsung does give a 12month Guarantee on this phone and 6months on the battery. So if you are having any problems take it back to the store where you bought it and they have to sort the problems out free of charge. I almost guarantee that all the phones that are coming out in this new style are all having some sort of problem with software, touch screen and so on, they are NEW after all. Just like when the slide phones came out there were similar problems, just try keep this in mind when purchasing any of the new style phones from samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson and Even Nokia and ETC. Peace out Peoples

  • well its not the phone's fault since you bought it from some guy you should have bought it from the company first.

  • SAMSUNG F700... This mobile is the worst mobile i have ever purchesed in my life. It hasnt been with me a wk and already i cant use it since the touch and screen is not working. :/ And the person i bought it from says to reset it like that would make any diffarance ( tnkx to my technical friends ) I absolutely DO NOT RECOMEND in anyone buying this mobile. Also after reading about it apperantly screen can actually stop working by having it in ur pants Back pocket of course due to moist :/ Commmeee Onnnn... Tiffany Malta

  • This phone is a piece of sh1t... I'm very disappointed in it. I'm also with MTN and java doesn't work with it. I've sent it in for a firmware upgrade and apparently samsung keeps your phone for 4 - 6 weeks!!! I really regret buying this phone, so hopefully this firmware upgrade works! I miss my Sony Ericsson K800 :-( Would change back to it any day! Never buying a samsung phone again. Sony Ericsson is definitely by far the best!

  • the reason why yours work is because you have the vodafone firmware, i need to get my firmware upgraded to support java, but i don't know if a MTN service center can do this for me

  • i got it fixed at some local mobile phone store.. apparently, it needed some update? or something software related

  • Hello, text messages are saved to the sim by default. How do I change this? thanks

  • do i need some sort of connection for the google maps?

  • does anyone have any idea how to setup mms on the phone? i live in canada, and the phone was previously locked to vodafone...

  • im on mtn and i cant get mxit on my phone. Does anyone know how to get it, there is no java apn's on the handset?

  • got this phone as my vodafone upgrade and was really disappointed. touchscreen isnt great, and web browser is poor. also build quality is shambolic, within 3 weeks i couldnt hear the person on the other end of the line so had to have all calls via speakerphone. and the back case started falling off very easily despite very little opening of it. charger keeps slipping out very easily also. ive gone back to my SE K800

  • check out the mxit forum from www.mxit.co.za my mxit works on mine tho. but i am on vodacom...

  • its probably because a lot of Canada use the 850 network thing and this phone doesn't have it.

  • So watif i got it thru MTN..cn i stil get it updated 4rm them,??..n hw lng does it take to get this update??....

  • it uses a sim card, it is not like the nokia phones that just switch to offline when you don't have a sim card in the phone

  • I have the same problem, It worked for a few days and now i can't get signal. I live in Manioba Canada, Did you fix the problem

  • This phone is great, but, i can't get any applications to work! (Mxit) I got my phone through MTN, i don't want to install the Vodafone firmware. Does anybody have any suggestions how to get Java working??

  • hey thr king u gt to take the fne to ur service provider to have it updated cos i gt myn nd mxit dnt wrk at all.

  • I got my phone in Feb. in Hong Kong and I use it in the US.. 3 days ago, it stopped receiving signal!!!!

  • wer cn i get software upgrades for ma f700...itz al gud but i cnt live wifout mxit..

  • does anyone knows how to set up mms on the phone? seems that when i try to send a pix, always says need to set up multimedia...

  • This phone has software issues, the screen freezes when you trying to answer a call or end a call and will not respond for about 10 secs, I have 2 of them and they are both the same! The querty keyboard is great and the other functions are quite trick, but I would wait for the updated version with software that works!!!

  • wot do you mean? every phone needs a sim card to work on it's primary functions like making a call.

  • Would this phone be worth buying? I was thinking about buying it, but I can't seem to make up my mind. I was thinking about buying either the Samsung F700, this phone, or either the LG KF700. Could somebody state the good stuff and the bad stuff? Please and thank you.

  • Does it use a SIM card?

  • I Dont seem to have a prob with the phone. i have mxit,mini opera and many other downloaded games. im on the vodacom vodaphone package.

  • How do i get to the mxit support group? i need to get settings to download mxit on my f700

  • too bad this phone won't be available in the Philippines...

  • does it have msn? is it free to use to msn if so?

  • try emailing the mxit support group. They give steps on how to change sum settings on the fone. Mine is working now

  • Hi guys, I am thinking about getting this phone but i have few questions i wanna ask you.. Are the speakers any good? (bcoz i have Samsung u700 and the speakers are pretty bad) Can i install any applications on the Phone? How is the touch sensitivity? can it play avi files? Can i get GPS to work on the Phone?? Thanks U can email me if you like [email protected]

  • I went from a Sony Ericsson W900i to this... bad move. Alright, it has the best QWERTY keyboard i've used simply because the keys are well spaced and respond well. The camera is not worthy of even being mentioned... the graining on the photos is horrid & it only seems to work under bright sunlight. You can't change the themes...which doesn't suit me. Touch screen might sound cool, but if it doesn't respond favourably, then its pointless. After this, i'm not going to be buying another touchscreen phone for sometime to come. The touch screen is a frustration when you recieve a call because it first has to be "activated", which causes an unneccessary delay. battery life is quite good though considering the screen size. Overall, looks good... but a rather disappointing package.

  • i cannot download any apps especialy mxit on my f700, .it always says unsupported content. wats da easiest solution 2 my problem? plz culd sum1 help a.s.a.p

  • please don't say you're judging this phone completely on the fact you cannot download games? many phones don't do that. games just ain't improtant on phones anymore it's about the camera and features nowadays. but a good replacement to this would be the tocco

  • I got my F700 on MTN and it comes with standard samsung software which does not support java (MXIT, ect) however you can download the vodafone version which allows you to use mxit and everything. If you search for "my broadband F700" and i think it was on page 3 , it gives you a link where as you can download and install the software. The software also comes with mobile tv and more. I use mxit and it works perfectly.

  • i love this phone, but it is so scares in jhb at the mtn retailer for a contract. i am waiting now for two weeks for one. do you have any idea of how mtn can get more of the f700 in stock?

  • My phone is great!!! If you dont't have one, go get one!

  • Cant we get a software update or sumtin..this is really killin me..i hvnt bn on mxit 4 a while nw n i cnt take it anymo..plz help

  • the perfect phn bt with a no brainer who did the software.samsung fooled us all no mxit nt even fifa08 on my phn.gees if any1 cn help us pleae contact me on 0837043276

  • Hi,can anyone pls help me, i got this phone but it wont download any app's or mxit...i hate it! please help me with a solution

  • Itz me again!!!sorri depreet u cnt download themez either..ni mxit no games no themes no facebook..:,(....my life iz shaterd i though i had the perfect fne.....if therz anyone that knwz hw ta fix thz prob..plz tel us f700 users...we r in desparate need of y'alz help

  • Hey, even i had dis query dat how 2 download new games in it.....n was really disappointed after knowing d fact das it can not............. now let me know dat can we apply new themes in dis phone or not.........???

  • Okay im rly angry nw nd disgusted at samsung...iv bn readin all the opinionz on thz fne 4rm ppl nd thyv bn complanin bwt da same im complanin bwt..no mixit no gamez...watz a guy wifout mxit????...nw i hv 2 buy a fne js ta log on mixit...samsung watz wrng wit yal??? y.y.y.y.y......im a young student aged 17 in grade 11...in ym life wifout mixit iz lyk a body wifout a soul..n im tierd of being soul less....il keep a fne anyways but im gtn da nokia n81 jst 4 mxit.....im disapointed...shame on you

  • Hey itz me again!!!..stil wonderin how ta get gamez nd mxit on my f700..nd i stil cnt get on facebook..plz help plz plz plz...oh nd 4 dat guy who asked abwt da earfne jack..yup it doez hav it

  • Can someone help, trying to set up email on this handset, IT people and Nasua SP tried and failed, is there a manual ecept the one in the box that I can use? [email protected]

  • great phone but I don't know how to get games or mxit for it... does anyone know how to download games or mxit for this phone???

  • Hey Guys... I have question for this phone, Im interested on it but still worry bout it performance... is this phone actually had a 3.5 headset jack ?... or anything that can hold Headphone jack...

  • the sound of the phone is loud even if you are in a taxi and the music is loud you can just put your headphones on then you will be in your own music land.super headphones

  • if you are having trouble using pc suit do this first install the usb driver before you connect your phone then install pc suit. now you can connect your phone. i did this and it works perfectly.

  • Hey guys i resently bought the f700 nd i cant download any games on it..i cant even go on to facebook with it plz help..thnx

  • DOES anyone no bout any nice qwerty phones for about $US400? i like the F700 but is there any better

  • I've bought F700v by Vodafone in Greece for 220? three months ago. This phone is simply phantastic. SE and Nokia won't make ever a good phone like this..

  • hey guys is the f700 a good phone or not?? Please !

  • In my opinion I dont think Samsung should have made the phone touch screen and + Qwerty keyboard! MAybe it would have been best if they just made it wiz the keyboard,and below the screen navigation buttons, and on and off buttons! And iz der a camera flash? But overall the phone iz good!

  • hey guys can you edit documents in f700 like in microsoft word and excel please give me some answers!!! been thinking what to buy wether f700 or i780 thanks

  • any idea whether the sound for the phone is loud? or is it abt the same as Samsung Soul U900? help guys.. thanks a million

  • own the phone for about a week. still exploring the fx in practical fashion...dn bother to read the manual too cubersome. one thing abt F700, need to use it with a new mindset compared to my previous Sony K700i. i guess bcos it is a touch screen so getting to the exact fx/applications need a few more steps n bcom slower or one may hv to use the key pad meaning 2-hands operation. like i said still working on the handset so maybe there r smarter ways to use it. It does not hv a 'big' internal memory - just 100M but more than enough for me. anyhow can add a std ext micro card. one caution, it turns off automatically when entering the airplane n takes quite a while to turn on. so it is better to switch it off yourself or turn it offline before entering. apart from not having any 'hook' up point for a sling (guess the maker think its too big n heavy), overall im satisfy with it just as my K700i.

  • I like this phone, I think its modern and beautiful but I seem to have endless problems on MXIT in south africa, can anyone advise me accordingly please? it is slow and gets stuck and takes me about 20 touches on a name to open it...

  • I have this phone, im very impressed, think the ringtones could be louder. my neighbour has it 2, he has bought a 4gig mem card n film playback is gr8, but he mentiond sumit bout software 2 shrink the files. can b a lil frustratin wen tryin 2 txt on the onscreen keyboard n it jams, but it quikly fixes itself. iv had it since end of april & im that used to txtin on the screen i find it hard 2 use an old button fone. but wen wlkin i find it easy 2 use the qwerty keyboard underneath. i bought a crystal cover 4 it, it interferes wit the bottom touch bottons so waste of 2quid! DONT BUY COVER! lol

  • Hey im thinking on buying this phone just wondering on how is the play back for movies thanks in advance

  • Hey...can ny 1 help me to download new games in it.......n also temme how to apply new themes in it... Reply Soon......

  • go to www.samsungmobile.com it has a section on there where you can configure your phones. hope it helps

  • can anyone help configure this phone for AT&T i cant seem to connect to the internet help pls email at [email protected] thanks

  • can someone please help me configure my phone for t-mobile.. im really having a hard time figuring out the internet and getting mms messages.. PLEASE HELP!! EMAIL ME! [email protected]

  • I want to get the F700 but not having seen one i was unsure, but now i did. It is a great phone. It is really big which is a downside, but slide out the keyboard and the horizontal view is just perfect. Although the backlight of the screen went off i was still able to use the touch screen, i cant understand why other people complain.

  • This is a great phone, just the battry life is not that good aswell as it hasnt got a answer and reject button that gets abit errortating!

  • I have that problem too sometime. The backlight goes off and none of the buttons works. Its flipping annoying.

  • Mxit works perfect. Download the version for Motorola E1000.

  • yea it is really exspensive! thats why i have to buy it myself :( and i dont have the 2 year plan

  • this is a cool phone! i want it. but its kind of exspensive if you dont have the two year plan :(

  • is this phone better than the BLACKJACK II???

  • you serious R1000,oo south african rand? is it that bad

  • I am just about to get this phone and my main use for it will be internet browsing. am i making a mistake in that respect???

  • if i want to download an item eg. wallpaper from a wap link - how do i do it - if you select save -it saves the webpage...? help plse

  • Very cooooool fone... I am using it for the last one month and it has not a single flaw... well done samsung

  • this phone for me is just brilliant! The only 2 problems that i find with it is that 1:It has no wi-fi 2:The touch screen is not a fluid as the iphone or the instinct.

  • ive had the phone for less than 2weeks and i have to charge it twice a day bacuase of internet usage and emails.but never the less its a great phone.love it lots

  • and what are available colors? and can it be used outside the United States?? thanks..

  • to remove the micro sd, just push gently on it as it is spring-loaded. It should come right out

  • This phone is a total IPHONE KILLER!!!!!!! Man its good. But the OS could with some more colours and a better Music player. Camera quality quite good and screen resolution is excelent. Overall a good phone from Samsung!!!

  • had this phone not even a month and the phone stop charging. i had to send it back for them to repair it and its been over 10 weeks and still in hong kong.. its nice phone i like it but i got a great deal on the apple iphone so i will be probably selling this phone when it comes back in

  • Hi All. How do i turn off the touch screen volume???

  • I have the same problem too.. i had to slide the keyboard so that the back light is on.. have u tried to solve the problem?

  • Hey frenz..........i own dis mobile n wanna know how to install new games in it..... REPLY SOON.........

  • can try go phonebook, then options,then move to phone?:)

  • yes i have had that problem. i get angry at my bf and i want to hang up, but the shortcuts button doesn't work so i have to lock & then unlock the phone, press the shortcuts key then hang up. it'd be easier if this phone had a pick up & hang up button instead of it all being touchscreen! but overall, it is a good phone :)

  • I am getting this phone in about three days and i want to know if it can download things like MXIT. if anyone knows pleeez tell me.

  • At times my backlight also does not come on after pressing the buttons.Also i've noticed that if i make a call i sometimes cannot end the call as the backlight is off and the buttons dont work.Has anyone else had the same problem?

  • Does this phone support iSilo?? Would be the deciding factor in my getting it...

  • you need to install the USB drivers for the USB cable before the PC sync

  • oh did I forget to mention there is no sight of any word processing features, no notepad or anything. No type of word processor at all. Period.

  • god damn, after a good 48 hrs with this phone ive struck a few very bad notes. I've noticed that it has some extremely annoying software features a) you cant install ANY java applications, AT ALL. b) you have no voice dailing c) you are limited to only 20 memo's, tasks being 100 characters of detail in each(WHY SAMSUNG, WHY!?! living in the digital age with such annoying restrictions!?) d) 500 SMS entries, thats it. Gosh, I'm double thinking if I want to keep this phone or not now. I should have stuck with WM. :( It does sync well, sms very well and calls good aswell. It IS easy to use but im very annoyed about the lack java support.

  • Can this fone minimize applications

  • i just bought it and have had it now for 3 hrs. Initially i was very frustrated setting it up on my comp but it all seems to work fine now. this phone although has some minor software flaws looks quite promising, will keep every1 up to date.

  • Does anyone how to transfer contacts from SIM to phonebook?!

  • heeeeeey! i think this fone will rock other than the stupid internet browsing.. and the fact that it only has 4.5 hrs talk time.. i love the way it looks.. and the QWERTY keyboard..(!) if this helps please reply..

  • I think this sounds like a great fone... I'll probably get this fone and i hope i do because it has everything i want 4 my fone.. however, my dad thinks the price is a tad high; so do i.. i think it's worth it tho.. cuz my sis always has ours with her.. therefore i rarely get to use it, and yes, we have 2 SHARE one.. but soon my problem will be solved.. oh back to the fone.. i don't think the video is too great along with the internet.. but i can certainly deal with THAT.. QWERTY keypad must help alot, tho..

  • i have the same problem i found out it is because the f700 dosent have GSM 850 frequency also the 3g frequency that the f700 operates at (HSDPA 2100) dosent work on the at&t's HSDPA 850 / 1900 system so we are limited to the edge network hope this was helpful tyson

  • Im gettin it in 9 days......i will give feedback on it!

  • try to update your windows if ure not using the apply imac.. it works perfectly for me though.. oh are u guys having difficulties on the buttons to activate the screen lights back. mine didnt work after few presses when backlight is off

  • How can i transfer my contacts from sim to phone?

  • Please help. I have just bought this phone and I have been trying to download applications (like opera mini) and i getva unsupported content message. Is there updated software that will allow this? Is there a setting that needs to be changed?

  • how can i install opera mini on to this phone? help plzz, thx

  • Tanx al0t... d0es it have radio?

  • i want this phone

  • it looks like a great phone but what's it price?? I was seeking to buy the Nokia e71 it looks like a gr8 one too but it's not released yet and i realy need a new phone right away!!

  • yh it does have multifunction music can b on, whilst u txt or do anything on the phone. u can also access other functions like calender, etc whilst u txt

  • Does this phone have multifunction??? can you for instance listen to music and play java game or text at the same time?? and does it have radio? plz help!!

  • Is this a great Fone??

  • Overall i can say that this PHONE is one of its kind in SAMSUNG! It rocked me to my core! Except that if you aren't the one who wants WIFI and GPS reciever, i think you should try something else. It does have 3.5mm jack though. Good for music i guess. The only bad thing about this is that, HOW AM I GONNA FIND GAMES FOR THIS PHONE LOL!

  • I put in a 8gig micro SD and it works great.

  • I've read the review... I really want this phone but hate having problems with a phone. The reviews are SOOOOO mixed. Please help!

  • My phone doesnt go silent by pressing the volume button when a call comes. Am I doing the right thing or is there any other method?

  • Yes, it has a 3,5mm jack and also has stereo speakers, so don't worry fellow! ;) But they forgot to put in an equilizer,so you can forget it!Sad... :(

  • anyone know if there is a maximum size for the sd card?, also i need a definite answer as to whether this has a 3.5mm Headphone jack as gsmarena doesnt say! is it any good at using for music? (im looking to get a phone that can be used as an ipod replacement aswell - dont use my ipod much but need a replacement!)

  • newest samsung handset alwa s comes with a mix complete technology and its slim n futuristic design, but my experience,... well not all that new features function as its should be,..

  • Hi all F700 users, has anyone had difficulty with the PC suite installation? I have installed it and removed it a few times,because it doesn't pick up the handset via USB, any hints tips?

  • was this phone released in the united states?

  • cricket doesnt run of off gsm they are a cdma based service

  • not happy at all - key board and touch pad does not work all the time

  • This phone has a qwerty keyboard. Do any other phones have a qwerty keyboard, with a touch screen, that is thiner? By the way this phone rocks!!!

  • My F700 phone was 3 days old when the touch screen frose and the keyboard would not work even though I removed the battery to restarted it. Battery life lasted about 64 hours after a 16hr charge. NOT IMPRESSED AT ALL

  • no wireless internet

  • I just got my Samsung and I cant connnect to Internet, and I cant connect to my emails. What else do I need to do!? Is there a website where I need to order a service!? Thanks

  • Why on earth does my F700 not have a dedicated call accept and call end button???? does it not know that its a cellphone??

  • the phone is elegent pic quality is jstperfect internet connection fast menu script friendly music sound acceptable out of 10 id give it an 8

  • i think i'ts a grate handset ever...i'm talking and living proof.

  • i have this phone for a couple of months now... its a really good phone, but if you dont juse internet, dont buy it!

  • Ive had it for a week, no problems so far but still getting used to it. awesome phone but pity no gps. used iphone before this phone but this is better... had the Imate Kjam before and many ways its better. Anyone know what the max capacity mem card you can install.

  • i have problems with the signal as well. i bought the phone from greece

  • i m looking to buy this phone but before i do i just want to know if it has a speakerphone for hansfree use. If not could someone suggest some other smartphones that have a slide out qwerty type keyboard like this one. HOPE TO GET A REPLY SOON. Thanks:-)

  • to help you in prolonging the battery use, you must turn off the vibration mode everytime you touch the screen.this mode consumes the power so much.

  • O.k But how long. I heard something about charging phone 3 times-14 or 16 hours. I dont know if its right or no.Im confused....

  • I can't found keypaid, and also camera result is impaired than LGKG200, so resale it.. it is better than to buy Nokia 1112

  • @ alen. you must wait untill the batery is empty and then you must fully charge the batery

  • I had this for a day - I found it too big, the battery life was really poor. It was almost impossible to see the screen in sunlight. The keyboard is a good idea but I never used it - I sent it back and went for the U900 soul....

  • Im going to buy this phone. Seems very nice.I need to know, how I should charge the battery First time???? help please

  • does anyone know if this phone can be flashed to cricket

  • hi there can you pls tell me how big microsd card does the phone support? tnx

  • Very nice, can anybody help me a bout how to add the French language into ? Thx Philippe

  • P.s. For QWERTY and QWERTZ photos pls see the review. "Samsung F700 review Tap or Type" on the top of the left side list.

  • looks like a really amazing phone, but can anybody tell me why some have QWERTY and some have QWERTZ keyboard? ( Look carefully to all photos where the keyboard is visible)

  • this phone came in yesterday and i am faling in love with it every minute. the thing i'm concerned abt is, why are my text messages automatically saving to my sim? i've used 14 since yesterday and it says my memory status is 14/30 on sim, so i had to move them to my phone. OK so if we have to manually move text messages over to phone, at least have a "select all" option? MAYBE i'm doing something wrong. someone please respond?

  • Its simple, minimalist design and the present of the qwerty keyboard to my opinion makes this phone awesome. To me it doesn't matter the lack of wifi coz i'm using 3G to connect to the internet, and the Croix interface is surprisingly good, not as good as iphone but i think this is second best to iphone, I tried LG Viewty, now that sucks. The media player is not as good as my SE W960i though but exceptable. Thumbs up from me, good work Samsung.

  • I can't get my calendar to appear on my display. And, i can't go to menu to see my message when talking on the phone and, i can't change my shortcuts, can someone help? thanks

  • Hey guys! I found this phone rather marverlous. I recomend this phone to the working class buisness man! This phone fulfiled my life with great pleasure. Peace Out Gurtti ;)

  • just bought that phone... everything ok, except completely useless battery :(( also im wondering how to remove microsd card ?? it was easy to put it in, but i have no idea how to take it off... help please

  • I just bought this phone about a week ago, the battery life is kinda useless, but I cant seem to find the 'Google map' function anywhere on the phone, people say its under 'applications' but not on my one. Do you even need to access the internet to use this function? Some help please!

  • I bought this phone not on a plan and it's pretty sweet. I don't kno how others use this battery but i can go almost 3 days without charging it with the fulltime backlit keyboard... 10 second screen shut off, 60% brightness, use it lots and i'm good!

  • For its battery u can use it when u need it.if u turn on its screen always it will turn off very soon.learn how to use a handset.

  • Thanks Grego. But this phone I bought seperately, not from my carrier.

  • To keep your battery going a bit longer: - turn down screen brightness - minimise use of keyboard backlighting by only having it switch on late in the day - turn off extra java apps when you don't need them since these aren't included in the power management system

  • Ah Dileep... its a tri band phone and doesn't have all the frequencies used in the USA. Probably the 850 spectrum. Some areas will give you problems (also dependent on your network/carrier) but your carrier shouldn't stock a phone that does not cover its network properly. I would ask for a swap ASAP!

  • Who cares if it dont ave Wifi or WLAN, its still a gud phone. And my batterly lasts for abouts a week and dats wif bluetooth and the music active. Its a BRILLIANT phone

  • I purchased this phone in the USA. My carrier is AT&T. I am seeing serious problems with signal strength. I am seeing No Signal message in places my old phone (Hp IPAQ) used to give me strong signals. Anyone found this issues? Any tweak to get more signal strength? Please help.

  • Hi lm planning to buy this phone for my birthday and l just read all the comments and it doesnt seem very good in terms of speed and battey life.My question is, is IM like msn and stuff and can l chat with my friends and do u need to pay for internet connections? thanx much x

  • shame ,wake up sumsung ????no wi fy.

  • Samsung again this a another great looking phone but no Wi-Fi. What is going on with you Samsung Engineers?????? You do not know how to do Wi-Fi Guys. Just put some add for some engineers in China news paper they will help you Samsung how to do Wi-Fi......

  • Where can i get the update program to update my phone. my F700 is very slow in receiving text messages and I'm assuming it's because it's running on an older program. please help. thank you.

  • I was buy this phone. Display is perfect, headphone was wow, meni was nice, watching movie is something what you must see. Nice, nice, but one big problem is battery (1 day max), and camera is poor. becouce of battery I was sell F700 after 2 weeks. Nice toy.

  • Only thing stopping me from gettin it is that it has no WLAN

  • HI!, this mobile don't have WLAN!

  • to serge ,,its not a smartfone its just samsungs own proprietry software

  • too bas it has no wifi, very disapointed!

  • this phone is the best !!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah

  • the Battery life sucks!!! but everything else seems okay... does anybody know how to send a picture to my album? and when u view your album, do you know why its just black and white? Thanks

  • this phone needs some kind of specific java to touchscreen?? or every java application works?

  • lol at this phone. spitting image of my lg voyager . . .

  • Are there any instructions on how to change the f700 firmware? This vodaphone firmware is the worst.

  • Is it just me? I have looked up and down could not find the OS? Is it WM?

  • Hello! O2 XDA Stellar has a worse screen (shorter and less colours) and it is heavier than F700, but it has wifi and SO windows mobile. LG viewty has a 5mpx camera but it has not qwerty keyboard and wifi... So... it depends on your preferences,weight, wifi, screen, SO, camera, qwerty...

  • This phone is awesome. The full keyboard is the best on any PDA on the market. Web surfing is quick and easy. I recommend removing all the Vodafone software branding crap as this speeds the phone up by 20% The phone looks and feels high quality. One downside is the deafault text message store is the SIM card. Once the SIM is full (20/20) then the storage location changes to the memory card. Other then that its a great phone 8.5/10

  • This phone is on my wishlist...do you sell it in indonesia? i heard this phone are not going to enter indonesia market? how?

  • hi does this phone work with tmobile and does it have aim on it? email me if you know the answer.

  • Hey~ Everybody, i see 1 question is the connect issue. you need installed special software to synchronize your data before old version or model. This phone F700 you can no need to install the spcial software to synchronize. You can use Windows Syn to synchronize your data your email your contact list....

  • im getting this phone tonight, i think its a hot phone, i like everyting about it, bt i have one question... can i use aim on it?/

  • Hello, I own a Nokia N95. I am very happy with it (would recomend it), but I want something new when my contract rus out. I am a buisness user, but I need a buisness buisness buisness phone, but I also need something that looks cool, because I don't do very much buisness on my phone (not very much means none), but I am still a buisness person. I need a phone which is a. a buisness phone, which looks like a cool phone, so people think I am a buisness buisness person, with lots of buisness to do, even though not a buisness person (this is linked to the F700, by the way) b. what operating system does this phone have? c.Is it a nice phone, and what problems does it have (e.g. is it slugish, is the battery bad, how is the call quality, is it loud)? d. Can you connect GPS to it, sorry because I know it's a stupid question, but just in case you can? e. How is the keyboard and camera? f. How Vodaphones network coverage? I am very sorry if you think I am being stupid, but incase you haven't noticed I like buisness (acctually buisness is important, but buisness people are cool, like me!) Thank-you Very much in Advance Mr. Buisnessman

  • I have a quick question, I want to upgrade my phone, I have the sidekick lx and I like it but it doesn't do much, thekeyboard is great and web browsing is fast. I like the f700 never saw it in person but I don't know what to do. I want a phone with a full qwerty keyboard and thought to buy this. But I heard there is not msn messanger or aim on it, is that true? Also that wen browsing sucks, is that true? Can anyone help me out, I don't know what phone to get.

  • hi everyone, got my fone about 2 months ago, only use for a month and the screen got blank,cant do anything about it, does any 1 know anything about it? sucks

  • Is total shit. I bought my first Mobile in 1995 and sicne 2000 I buy 3 Mobile per year. The F700 is the first Mobile that I hate it. The Music quality is not good. You can not watch TV. To change Micro SD you have to open the cover. The Touch Screen is impossible to use. The photo zoom works only with the low quality. There is no game. To answer to the call you have to do 2 actions. Don't buy it.

  • Can anyone tell me how to remove the blinking square that is on the main screen of the samsung f700?

  • u seriously think its better than the n95 ppl it just makes no sense ok touchscreen is cool but the n95 is a better phone 4 sure

  • does anybody know what the biggest memory card is that this phone can take, i know it comes with a 1 gb but was just wondering if it could take a bigger one???? Yes i have a 4 gb card and it's working fine!

  • This phone is incredible. On the items i expect from a phone it beats the Nokia N95 which i had but was stolen a week ago. But.....the batterylife is so disappointing. Four hours with the battery fully charged! And i don't even play with the phone that much. Will this improve in the first few weeks or should i go to the shop to ask for a new battery? Anyone? Ik have the phone in my possession for 3 days now and i charged teh completely empty battery 3 times already.

  • Someone please help. I have service w/T-mobile. I just got the f700 and called to manually configure T-zones and Picture messaging. The problem is that the phone is not picking up images that I have saved on MY ALBUM in T-zones. They are coming out fuzzy, distorted and black & white. I called T-mobile they told me to call Samsung, I called Samsung, they told me to call Samsung UK, I called Samsung UK and they told me to call Tmobile. Any info would be greatly appreciated. E-mail me or post your help. Thanks!

  • this is the best phone i have ever had. 10 times better than the i phone.

  • does anybody know what the biggest memory card is that this phone can take, i know it comes with a 1 gb but was just wondering if it could take a bigger one????

  • why didn't they include WI-FI???? for the love of god!!! the wi-fi would have completed this phone! tsk tsk its not too late samsung xperia will be out still months from now, release a second version with wi-fi pls!??

  • the only thing that seems to be left out is WIFI. All new and upcoming phones come with a built in WIFI. and Battery life could be better. Otherwise seems to be an excellent phone.

  • "The three Java games are trial versions only" (GSMArena) BEEEEG DEEEAL...you are creasy you now that

  • Marcello i understand you very much. Samsung is just for so called show offs for users it's a nightmare. I have a Z500 and the 1st time when i synchronized it with comp. the alarm clock never rings at the time. So all of you who are going to buy Samsung phone don't do it, you will be disappointed. Buy Sony Ericsson W900i, K800i and so on.

  • When you first got your f700 did you get a CD? if you did then you need to install this. If you have a memory card reader, then HEY PRESTO. Just plug this strait into your PC or Laptop

  • I have just got my F700 today and i am have problems connecting it to my pc, does not seem to be recognising the software! Any ideas on what i am doing wrong! Waz

  • Hi! Tried this phone for a few days a couple of weeks ago but found the touch screen too unreliable for constant use. Then tried an LG Viewty which is a terrific unit but now am road testing the Nokia N95 8GB which seems to be the bees proverbials. Has anyone got a decent report on the SE960?

  • Does anyone have any ideas on how to get MP3 tunes as SMS tones??

  • what a great phone!! Best I ever had. Thanks Samsung for a outstanding phone!

  • I have the Samsung F700 fow 2weeks. Live in South Africa, in the Cape Town Metro where there is sufficient 3G & HSDPA coverage. Phone looks and feel good. User interface is easy. SMSs are a breeze cos of the QWERTY but size of incoming SMSs keeps changing to original, meaning I have to use the "volume" bar to change the size (inconvenient). They could have incuded it in the settings option. Phone struggle to cope with large amount of SMSs. Response times become unbearable. This also happens when the phone's memory fills up. Downloaded a memory optimizer program and inserted a 1G card and moved most files to the card. Response times improved a bit. Dont even think about using the camera, even though it is a 3+MP it is still worse than my SEW900i i had 3 years back. That goes for the video as well. Because I work for the leading Network Operator in ZA (Vodacom), I constantly use my phone, so battery life is important. Dont ever buy a Samsung if you use your phone alot. Even though I am constantly on 2G, I still need to charge my phone every day. I made sure to charge it up properly. Using the phone as a modem is the phone's best trait. It is user friendly and definetely get in excess of 2Mbits/s download speed. Another feature I like is the intuitive music player. On the flip side, streaming is a nightmare, it keeps on buffering and it interrupts you when you are streaming video. Hope this review helps you make an informed decision. I tried seearching the web for a bad revierw of this phone and could find one. My overall impression of the phone is.... Nice to have as a show off but lacks punch. If you use your phone as fashion accessory get this phone but if you use it for work and heavy play keep away from it!

  • guys i just bought this and i love bet can any one tell what the problme is because evry time when i want to go on the internet it says action not avaible

  • Where can the QWERTY version of this phone be found online??

  • can you use it with a chip of your own? or do you have to be with vodaphone or a company scheme or something?

  • hey guys im using SE W960i... i lookd at this phone nd its got many good qualities lik the screen is realy big nd the keys r easier for texting than w960i... can any1 tel me should i sel the w960i nd buy this 1... would it be wise to do that....

  • In relation to james comment... I find my F700 freezes a lot... usually when I go online and sometimes when sending messages...

  • In response to BOB. To get other network settings go to uk.samsungmobile.com - on the top bar go to support then on the left side go to wap settings. You can then find the phone and send the settings yourself to the phone. Hey Presto.

  • heey i just got my f700 and i really love it!!! i also had the i-phone and i think the f700 is much better!!

  • yes if u enter *2767*3855# then the phone will reset everything and pin will set back to standard as will all other passwords your welcome ross

  • I have fallen in love with this phone!! I can't seem to find one in the Philippines though. I live in the province maybe that's why. Anyone of you know specifically where in Manila I could buy this phone and for how much? If there is none, any advice as to where is the best site I could buy this from? Thanks!

  • to get the calader to pop up. You have to: 1)Press the time button at bottom right of the screen, the the time will pop up 2)Press on the big time now shown and it will display the calander.

  • might have been good, no wi-fi, nor decent processor, such a wasted opportunity.

  • I have justupgraded to Samsung F700 and used my 02 sim in it but it doesnt allow picture messageing or interenet but obviously works fine on vodafone, what do i need to do as 02 cant even find phone! let alone set settings??

  • Is there a QWERTY version of this phone anywhere? Everytime I see one its AZERTY keyboard.

  • ok found it. Heres how. on the menu go to Settings. Bottom Right Corner. then select Phone profiles-> under Normal select bottom left icon then selct (edit) chose the middle icon for SMS. Then click on Message alert tone to change the tone.

  • Ok just read through the forum and it seems one can set SMS ringtone. Just where?

  • I too am crazy about this fone. One thing lacks though and i wish they get a frimware upgrade that fixes this: It does not have an option to set SMS ringtone and I cant believe its bothering me cause i never have sound enabled on my phone. (its alwayse on vibrate.. i like the feeling). Other nice features is the display it is really clear and the video camera also records at a decent resolution (for a phone) I actually loaded a top gear episode on it (took longer to load than to play) and it is totally viewable. It can be classified as a portable entertainment center. Other

  • Hi every1, can you tell me if we can change Theme of the phone. I mean its a nice display its got, but of no use if we cant change how it looks like. Actualy i dont like blue, and i want a pic of my choice in the background of menu as well (not wallpaper)

  • mine keeps crashing! i cant even take a call without it freezing up has anyone else had a similar experience? oh, and the camera isnt great. my sony k750i camera is better. i need to get around the issue of it freezing, trading it in, but wonder if the whole range is buggy?

  • You can get plenty of java softwares for F700 on: Chao

  • flick the clock up or to either side. the calendar should roll into it's place

  • Hi i cannot get the calender to pop up when touching the time at the bottom of the screen? any ideas?

  • The F700 is around �300-350 on vodafone. Tjis is the only network you can get it on (if its not unlocked.) or you can get it free on any �25/mounth or above contract

  • i really like this phone i think its amazing.but i was wondering how much was it ! if anyone has it or knows the price can u please tell me thank you. :]

  • the only bad things about this phone is No wifi. internet browsing isnt as good as iphone/sidekick. everything else is great.

  • Can anyone tell me how to make the telephone ring longer before the answer machine clicks on

  • heey guys... just orderd my f700 are there any up grades or some thing that i should know of?? hope to hear it!!!

  • msg capacity is 500 (inbox+sent shared)

  • just got this phone around 2 weeks ago and i think its the dogs, ok battery life could be a little better video quality is exceptional touch screen isnt as temperamental as i thought internet browsing is the best ive used on a mobile and ive never text so quick with the qwerty keyboard had a g600 before this and a k810i before that ive normally only had sony but i think the cybershot brand cannot be beaten but the other features on this have got me. the F700 is my new best friend id recommend it to anyone and you can use any of your music files for sms alert wonder how many samsung lovers want it now lol ross

  • ...this phone will be a sure hit...i would just like to know its price when I'll buy it as brand new...the more thing that it caught me was its touchscreen ability...

  • Pls who knows where to get programs compatible with this phone

  • Can anyone please tell me...what's the storage capacity for messages in F700? How many messages can be stored in it? I currently have SonyEricsson P990, which has practically unlimited capacity for messages and phonebook entries.

  • electtron sensitive.

  • OMG, i really like the build of this phone, but how come no Wi-Fi >

  • I like the looks of this phone. I currently have the 8gb N95, and I think this phone looks better. It's the features of the N95 that keeps me from giving it up and getting other phones. I tried the Viewty and was disappointed, and went back to my N95 right away (relieved). If only this phone has 8gb internal memory and 5megapix camera with 30fps & radio, I'd give up my n95 for this phone. Until those features happen with this one, I'm sticking with my N95.

  • Technical Question: Does anyone know if these F490 or F700 phones use the electron sensitive touchscreen technology like the iPhone, or does it use the standard pressure sensitive screen?

  • wot country r u in?? 3G services myt not be available on some networks in some countries or parts of that country

  • HELP. I have the F700 with a mtn 3g sim card. It wont pick up network/signal, just says limited services, but when i put some else mtn 32k sim in it works. WHY

  • @will: Yes, the keyboard is backlit. You can even set the time of day that it lights up or just have it set to turn on whenever you slide out the keyboard @C: The characters can be set quite large. About size 24 font in microsoft word

  • Wonderful phone...but all the features get waste as it dosent have Radio

  • I Am looking for a new phone. Want to know how big the letters & information on the screen can be set? Hope someone can help. Thanks

  • Is the keyboard backlit?

  • In the UK Vodafone is the only operator for the F700

  • I just received mine today. Although I got the AZERTY keyboard version, it's a great phone. The sound is great, the UI is a lot better than what people are giving it credit for. The is a slight learning curve, but again, it's not as bad as people say. The camera could have been better, but overall I'm in love with it. Samsung really went the distance with this phone.

  • hi guys, anybody knows if this phone is compatible with windows vista? pls. let me know thanks! Zargo

  • why i see vodafone+samsung f700? wat is the difference of samsung f700 and vodafone+samsung f700.

  • Q/ can someone tell me where i can find a qwerty f700 instead of an azerty f700. the sites listed all have azerty and not a qwerty. A/ You didn't say where your from but here are some from the UK... 1... in Vodafone Stores you can but one on PayasyouGo fo �300 2... 3... Hope These Help..

  • can someone tell me where i can find a qwerty f700 instead of an azerty f700. the sites listed all have azerty and not a qwerty.

  • yh its got speaker phone!! ive got one - its a gr8 fone

  • cannot find equaliser settings?

  • does this phone have speakerphone?????????

  • I have had this phone for a couple of weeks now...generally it is a good phone. A little hard to get used to but works fine. The only problem I have is that when trying to hang up a call, sometimes it will not let me. The screen goes black (I have changed the standby options) it will not allow me to bring the screen back and hang the call up!! any help would be appreciated

  • @philm i think you will find the orignal spec released from samsung had the f700 with wifi and a 5mp camera... closer to the release date this changed... this is supported by the fact the f490 if near enough the same housing has the 5mo camera.. and there is rumours of coming model with wifi. try looking over to mobile review for the info

  • to msnb,, i got the fone today and had a mess about with it before giving it a good 12 hour charge..The f700 even in earlier spec never had wifi or auto rotate but we new that its just rumour spreaders.. The biggest letdown after bluetoothing over a few mp3s is their is no equaliser,,surround sound,,or any adjustment what so ever... Next after agood charge am going to do a mp3 non stop test to get some battery life results..Screen is typical lucid vibrant samsung and level 2 briteness was ok for me and i set it to 900/1800 gsm settingfor extra life only go to 3g for downloading and web.. I found the qwerty keypad ok and its backlight in white.. Nice glossy blue soap bar design and its classed as metallic blue on my box but it looks black to me??? Will get back with more results at later date

  • Have not received the phone yet but have played with one in a vodafone shop. There seems to be lots saying yes it does have wi fi and lots saying no - having played with one I can confirm that there is NO wi fi on the phone and the screen does NOT rotate - so those of you that seem to think it does can you check your model number or up to date specs for a reality check - other than that the phone does everything I wanted it to - including sync with outlook - Samsung tech were very helpful there and I havent even got the phone yet" cant wait till tomorrow when it arrives

  • Pls can someone tell me what i can use the wifi in phones to do?

  • ekkkkkk. no wifi =/ common samsung

  • I am getting this as my free upgrade and at present using n958gb..I have been thru most of n-series and looking to this as something refrehing to take with me as a multimedia device with DECENT camera and reasonable video record.. I have been looking round the net and because its so new not many UP-TODATE specs and reviews exist yet?? Most annoying is the i-phone killer quote continuing throughout the web on virtually any touchscreen device!! I use vodas web bolt on and this has hsdpa for speed yet most go on about wi-fi yet only at home or in very expensive 12.5 minute hotspots can you get wi-fi so is no use to me ..O.K. to balance the eqation hsdpa is still rare and 3g is still not at 98% coverage but at least i am online all the time except for tunnels on the train.. The i-phone is no good for me as poor cam,no video record or 3g so its no good to me and i am not stupid enuf to that much for a device were i am told what to do with it..FOR example �35 per month for 18 month lock to 02 with a �280 initial fee..and then told the f700 is the poor mans i-phone,,wat makes that device so good its really just an internet tablet for which the i-phone is in serious competition with many other better and cheaper products with sim free options or buy it and its yours to keep with NO restrictions.. POOR mans i-phone the cheek of it!!! the i-phone is the poor mans samsung f700.... Subject to non juddery video recording i am looking forward to getting the device this week to keep and any comments on the way about it been second rate to i-phone is going to get an earfull and a complete rundown of how you have been charged the earth for a screen with a childs camera attached

  • can someone tell me where i can find the qwerty keyboard version of the f700 and not the azerty plz. thank you

  • Samsung F700 is one of the best devices I've ever seen, and - believe me - I've been interested in them for a very long time. iPhone is not even as half good as F700. I can see only three weeknesses - no GPS, no Wi-Fi and weak battery. He should also become an operating system, but NOT WINDOWS MOBILE!

  • I have seen pre-launch specs/diagrams for this phone and it was supposed to have wifi and a 5Meg camera. Not sure why the dropped the ideas, would have have made it a killer phone!

  • Original spec,, >windows mobile 6 professional >2.8 inch screen >5 mega pixel Launch specs >3.15 megapixel >3.22 inch touchscreen >no smartfone operating systsem it was dropped and uses samsung proprietry o.s. >qvga mpeg4 up to 30 fps video recording,

  • ieuf. Now look down and to your left under the picture of this phone. That's it good boy the word specification's, now click on that and read what it say's about the camera. It say's 3.15. Next lesson is on how to tie your shoe's.

  • Do you know how to read! Spec's say 3.15. Learn how to read!

  • The camera on this phone is 5 megapixel not 3.15!!

  • can anyone tell me maximum video record size,,is it the usual cif i.e. 352 288 pixels in mpeg 4 fiormat..thanx.. May get this as free upgrade next week,bother wifi just get vodas �7.50 web bolt on =120mb,just want it for big screen photo, plus video,and hope it has usual samsung quality screen with vivid colours and decent brightness

  • does this phone have speakerphone?

  • @ gooster hi, same here sometimes. wot i do is lock an unlock d screen and then the screen is sorta "reactivated". used 2 be quite annoyin ut im used 2 it now!! nd its not as frequent as b4. or i just dont notice. Anyway Goodluck!

  • This phone is the dogs, I dont know where people have got their info from but this phone DOES have wifi, It also has a 5 mega pixel camara and to whomever it concerns it does have a gyroscope thingy so it automatically rotates the acreen. Up yours I-phone. Y u lieing it doesnt have those things

  • Hi ppl! S der anybody of u ho cud n4m me wat kind of application shld i install on dis unit dat cud play video files...

  • I haveing some issues when I need to hang up a call..the screen seems to go black and no matter what I hit to try and end the call I can't. Any ideas or help would be appreciated

  • Lee. 3.15 not 5 mega pixel. Where are you getting your information from cause it's not from the specification's. I also don't like the iphone.

  • Lee. Look at the spec's of the n95 and what does it say beside wlan. It say's wi fi. What does it say beside the spec's of f700 for wlan. It say's no. There is your answer!

  • @ lee How do u turn on the wifi?? coz ive got the fone for bout 2 mnths now nd i still cant "find" it. :)

  • This phone is the dogs, I dont know where people have got their info from but this phone DOES have wifi, It also has a 5 mega pixel camara and to whomever it concerns it does have a gyroscope thingy so it automatically rotates the acreen. Up yours I-phone

  • so basicly it charges u how much u use it and wen ever u go on it, wont be getting one of these ill wait for the next touch screen with wifi that doesnt cost the price of iphone. does anyone no of any more being released soon?? thnx for help guys

  • hey people, dont know if im being stupid here, but dont you need wifi to access the internet on a phone??? this doesnt av it someone help please im thinking of buyin 1 No, you dont need WiFi to access.the internet obn a mobile phone. You need WiFi to accessit through a LAN internet hotspot such as some pubs, cafes etc have. However you can also connect through the mobile phone network itself. To do this you are best having a 3G phone (such as the Samsung F700) aas this will make it much faster and closer to broadband speeds

  • how big can you put a memory card capacity in this phone?

  • what kind of videos does this phone play because when i put viodes in my phone it cant play

  • you don't need wi fi but without it you will pay alot to your cell carrier to access the internet. Wi fi can be free at unsecured internet sites. There are lots of them. This is being posted on my n95. It has wi fi. Once you have wi fi on a cell you will never want to do without it.

  • hey people, dont know if im being stupid here, but dont you need wifi to access the internet on a phone??? this doesnt av it someone help please im thinking of buyin 1

  • the best phone ever !!!!

  • Got this phone on Saturday - so far I think its great - love the easy to use touch screen - takes a while to get used to but after 24 hours was OK. Only thing is whenever I answer a call its on loud speaker even though speakerphone not on?? Anyone else had this problem or is it my phone - cat be right that everyone can hear al your conversations?

  • too bad it doesnt ave wifi ....will buy it if it sells for 100$

  • can anyone tell me how to change the resolution size. So it can play back movies on the phone?

  • Can anyone tell me where can I download T9 for spanish ? Thanks everybody.

  • Totally agree " No WIFI " means no way i will buy it

  • No u shuldnt get da g800. you might as well get the 600 because its the same but not as fat. I have the f700 and its a well gud fone!!

  • no wifi ? why would i spend that much money to buy this phone.. ? i would rateher goo for iphone.. learn something ...samsung... add something

  • hi is this phone loud and is the sound good thanks

  • Confirmed - no wifi. Though what you are all planning to do with wifi is beyond me. I really don't miss it. @4@XF - on the UI - no, it does not rotate photos automatically. There's no gyroscope or whatever in the phone like an iPhone, so it does not know which way up you are holding the phone. The screen rotates automatically only when you slide the keyboard out. And to whoever asked - yes, it syncs easily with Outlook for calendar, tasks, memos and contacts.

  • no aim no msn?? I thought on the specs page it said that there is instant messaging!!??

  • No msn no aim no funny stuff this is samsung os....

  • No WiFi(WHY!??) -> worthless phone

  • is there wifi?

  • Hey does anybody know this phone has AIM, MSN, or YAHOO Messenger?

  • I mean by flash UI is rotating the photos automaticlly like iphone.does it have?and also armani has it?

  • I got one of thes a couple of days ago and now Im used to it I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOL takes a while to get used to it but once you do its fab although sometimes you do have to do multiple presses to get it to do as you want but hey I can live with that!

  • Ohhhhhh I'm getting this phone tomorrow and I can't wait!!Eeeeeeeeeeee!

  • can it sync with outlook or similar for calander

  • Pro's: flip out keyboard, 3G. Con's: terrible touch interface that requires multiple presses to work, dull features (someone remind Samsung they have a share in Symbian), flip out keyboard doesn't tilt (like the Tytn II), poor web browser. Ultimately, a very rushed effort, obviously to attract potential iPhone customers with a cheaper offering. Whilst the iPhone is an interface revolution, slick and beautiful despite it's obvious shortcomings, the F700 tries to rise above its station. I genuinely feel sorry for anyone who bought this in hope it would rival Apple's champion.

  • This is a very good phone. it is exclusive to vodafone and that is good because they are probally the best network. it is stylish and has good memory and a cool camera. overall 9/10-better camera and dats 10

  • it has FM raidio??????????????

  • thanks business man! so now i really want this phone! phonesource seem to have the best price right now but is there anymore cheaper price out there? please let me know asap!thanks in advance

  • better than ifone my friend got ifone n now hes getting f700 samsung rule...........

  • my advise 2 anyone 2 get this fone its amazing

  • Some quick points: 1. the phone is great, after you get used to it; you just have to give it a chance. 2. It will work in the USA - whoever said it wouldn't was wrong. 3. You can use any MP3 for the text tone, unlike other Samsungs in the past. 4. What are you looking for in a 'Flash UI' for the the photo gallery? You can browse photos using the touch screen, and you can have a thumbnail gallery. But you basically view photos un the file manager.

  • Nokia 6120c and 5700 XpressMusic BOTH have HIGHER ratings than this phone. So why did GSMArena put this as the 3rd highest rated phone in the site??? Weird, very weird

  • can any one tell me if this phone can use MP3 song as a text msg ringer? i know majority of the samsung devices can't so i just wanted to know

  • Tahnks yues pklease, i may want buy this phone tahnks can please you helpl me if it has godd camerer and if it go on interenet? Thakns for help me like you uch!

  • plz help is this phone good because i am stuck, i have the SE K850i but i am getting bored of it i have only had it 1 week, i dont know if to buy the F700 or SE W910i or LG Viewty wich 1 should i buy plz help

  • I ask who has this phone does it have flash UI in photo galery?can in show atomaticlly portrat and landescap mode?like iphone.PLZ answer me about flash UI. in USA it would not work.

  • can anyone tell mw how nice or goodlooking this phone is thanks i am buying it to maybe thanks

  • just wanted to know if this phone would work in the us? i have t-mobile and was interested in purchising it. please let me know

  • why did they change to a 3MP ????

  • it should be ok for someone with bad eye sight. if he cn see his little finger, i think he should find it okay, none of the text or icon are extremly small.

  • it should be ok for someone with bad eye sight. if he cn see his little finger, i think he should find it okay, none of the text or icon are extremly small.

  • I ask who has this phone does it have flash UI in photo galery?can in show atomaticlly portrat and landescap mode?like iphone.

  • I want to buy my dad one but he has a very bad sight... Is the menu easy for some one with bad eye's? hope to hear from some one soon

  • i had this phone from japan and its the dogs.best in technology in my opinion.best in phone tech anyhow.

  • Does anybody know if it supports push email - i.e. Exchange?

  • Hello i want to know if F700 has Flash UI in photo gallery. thanks bye

  • Samsung originally intended it to have a 5mp camera. it later changed this to a 3mp camera. websites dat havent updated their pags show the old version - the original design (with a 5mp as well as a slightly different keypad layout). other websites that show the 3mp version are the current websites as this is the released design. it is also the one that vodafone sells in the uk.

  • this link will show the video of the model . I dont think there is 2 verions of the model.. if there is what is the difference?

  • Its a nice phone.. but NO WIFI?>?!!!!?!! WTF Who has this model in stock though?

  • its a minimum of �30 pm on vodafone , u culd go lower (�25) but u'd have to pay smthng for the fone (bout �60). there are higher rates which include internet connection,e.t.c i don't fink its available sim free!! Great fone tho! luv it. i've got one nd glad iwaited for it!!!

  • having good lok with f700, cool design... can somebody tell me cost of it ,,,,!

  • This Samsung has a lowest possible SAR. It's only 0.08W/kg !

  • i dont have one but i think it's good i really loved it and thinking of one i have a nokia e61i can any one help me in that plz!!

  • some one on here just said it has wifi!! most people who have it includin me havent "found" it

  • how do you mean wifi? everybody says it doen't. and i want to buy this one or another one with wifi !!!!!!!!

  • how do u get the wifi to work- if it does have wifi???

  • IS there 2 versions of this phone?. cuz in this link u can find a F700 with 5.0 megapixels (pictured)

  • everybody shut up! its the best mobile ive ever had! it has wifi so please stop telling us that it has not..and also i just wanted you to know that this mbl is extremely cheap for my opinion..because it has everything..

  • I want to know is it a good phone because im getting it in January.

  • 'i have this telephone and it is the worst telephone i ever had , don't buy it' - Great feedback! Possibly an iphone user who just twigged they have to spend the next 12 months with the second best touch screen phone out there? I have to say this phone is awesome, sounds great, good reception (vodaphone), camera is fantastic and the touch screen is a dream to use. From me it wipes the floor with the iphone (mine went on ebay!)

  • ok what phone is better..... i have the iphone and im thinking of getting this phone. should i get it? is it better than the iphone

  • follow-up for F700 is the f490. Will it have wifi? plz i hope so

  • tsss f700+wifi(+chat support(msn,..))=my new cellphone :)

  • Why go through the effort of making this nice looking unit and forgetting Wifi and an OS ?

  • The battery is bad because u all the time use it in any condition.all the handset will have a bad battery charg if u use it all the time on screen.like N95 and w950 because the LCD will take battery charg alot. Research and then say this comments.

  • if u need a expensive pencilbox than u can buy it it is not more than an bowring phone sorry amsungwell this phoen was announced almost a yr ago it took them to long to release so by now all the funcs are out of date

  • slow phone,no fm radio,no wifi,battry life so bad,bad phone

  • How do u turn off the 3g function and can u turn it back on?? Thanks

  • Had two of these for two weeks now, found to be awkward to use for the first couple of days but now used to them. Would have liked WiFi and a better camera, but that said the only real problem I have found is short battery life but this was overcome by turning of the 3G function and now it lasts quite well and the lack of things like car chargers on the market at present. (I had to have one shipped from Germany)

  • its a good Phone

  • well this phoen was announced almost a yr ago it took them to long to release so by now all the funcs are out of date

  • phone looks hot, design wise, but i'm wondering if it's on the sprint network

  • This phone is a huge brick. Played with it and very disappointed, slow ,very soft tones, hard to use with the touch screen. Cannot understand why such a high tech company like Samsung cannot make better phone. They are the best in TV screens, memory chips, hifi, even computers. Why do they make lousy phones. It should be easy for them to be better than Nokia...

  • definitely only 3mp camera most places state 5mp which would have been better. doesnt matter anyway the camera is rubbish

  • got this phone 2 weeks ago its really nice design but im now sending it back it locks up when making calls NOTHING will let me end the call. Most the time you cant press the buttons, or it presses a completely different one. I find the phone very slow and seems to have to charge it every day or every other day so has very poor battery life i have always been a samsung lover and waited agesss for this phone to come out but sadly hugely dissapointed. after my last phone was a sony ericson i think ive changed to them and so will be now waiting for the w960 to come out.

  • To Samsung I am a firm follower and samsung lover but now i want to say as an advice. some of ur product is great like F700 but lack of something like WLAN,a high end video recording like VGA 30fps,5megapixel camera,video player like F500 maybe get it the best. P520 is like this.G800 is spoiled by bad resolution of video recording.F500 is great but video recording is in a bad resolution and no flash and also can't show message and other thing on the second LCD.On (i) series i love them specifically Windows mobile like i780 but make camera stronger on them. Until now i had T100,D500,D600,E900,i300 and now i have D900. make the OS of common handset better and smarter. F700 AND F520 are Ultra smart phone,Why? See some company like Nokia make an advantage handset like N95,E90,N81,N82,... that are complete.most of them have 3.5mm audio jack and WLAN but samsung's handset have this item very weak.Also LG has wiety and prada that very good and approximate complete. Every year make an approximate complete handset. Be the best.

  • NO !#@$@ WIFI?! Are you freaking kidding me!

  • Hey gsmarena is it 5MPixel or 3.15MPixel? Is it 3.2" or is it 2.8"? Gsmarena spec are different than other websites including Samsung announcement in the beginning of the year. Can someone please specify what is right or wrong?

  • if ur gonna put a movie on its gonna have to be in 240x440 resolution or it wont work! i dont know what the frame rate is... surely it is 30fps??

  • This isn't a smartphone, no OS? No wi-fi? I do want it, but the fact it has no wi-fi puts me off.

  • I don't why thay call it ultera smart!!! dose it have any smart OS like windows? discover it.

  • Great.i want to know more about what formats for video and music can it play.and what is the resolotion of video recording.

  • @ edu, no Wi-Fi.

  • am i reading this right coz it says that the phone doesn't have wi-fi connectivity.. i hope im wrong coz that would be a real turn off

  • @ TIEf those specs are from February this year and are now very wrong. The device that was eventually released is very different from the one that was announced.

  • This phone is the BEST!!! I love how the keyboard design is, it make this phone very easy to use. I text msg with an ease. And the speaker on this is VERY loud. I just bought this from dechowireless.com and they shipped its SUPER fast only 2 day. Anyways does anyone know where i can get cool apps for this phone?? thanks in advance.

  • for more info

  • Can I upload itune tracks to this phone?

  • If you want Album Art and stuff try Vodafone's Music Station....umlimited downloads 1.99 per week....this device will support Music Station

  • Nice Device!!!!! me getting one

  • Got the phone the other day it had a faulty battery or so we thought got another battery same thing happened unable to charge. Found using the phone problimatic very had to use any of the programs. So the phone goes back to vadafone for a change to sony ericsson. Not happy with the phone at all very disapointed not as good as stated in the right ups.

  • great phone and bose headset too..well happy

  • I see many people comment about having the phone, but it seems that nobody can answer a simple question. What is the video recording resolution?

  • i hate you Quote "On Vofaphone in UK, you can get it for free on a 12 month contract, �35 pm. That's less than an N95 8GB"

  • i hate everyone who says its like the iphone HA yeah sure it is

  • I know its been asked before, but which is better, viewty or f700, especially on things like battery life, mp3 player and UI? And also, does anyone know if they're going to release this without the qwerty keyboard. Seems a waste of time since the phone isnt a proper smatphone....

  • Hey, i got one yesterday over here in Holland. The phone's really neat, certainly a lot better looking than on the pictures here. It feels solid and operates quite smooth once you get used to the touchscreen. I've bought a 4Gb Micro SDHC card with it and that works neat as well. You shouldn't try the 8Gb however, that seems not to be supported by the phone. 6Gb is told to be supported, but not very well available over here, so I didn't get any oppotunity to test that. The only problem I've come across so far is the fact that it has some difficulty playing videos, as mentioned here on teh forum. I tried converting to Mpeg4 in 320x240 at 25fps, but it didn't manage to play it. On the other hand music is quite allright. I don't really see the problem with the speaker, doesn't matter if it's up front or on the back cause it's rubbish anyway. The phone has a 3,5mm jack connection on the top next to the usb-connector, so that's perfect for your headphones and it has a very neat sound reproduction through the headphones. To go short on this, I really like the phone for everything I've used it for so far, except the video. Cheers ya'll, Robert

  • no wifi :( otherwise i had bought it :s

  • I've had this phone for a few days now. I seems to have a lot of potential but it let down by a few things. I found the battery life awful. I managed to run it totally flat in 3 hours, all I did was download 2 1.8M songs in a non 3g area ( took about 10 mins each ). Then listenned to them once each. This is a huge let down, what point is there of having this functionaility when the battery is just not up to it at all. I've tried 3 different formats of MP4 ( converting divx using nero ) and none of them will play. This is a big shame as the screen is nice quality. I seem to get quite a lot of "unsupported bit rate" errors on youtube. The menu is quite nice and easy to use. The touch screen is not bad, sometimes gets it wrong, but mostly the knows where you are pressing. The music interface, works but it could be so much more, no album art at all. No visualiser? There is no customisation on the phone at all. You can't change hardly anything, only the background and ring tones. There are no themes. I haven't found a way of turning off the first line in a text message. ( when viewing all texts ) the menus are Huge, but you can't make them smaller. Mines on its way back :-( Good potential but let down by some poor things.

  • f700 is a Smartphone? really???

  • I've got this fone whilst one of my mates has d Viewty. Gotta say this is far more sexier nd cuter. Its also more sophisticated and jaw droppin. tho d LG's got a better camera dats about its only advantage.

  • when it says it has IM, does this mean that the windows live messenger client is already installed and can be used at any time? This or the Viewty is another of my questions. I really think that this matches the viewty with this having a bigger screen and keyboard but the viewty a better camera. However, if the viewty's still on 3's deals, i think that may win considering the infinitely better internet package they have...

  • Does anyone kno how to use the radio function???

  • On Vofaphone in UK, you can get it for free on a 12 month contract, �35 pm. That's less than an N95 8GB

  • beautiful BUT wheres the radio function?

  • swipe your finger over the lock from left to right...

  • hi, i have had the phone for a week now and love it, the battery is only lasting a day but thats because i cant stop playing on it. i cant find how 2 get the calendar on the maindispla as shown on the photos on GSMArena can anyoe help. thanks phil.

  • How to use the document viewer: upload your file to your phone. Use the file explorer and just open it. Just as you would with a normal image file.

  • dis phon looks sweet arbut very d to use init

  • I just got this phne yesterday. Its great!! cute, slim and sexy!!! it doesn't have wifi. the menu isnt bad it just takes gettin used to bcos its quite different from the other samsungs. someone said it has a document viewer. how do u get that up??

  • I received this phone today... and I'm already returning it. The phone is nice to hold, but the features are awful, the menu is awful, the touch screen is horrid and the keyboard is also horrible. I was looking forward to this phone, but I much prefer the tmobile vario to this.

  • Don't see what is "stupid" , it was merely announced as a product in February

  • To be honest, you shouldn't be so critical about the phone untill you've seen and used it. The iPhone and this phone don't do the same things so you can't directly compare them. I had a P1 before, and I'm looking at this as a replacement. My biggest concern however is Vodafones crap data package, of only 120Mb a month. This is crap... Compared to Three's �5 for 1gb. I've briefly played around with the phone, it feels a bit plasticy but it is actually very solid and really nice to use. The phone does look and feel better than it look in the picture. The phone isn't as good as I thought it would be, but it isn't crap or stupidly expensive like the iPhone. Wait for 2nd gen iPhone? My biggest concern is it's support for 3rd party applications? And on the topic of wifi, if Vodafone weren't so crap and gave a better data add on we wouldn't need the wifi. 3.6MB/s speed is good enough and better availability than wifi.

  • i asked a company that sells the F700 and thy said samsung said it has wifi :D

  • Got the phone this morning. just wanna clear a few things up. -It has a 3mp camera. -Document viewer (ive tried .doc, .xls, .pdf, .txt, .ppt) -plays mp4 files (432x240). im sure it will play other video files but i have not tried. -my phone came with preinstalled google maps and youtube app. ive also tried opera mini and google mail app, both works fine.

  • @ gsmguy2 it has a full slide out qwerty keyboard.

  • This can't be a smartphone because there is no keypad anywhere, it has to be a PocketPC. it looks like a bad (and late)attempt to copy the iphone.

  • This phone is NOT a smartphone therefore it does not have a Operating System

  • Boy, no WiFi kills this one for me, I'm afraid. Too bad! Would've been a good one.

  • how come on some sites it says that the camera is 5 mp but on others like this one it says its 3.15mp are there 2 differnt makes of this phone?? cause i think i remember it said 5mp on this site before too

  • Just to rectify that that last comment slightly as I work for Vodafone. There is NO data charge for downloads on MusicStation, its just the 1.99 per week...

  • Interesting first impressions. Am surprised if the codec support is as bad as you say as I heard it had the full whack when it comes to codecs. Mobile TV quality is always rubbish - it's a low-res transmission being stretched onto a hi-res screen so can't hold that against the phone. Lack of rear speaker disappointing but I'll get over that. MusicStation is most definitely cool although I think Vodafone need to launch an unlimited download service for this to work - I am assuming we still get charged for data on top of the �1.99/week. Don't have much sympathy for anyone wishing to view Excel docs etc - even if Nokia do offer this sort of functionality, this isn't a smart phone and I am confident 3rd party apps will take care of that need anyway in due course. If Excel viewing is a dealmaker for buying a Nokia, you should be looking at the blackberry shelf although this spec is worth noting nevertheless. The issues that actually concern me are those that howardforums - ie poor mp3 interface, reception & battery life and a load of irritating quirks in the interface. I'd be keen to know more about this sort of issue before I buy one but if unless some more balanced feedback emerges, this phone looks set to be the 2nd touch screen phone to be rushed onto the market at the expense of key functionality.

  • can this phone connect to a small business exchange server, and via push email?

  • How is the video resolution? VGA 30fps or QVGA?

  • had this phone for 2 days and i am very pleased i have the option to return it to the store within 14 days. Having read so many different specifications for this phone i really didnt know what to expect when i got it home. i have seen on the vodafone site that is expandaable up to 8gb JOW. Apparently the phone is 100mb and supports a 2gb card? the user manual is very very poor. It comes only with a Vodafone simple manual and this tells you nothing. For instance what video files does it play? I have tried WMV. AVI. MPEG4. 3G and none played???? ny nokia N80 played everything. Dont get me wrong, its a fantastic phone but i think it needs a quick firmware release. the sound is not good at all for music and vids, mainly coz there is no rear speaker. I tried intanet TV and although the speed was great the picture quality was rubbish. not sure if this is the phone or the content as i have never tried mobile TV before. one fantastic thing its got going is the vodafone music thingy. �1.99 per week and download as many tunes as you like. Its really fast. Its a shame that the mp3 interface is rubbish. I really wanted to get the N95 but craved a touchscreen. this really needs 3rd party applications, does anyone know if this is likely? another thing it wont connect with my GPS unit. I wanted big touchscreen so i could view vids n stuff, I cant cos the formats wont play? The sound is bollocks through the speaker. Thought it had 3.5gb memory, its only 100mb. i knew it was only 3mp cam so thats ok. i really wanted to use it to view excel docs and word but it does not seem to have a document viewer at all. right enough for now. i will post a full review when i get i play with it more and speak to vodafone. my advice is to hang on a while until you know what this phone actually does. if you dont want or crave a touchscreen like i did, i would go for the N95 8 gig phone, it does it all apart from the touchscreen and it feels a bit plasticy.

  • hey i also work for voda and ive had a play with this phone and have been genuinley impressed by its functionality, this fone is definitely suited to the customer who wants an iphone but doent want to pay iphone money. i recommend you go and check it out!

  • HA! Announced February 2007, the year is about to be finished and still 'Coming Soon'. How stupid of Samsung!

  • So no wifi, and only 120mb a month on the vodafone webpackage in UK(you pay � 1 a day, if you go over you monthly allovance), thats a deal breaker for me. But other than that the phone looks nice. Had it just had a better webpackage or wifi, and an OS that would allow a community to develop 3rd party apps, then it could be a major seller.

  • @ waqas, can you get the web browser to use the whole screen in landscape mode i.e. no up/down or return arrows on the right hand side?

  • just got this fone from voda fone simply awesome !

  • I found another F700 review here: Also, I managed to try the F700 for a little while today and I�m sorry to say that I wasn�t impressed. This is the phone that I was waiting for for a very long time (although as the lack of decent software and the lack of a decent OS has become apparent I have gone rather cool on it). I�ll have to try it again another day when I have more time.

  • has anyone bought the phone. if so can you plz give a review. it would be very helpful

  • @ AL : is the phone heavy and as sexy as everyone is making it out to be??

  • Can someone tell me whats is the battery life like?

  • Looks a great phone but i would swap 3g for wifi, i have brought my partner an lg veiwty and the OS on both phones looks soooo alike. I have got the iphone which i find the touch screen perfect where as the veiwty is not as responsive do we think this is going to be the same case with the f700?

  • Without wifi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ AI, the lack of push email is a huge disappointment. You may be able to get a client from DataViz (www.dataviz.com) but from what I've seen the Java version has pretty limited functionality. I�m not sure if there are any other Push Email clients for Java only phones. If you get the chance could you please tell me if you can create and edit Word and Excel files and is there a PDF reader on the phone? Thanks. @ mHnX, I think it uses Samsung's own OS. Early reports said that it would be a Windows OS but I guess that became impossible once they moved to the larger screen with an unsupported resolution. The downside of that is that there are going to be few useful apps for it.

  • does anyone know what os this phone uses? I read somewhere that this is a smartphone, but I cant seem to find out what OS this phone operates on

  • I just got an F700 today but it doesnt have push email, has anyone managed to get it to work? thanks.

  • It's finally available online!

  • I too work for Vodafone (Business dept) and we've had massive amounts of calls in regarding this handset. It's just as popular amongst the staff as it is among our customers! The initial delivery into the UK has actually been delayed and we're now expecting them in on Monday 3rd December (not 30th November as expected). Definitley worth the wait though - it's more like an iPod Touch than a mobile, but with the addition of a funky QWERTY keyboard and push email support (not to mention free Bose earphones worth 70 quid). I'm on the waiting list myself...

  • You better can get the F700. With the Vieuwty are some problems Ive heard with the touchscreen. It damage to easy. The F700 is also released now in Holland (just heard a commercial of Vodafone). I might take a look today (I'm working in the Phonehouse).

  • Hey People I Work in a vodafone store and yes its true the sexy f700 should be in our stores as from the 5th or 7th of december, but customer services already have them

  • shud have had wifi

  • no wifi no wm6 not work gettin gwont be any good apps for the handset stick with a TyTN 2 my friends stay well away from this

  • I work for Vodafone and this phone, which is exclusive to us, will be released in the UK this Friday (30/11/07), although some store may not have it on general release until the following Monday

  • i been told by the vodafone shop that it'll be coming out in the uk by the end of november. they alrdy have the dummy phones and testers out alrdy so should be good... tho i'm split between this and the lg viewty

  • hi there, wat do you mean greater keyboard? can you use mp3 for ringtone in messaging like nokia? pls reply asap thanks

  • tnx that's me

  • Wi-Fi: yes Office: yes

  • Lack of an FM radio is a terrible error. Most if not all phones (such as Viewty, N95, K850i, K800i, U600!! etc etc) have them. I got to play with a mockup F700 the other day in Vodafone store and the slideout QWERTY keyboard is the best of any device I have ever tried, but the lack of radio means I won't be upgrading to it. Samsung? What were you thinking? Add a radio and I'll get one.

  • what's that button(below) for?

  • can you activate the flash without opening camera mode? tnx

  • The camera on the f700 is 3.15mp,,,, i know,,,, i own one! i work in vodafone and got my hands on one early,,, and,,,,,is it worth the wait,,,,,YES! trust me you'll want one. it could have done with a better qwerty keyboard, i keep forgetting where the space bar is! but if you forget that little glitch then you have a fantastic phone. btw it looks better than in the pictures!

  • nope i got a 3mp camera (in a leaflet from vodafone ^_~)

  • in doubt between F7OO or P520 wifi? office?

  • vodaphone seem to think that this ohone has a 5mp camera...

  • anyone who has it: does it has wifi and does it supports office??? couldn't it be that the version without vodafone will have wifi: they want you to take an wireless abo..

  • Hi Essien, Thanks. I saw that review this morning and it�s not particularly good news. 1) No editing of office documents 2) No push email (but I�m not sure if this also means no IMAP Idle) 3) Also from what I can see there was a temporary loss of sound during some conversations (not the first time I�ve heard that complaint about Samsung phones) 4) And I�m not sure if I�m reading this right but just over 3hrs battery life on GSM? On the plus side it looks like the browser can be maximised BUT the phone doesn�t sound too speedy for web browsing even with HSDPA. This is the second time I�ve seen that complaint now although the first one came from a Macphile. I�m wondering if the DataViz software will work on this phone for Exchange push email (I�ve sent them a request). I�ve no idea about Java MIDP based software for editing Office documents though. Regarding the German Vodafone tariffs, as far as I can tell they are charging �399 for this device no matter what contract you have and I think they will charge the same even if you don�t get a contract. In the UK I�m thinking that it will be free on Vodafone if you take a �30 or higher tariff and I also see that it is listed as being �300 on Pay as you Go in the new Vodafone catalogue. It looks like they rushed this phone to market to so that they could launch opposite the iPhone in Germany and I can only hope for an improved software package when it launches here at the end of the month.

  • It scored better than Iphone though : )

  • Ok... I used the google translator, and it translated almost everything... Here is the translated review conclusion Main Facts: �399 with 2 year contract.. Way to expensive Touchscreen sucks No editing office files Poor display

  • Hello, I found this the review of the German version F700. Can anyone translate the most important stuff?

  • At last, someone that actually has this phone!!! It won't be in the UK for another 12 days, I'm told. @ Drew, if you�re still around, I have a few questions about this phone. I am seriously considering getting it but it has been pushed back again and again so I�m trying to hang on. I haven�t seen a version of the manual online anywhere yet or I would have been able to answer some of these myself. So� Do you find the interface to be quick to navigate and how is the speed of the phone in general? Fast? Sluggish? OK? What do you think of the web browser? Do you consider it to be quick to render pages (assuming decent HSDPA coverage)? Also is the web browser the NetFront browser and can it load pages with Flash? Can you maximise the browser so that it takes up the whole screen or must there always be some screen real estate used for icons, etc? When browsing in landscape mode is there a way to scroll up and down without touching the screen? Is there a push Email client that can link up to Exchange? Also is there a Blackberry Connect client and can you use IMAP Idle? Lastly can the document viewer handle Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files and is there any way to edit Office files? If you see this, any answers you could provide to even just a few of the questions would be really helpful. Thanks.

  • @GFORCE - Do you own this phone? I do and I actually chose it over the iphone. 3G coverage is far greater than wifi, especially here in Germany and generally HSDPA is a lot faster than publicly shared wifi spots as well. I can surf very quickly almost anywhere and my friend who works for T-Com and carries his iphone cannot do half the things I can and he's stuck on Edge 90% of the time. I'm actually surprised how nice this phone turned out to be. It's not an iphone, just an alternative and I happen to enjoy it a lot more than I did my short lived experience with the iphone. I'm sure you are basing your opinion on use of them both though right?

  • when i first saw this phone, i was like, wow, samsung have come up with a phone that could beat the iPone, with its QWERTY keypad and big screen. then i clicked on the specifications link and, i was shocked to see that it did not have wifi, or any thing else for that matter. it may look good, but it is a sh*t phone

  • Vodafone are releasing it on the 30th November, it's on the front page of all their xmas catalogues, it'd be a bit embarassing if it didn't turn up now.

  • Hi, I believe that this phone has been out for a week in Germany now. Does anyone have any idea what the operating system is? I've seen various rumours since it was announced in Feb but nothing since launch. As I understand it, the Croix Flash interface sits on top of something else, but what? Also does anyone who owns the phone have any comments about its web browser and general performance? Since Croix is apparently based on Flash does the web browser work with Flash based websites? Thanks.

  • why did they change the specs? it used to have wifi, 7.2 mbps, and a 5 megapixel camera....basically a phone lover's wet dream.

  • I don't know why samsung come to spoil its product with this disappointment handset. samsung also spoil i600 and p520 i am a samsung buyer but now i don't know what will happen for next!7.2Mbps become 3.6Mbps 3G.camera become a normal camera that u can see it on very simple handset like K800 and K810.this handset is become a simple phone.

  • Was supposed to be released end of August, then mid september, then October, begining of November... IS IT EVER GOING TO BE RELEASED ?? Fed-up waiting: going to purchase the LG Viewty KU990 (with touchscreen and 5 MP camera ;-) )...

  • You are right max. With 3 mp and no 5mp camera and no WiFi(come on, smartphone=Wifi these days) I don't see why someone won't get the P1 or the N95. It is the same mistake that nokia did with the touchscreen on the n95. They had the chance to built the best(I think it still is though) gadget around and people would pay an extra 200$ for the touchscreen trust me. This time samsung doesn't put Wifi and the best camera that they have (G800) on this device. If they did that and later add a bluetooth GPS like sony it would be game-over. Very dissapointed for samsung,very happy for my choise not to wait for it and order my n95 8Gb And the thing is that if you get this phone you will have every gadget-freak wannabe to tell you that his i-phone is ''better'' and you F700 is a copy of it's...Dudes it isn't any of them. Get over the ''apple is the best company in the world'' issues and get a serious phone not a magazine created icon

  • this phone isn't released in japan. And this phone isn't japanese. the correct way to ask is 'is this only released in korea or someplace like that?' this phone isn't yet released in korea though. :P

  • When this phone was first announced it was supposed to have a 5mp camera, what a disappointment, yet another 3 mp smartphone...

  • Vodafone UK are getting it soon

  • is this only released in japan or someplace like that????

  • WM6 Pro would have been the cherry on the cake :)

  • how come everyone says this fone only cost 500. on this website it says around 900

  • nDle:

  • it's better document editor than viewer.

  • very nice phone for 500$

  • when is a video presentation gonna be just to make same comparatives with other mobiles

  • well i think that the one with 5.0mpixeli was better but now you rely need to look for a perfect mobile

  • i got to use this phone yesterday at a vodafone conference. its very good the hapatic technology in it that allows you to feel touches on the screen is fantastic. as for wifi who needs it? vodafone has excellent 3g and 3.5g coverage which allows this phone to have an excellent internet browsing experience without having to find a wifi hot spot.

  • The release date has been changed from the 4th of november to the 18th. This is at least the info i recieved last friday.

  • What,NO OS, when are they realise that crappy samsung solutions arent worth it....

  • it was 3 megapixels and 2.8 inch screen. now its a 3.2 inch screen and 3.2 mp camera.

  • It's great. I'll buy if it is equiped with stereo FM too.

  • a pritty kool phone

  • on the new reviews on the upcoming samsung phones it says that the F700 will have gps so there is hope for other things that they might put in. so dont knock this phone it will get better.

  • does this phone support microsdhc cards? / what is the biggest memory card that will work with this phone?

  • Is there any possibility of Samsung releasing this, period?! It's been 8 months since they announced it. What are they waiting for?!!!

  • Is there any possibility of Samsung releasing this with 850Mhz band as well?

  • No GPS, no WiFi. Are we in the 21st Century or not?

  • 5mpixel camera chenge to 3mpixel camera!!!!!Why?in i620 wifi has been removed and now it is awful changing in this handset.what does it have that make me to change my D900 then?nothing in particular.I don't know why samsung afraid to make a huge handset!!always do minimum of what samsung can do. Samsung,u spoil your handset and ur compony by this kind of bad changing.I love samsung but i don't know what should i say now.

  • Hope this resolves the 3/5 mega-pixel debate for UK users! Official Vodafone UK spec summary: "A smartphone from Samsung with a large 3.2" (240 x 432) Touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard, a 3 Megapixel Camera, video calling and an FM Radio."

  • Question about HSDPA, does it work on its own frequency or does it go through one of the 900, 1800, or 1900 Mhz?

  • Ah, yes, very nice idea to have a full html browser without any wifi. way to go samsung.

  • To bad it has no wife because than its the best phone

  • It will be launched by vodafone on the 4th of November!! Thank God. finally!! still no info on pricing though!!

  • the keyboard does not illuminate like the HTC smartphone, which makes this phone really sux0rs

  • Does the qwerty board illuminate?

  • Look up "samsung qbowl" on youtube for some cool videos of the f700. It has 3 commercials for it.

  • Great phone, even if it will have only a 3.2 mp camera. Does anybody know when it will apear?? I heard on an website that it will be launched at Vodafone Europe in november,is it true?

  • This thing doesnt have WiFi ..what a waste it was almost complete!

  • I work in a mobile testing lab and we have got a Samsung F700. two days ago i spent the entire day testing on the f700 and strangely enough, after i got home, i realised the tip of my right thumb (the one that i was using on the screen the entire day) was completely numb down to about half my finger nail. It is still numb to this day and slightly worrying. lol I would like to know if anyone has experienced the same sort of thing with either this phone or the iPhone.

  • yeah thats the only thing this beast is missing :(

  • gorgeous so cnt wait its amazing

  • every phone has an operating system! It wouldn't work without one. Think before you post DAH

  • Although Wlan is missing, F700 comes with full QWERTY keyboard which makes emailing and texting very easy . 5 MP and great PDA fetures offer good reasons for me to wait for this phone.

  • its a 3.2mp camera. i work for Vodafone uk

  • The original F700 is being relabelled as the F900 which is due for release 3rd Quarter of 2008 which will retail for 600usd, whereas the F700 will be released next month for 350usd to compete against the iPork.

  • ... on the vodaphone one its a dumb downed version. read it. its not a f700 they had added a v in the end. plus the new news article on this sight says its still five mp camera. who knows samsung might still wow us with wifi and quadband.

  • I am waiting on this phone to drop. Seriously no one can say it does not offer better features than the iphone thus making it a better phone. It looks beautiful and with or without a 5 megapixel camera(which just gives bigger pictures) its a great phone

  • no gps or wifi, come on samsung keep up

  • i think this phon eis mising one thing that he should have head with this specs and looks... an OPERATING SYSTEM! DAH

  • i think that this is the greatest phone ever made, it has everything the iphone has aswell as a 5MP camera, video recording, flash, 3G etc

  • this phone's spec has now been chnaged. the hsdpa is now 3.6 not 7.2 and the camera is now a 3.2 not a 5.0. please update the info. thanks

  • Wow, those new specs blow, if this thing costs more than $400usd, its a freaking rip-off. The iphone will have it beat on all aspects.

  • is this phone touch screen only or is it the PDA pen things?

  • With a high end phone like this why did they not go with a Quad-band phone? High end phones tend to be used by people who travel abroad. Having quad-band would seem to make sense. This is not a shot just at Samsung. Many phone vendors are guilty of this. This phone along with an SE, and a couple LG's were all on my short list but all are tri-band ... that really made my list short :-(

  • Taken from offical press release from Vodafone Germany (the 1st country to receive the phone next month)! Facts & figures on the new Samsung F700 Dimensions: 112 x 56 x 15.9 mm Weight: 139 grams Memory: 100 MB, flexible extension with MicroSD cards possible Memory card: 4 GB MicroSD card Display: 3.2 inch colour touchscreen display with 265,536 colours, 240 x 432 pixels Supported networks: Triband GSM (900, 1,800 and 1,900 MHz), 3G, 3G broadband (HSDPA) Data transmission: GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 3G broadband up to 3.6 Mbit/s Interfaces: Bluetooth 2.0, USB Camera: 3.0 mega pixels with auto focus Internet: Internet browser, Vodafone live! Additional features (selection): Video telephony, mobile TV (H.264), music downloads, QUERTY key pad, stereo bluetooth support If you have any queries, please contact: Bettina Donges, External Communications, T: +49 211 533-6654 Press hotline: +49 211 533-5500

  • full press release

  • DSStore - well I just checked the press release on the Smasung site dated Sept 26th and it clearly state a 3mp camera ... here is a quote from the release. See the third paragraph. Seoul, Korea � September 13, 2007 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone and telecommunication equipment provider announced the SGH-F700, an elegant phone for the European market with Vodafone, the world's largest mobile community. The phone was first introduced at 3GSM World Congress in February earlier this year and is expected to be available in Europe beginning early November. It delivers 3.6 Mbps data speeds under Vodafone's 3G broadband (HSDPA) network allowing users to experience fast access to the Internet and faster music downloads. With its intuitive touch screen technology, it allows users to navigate freely when using applications and menus. The Samsung F700 aspires to be the easiest to use multimedia handset on the market with tender touch keypad and a surplus of multimedia functionalities. Samsung has applied its legendary expertise in human interface engineering and design to the Samsung F700, which boasts a full touch screen, touchpad interaction and QWERTY key pad. Using the new F700, business and creative professionals are able to view content on a 3.2" stunning color display. The device features first class entertainment with a top-of-the-line auto focus 3 mega-pixel camera and 3.6 Mbps HSDPA capabilities, making it easier to watch videos, listen to songs, take high-quality photos, browse the Internet, or catch up on email while on the move. With a full QWERTY key pad that slides underneath the display, it will give users enhanced access to mobile e-mail and text messaging services.

  • Could any body who with first hand experience tell me what the soft ware on this phone is like. is it easy to us? how is the interfase with a PC. does it use Windows Mobile 6?

  • 6sense ftw

  • dam i just hope this battery life isn't as bad as most samsung! hope it's like sony ericsson battery now those last for awhile

  • I believe it will be 5MP not 3.2 like some are suggesting, this photo easily puts those arguments to rest.

  • It's a nice phone but the qwerty keyboard without the arrows u got on a normal keyboard up,left,down,right to use the Samsung menu it kinda dissapoints me. And do u have to touch the screen to pickup the phone everytime someone calls? that could be annoying too..

  • Really Batman? Could u confirm if there is WIFI?

  • DSStore. Where is a link to info about this quadband version with wifi? I am interested to see if its true.

  • It has a 3.2mp camera, trust me i'm working on this phone.

  • Tordrumguy: On Samsung's site it clearly says 5MP.. (http://www.samsung.com/nl/products/mobilephones­/mobilephones/dsgh_f700.asp)

  • A samsung marketing exec says this phone will be coming out to North America as a quad band phone early 2008 with wifi.

  • its 5 megapixel. see the pics at slasgear foks

  • Not sure why everyone is saying a 5MP camera... Samsung press release as of Sept. 16, 2007 says it will have a 3MP camera

  • Best Buy in North America??? this phone does not support 850MHz GSM which limits its signal strength in our market ... hopefully the specs on here are not up to date

  • Will Mini WLAN cards work with this version of windows mobile?

  • mrsp is 500usd not 400usd.

  • it will be available at all best buy and future shop locations in north america.

  • its 5MP. Not 3. I can confirm 5.

  • Just spoke to voda c/s. they told me it will be 5 meg camera , and speed will be 7.2, will be able to get it from oct 07

  • Although this phone has taken over 7 months to be released and so many have begged Samsung to include WiFi; their pleas have fallen on deaf ears! Still no WiFi!! Now we have the controversy over 3 or 5MP camera. Nobody is certain. No wonder they call it F700....Samsung like F...ing people around!!

  • No wi-fi? Damn. If it had wi-fi id vote this as the #1 phone on the planet

  • I think you're dreaming if you think such a high-end phone will be priced so low ($400) when it's going to be released...It is more likely to show a 600� or so price tag !! :o(

  • This phone is going to be priced at the same price as the iPhone @ about $350-400usd. Thats a bargain!

  • does the new f700 hv wifi?

  • Samsung offically issues press release. 3.6MPS and 3MP camera.

  • well.. some sites say its 5mp...there is confusion.

  • So far I found that the vodafone version will have 3mp cam and the HSDPA is 3.6mbps not 7.2. and for others its running on windows mobile, but the interface is developed by samsung which already got IF design award.

  • News here:

  • Another website says it's 5 megapixel??? Now now, Samsung, are you playing a game with us?

  • Just got this info from Korean website. Samsung is launching this phone under vodafone in November, Germany being the first country. The outter chrome finish comes in three different colors, metalic blue, brown and white. 3.6Mbps with HSDPA, 3 mega pix camera with autofocus.

  • The phone is supposed to run on Windows Mobile, if I am not wrong...

  • OK let me say some words... I doubt Samsung will take note but no harm in trying. This phone is very late in being launched, so Samsung may as well make some modifications. They should make sure VGA, 30fps camcording is included with the 5MP camera. Ensure that document viewing and editing is possible. Make it push e-mail compatible. Give it a vivid VGA screen. This phone would become a market leader because there is no "all-rounder" phone that has a QWERTY.

  • WLAN is possible only if there is an OS ... these isn't one! So we can forget about WLAN- a great pity! Increasing the size of the screen from 2.8 to 3.2 inches will only decrease the sharpness of the screen. I wish Samsung would rival Toshiba's G900 and implement WVGA resolution instead of WQVGA. Charts, tables and graphs are far clearer with a higher res. Since Samsung is making us wait so long they should give us a treat!!

  • check announced spec.

  • Thanks! By the way, this is the portion I got through a google translation: The loading grudge the product the art dealer currency general camera and 300 cartoon smallness five toe focus camera and blue [thwu] [su] 2.0, the body exterior memories and nine writings [mayp] with from nine writings functional back is had built-in HSDPA of 3.6Mbps speed. Translated from: 3.6Mbps 속도의 HSDPA를 탑재한 이 제품은 화상통화용 전면카메라와­ 300만화소 오토포커스 카메라, 블루투스2.0, 외장메모리, 구글맵과 구글서치 기능 등이 내장돼 있다. Does the '300 cartoon smallness' refer to it being 3 megapixel or does 'five toe focus camera' refer to the 5 megapixel camera?

  • That press release on the Samsung Korea site confirms it is 5.0 Megapixels for the camera and 3.2 inches for the screen size. That's all.

  • Just saw on this website the official media release: The phone will be released in November in Europe! I can't understand from the translation if it is a 3.2 or 5 megapixel camera. Anyone? Looks good that they actually expanded the screen size from 2.8 inches in February to 3.2 inches now. I really think it is going to be a good phone. The camera won't be as exciting as LG Viewty but should still be reasonable, I hope!

  • The camera's megapixel seems unconfirmed now. Mobile-review reports 5 megapixel and that it will be announced in November! Seems to me that if it really has a 5 megapixel, this will be the best phone to take for now, because it has 5 megapixel, an actual qwerty keypad, and seems to me that the touchscreen might actually be much more advanced than that of LG Viewty and might be on par or better than iPhone's. Well, come November, we will know! And once again, please, please, don't release these two excellent phones only in UK! Looking forward to Nokia's iPhone too!

  • I love this phone it is small

  • Nice tech specs, just missing the most important part for a smartphone... which OS is it running ? Windows Mobile with a personalized interface a la HTC TouchFLO ? ... could be because it's one of Samsung's favs. Symbian UIQ ? hmm... I doubt it, but it could be... Brew ? hmm... I REALLY doubt that could be done with Brew... so which one please ?

  • There are 3.2 mega pixel cameras in the definitive one! And 3.2 coll displays

  • It is 5MP camera auto focus, not 3mp. Pic here:

  • Since this is supposed to be a business phone (QWERTY keyboard), does it support push-email from MS Exchange Server? It should, although it does not feature a Windows Mobile OS...

  • Great phone, very beautiful, but it's a shame that has no WLAN, so, will be the perfect phone. Greetings from Canc�n �Viva M�xico!

  • no WiFi..no GPS...laggin badly behind the N95,HTC-TyTn2

  • An overall unique phone. I'm looking at both the Samsung U700 and the LG Viewty. Both are original handsets. Is there an expected release date?

  • Did I read this wrong??? Samsung SGH-F700V � internet ready 3G broadband Qwerty slider with 3.2 inch WQVGA display, touch screen and 3.2MP camera It's only going to get a 3.2megapixel camera??? On the bright side, looks like the screen size has been ramped up... Seems like Samsung wants to create the competitor to Sony Ericsson P1 and Nokia E90 instead? At least the screen is bigger than LG Viewty KU990...

  • No WLAN??? disapointed!!

  • in germany this phone is coming in beginning of november by vodafone, but with just a 3mpix cam :/

  • Vodafone says the phone will be in by Christmas this year! ohh hoo!!! just seeing whether lg viewty or this will be better though both doesnt seem to run on any OS... might turn out that nokia's upcoming 'iphone' might be better...

  • ...And also i don't know how is the OS?great if it does like F510 az video and musick player.i afraid of lack of good video and music player.TV out?with what resolothion?i want it but with a strong ability.

  • Im lookin forward to this phones release in the market.....

  • I see the features and performance.bit i want and i know everyone that write comment here say we need some more options that had not leaked yet.the embeded memory?the resolotion of video capture?if the flash is UI model like F520?the lenz of the camera is important?(if it is like i300 it is perfect).wlan is good for this kind of phones but it makes the phone heavy.radio?and soooo...good like samsung.make more strong phones.

  • Just if it have WiFi, it would be my perfect choice. Also, I don't know was is the OS!!

  • Ive been waiting for this phone since March. Im not particularly an iPhone or Apple supporter, but it appears that Samsung published this phone as in the making to defame iPhone release. It doesnt take a manufacturing company 7months to convert a prototype to production. China can reproduce goods in 45 days with shipping.

  • NO WIFI???disapointed

  • Our prayers have been answered! But now, I am kinda looking forward to Nokia's iPhone:

  • Thank god, I don't think its been cancelled:

  • 5mp? what about gps?

  • I don't really mind if it doesn't have wifi. Most likely there'd be a compatible wifi sd card available in the market. Besides I usually buy phones for appearance. This one is sexy with the features to boot. Plus, it won't look too outdated years after its release. Unlike Nokia phones they look terribly outdated only after a few months of release.

  • when can we see a video prezentation? i'm very intrested to see if this is the best phone yet

  • Just like the SE P990i, this thing gonna take years before it comes out.. grrrr

  • i heard from some other sites that this does hv wifi

  • Does anyone realise how close to the edge it is when the phone is slide open? All the other sliding phones before have at least 40% of the 2 parts overlapping each other when open. I wonder if this would cause it to be shaky when it is open...

  • I can't wait for this phone to hit Europe.

  • i heard it will be available in 40 days

  • Yeah bill, wheres the source of the 'CANCELLED'? I have been a Samsung fan a long time, if they really cancel this for the G800, I will MOST probably jump ship. I hate the back cover and small screen of that G800.

  • Bill you said that the phone is cancelled. Where is your source of information?? Samantha, you said the phone is only a concept phone. The same question; where is your source of information?? I'll say this: if the phone is just a concept then Samsung should have made it clear from the start and not string everyone along. It is a disgrace!

  • I think this phone is cancelled by Samsung.

  • As I said before, this is just a Samsung concept phone, it will not available to public.

  • the phones already out

  • The phone is CANCELLED, and replaced by G600 and G800

  • argg. when is it coming out?! ive been waiting for soo long. i wish they had this phone in varities of color though. but besides that, this phone is awessome.

  • this phone IS already outdated. its 2007, who makes phones without WiFi anymore. thats a huge blunder on there part.

  • I've just about given up on this phone. I was hoping Samsung would be in the game and putting pressure on the other manufacturers. The more in the game the better for us consumers ... competition is key. The longer I hear nothing on this phone the more I find myself looking at the alternatives from LG.

  • i'm tired of waiting already..... they better come out with some new features when they release this - wifi maybe? or else, i agree, it'll be outdated. anyone knows the new 'time' of release? since 3rd quarter doesn't seem like a good indicator anymore?

  • it has been almost a year since this was anounced, by the time they release it, it will be outdated.

  • My god there are only 8 more days to the end of the 3rd quarter,... still nothing about this phone.... Do I really have to surrender to the LG one :( 7 MONTHS!!!!!

  • The competition is finally out! Two touchscreen HSDPA-enabled 5 megapixel camera phones head to head. (Well, it looks through that the Koreans are the fastest and best-est at coming out with top features!) Who will win? Samsung, make some noise!

  • which is better samsung f700 or htc touch?

  • The CommunicAsia Fair was held in Singapore this June. It is one of the major tech fair and many visitors from around the world congregate here. I was down at Samsung's booth but F700 was not showcased there. If it was indeed a major phone, I would expect it to be showcased there (unless of course it is not supposed to be released in Singapore. Yet, the other phone manufacturers showcased all their phones, even if not intended for Singapore, because of the international crowd) - which led me to suspect that this phone might not be out, seeing that, there has not been any spy pics yet after its offical announcement in Feb. If I am not wrong, nobody was allowed to touch the phone during its announcement, which might mean that it wasn't ready anyway during the announcement. There seems to be no news on the touchscreen mechanism as well. On the other hand, many spypics have appeared of the LG KU990 and seeing that they are capable of the Prada Phone, I believe that they are capable of the KU990 too! Just not sure when it will be released. Hopefully in the next one or two months. And just read that Nokia will be having an announcement on 29 Aug. They might show a good competitor to this phone!

  • Is it just me or everyone is starting to get the feeling that this phone is a big hoax?! at least for now... First of all, there is no official info regarding release dates, weight, operating system or battery life. With such data missing I would say that such phone has a while till it hits the market. It would seem that such early announcement is targeted to hold the place for the ambitious F700 until its release especially with the sony Ericsson P1 & iPhone hitting the shelves earlier. Personnally, I am bored of this wild goose chase, I am buying a P1.

  • If not for the lack of wifi, this would've been the ultimate iPhone killer! But even as it is, its already way above the apple of discord

  • nice phone!i wnt it .oh yeah!:-)

  • Benson - I think you might be right about Samsung rushing to announce the F700. It is odd that months have gone buy with no official announcement or follow-up information. The LG 990 does look like it will be a challenger in this space. Let's hope this one comes to market soon. I think in another month or so we'll see a flurry of announcements from all the vendors. With holiday shopping around the corner I am sure they all want to grab a piece of the pie.

  • Has anyone seen the LG KU990? It looks like a competitor to Samsung f700! Apparently Samsung F520 has been cancelled, I read on Cnet Asia. Samsung F700 won't go the same way I hope, though it seems a bit long now that there is still no information. It seems like they might have rushed the Samsung F700 for announcement simply to compete in Feb with the iPhone.

  • yeah, good question... when will it??? I have yet to see any official information anywhere as to release dates for this phone; even on the Samsung site. All the reviews I have read speak only to the specifications on this phone. None of them actually speak to having the phone in their hands testing in a live environment. Let's hope GSM Arena is able to review it soon.

  • to find out if this phone will work in your reagion, just call your carrier to find out what GSM band they broadcast on. You could also do a search online and find this info. Example: In Canada, Rogers uses both 850 & 1900 MHZ GSM so ideally you want a phone with both bands. You should be OK with just 1900 MHz. In the US, you find 1900 MHz used more often. There a numerous carriers in the US so some might also use 850 MHZ. Just call and check with the carrier In Europe and Asia you fin the 900 MHz & 1800 MHz bands being used. I live in North AMerica so I am not going comment on which carrier or country there uses what. But it will likely be one or both of these. Therefore, the F700 should be OK for most people in Asia & Europe. But check with your carrier - don't just take my word for it. If you are in North America like me, you might find coverage with F700 spotty if you are traveling throughout the continent. Again, just my opinion - check with your carrier.

  • hurry up and release it to the public

  • will it work in ireland

  • this phone will work in canada, it'll work wit rogers

  • Ammm this is very nice but it could have wifi then it would be the most spectcular phone :) but never mind it is still amazing, samsung keep going like this and you will leave nokia ant se far far far far behind :D

  • how is verizon going to offer it? last time i checked verizon didn't use a gsm network, and considering the fact that this phone is listed as only having gsm frequencies i dont know how that would be possible. But anyways I would be so happy if it came to a u.s. carrier but i doubt it... so i guess ill just have to pay 800 dollars for it.:(

  • i would have to see it to believe it. i would sell my mogul back to sprint, pay to cut off my service and go straight to verizon.

  • Actually, it is offered on Verizon...I just spoke to a Verizon manager who had already been shown it and told that it comes out this month...august (hopefully)

  • will it work on cingular or shouldi say AT&T

  • Actually if imported over to the U.S. it still would work on the T-Mobile network.

  • actually 850/1900 work in the us

  • This phone won't work well in Canada.

  • to RPW: HTC TyTN is great! I love it, it's a fantastic PPC! Looking forward to the 'not out yet' HTC P4550. Cheers!

  • anyone kno if this phone can work in Canada?

  • This phone needs GSM 850 to work in the states. Sorry... But it also doesn't have wifi...wtf? Stick with the HTC TyTN.

  • do u know if this fone can be used in the US cuz i wuz reading this other site that it cant be used here but i just want to make sure their rite

  • it is around 800 to 900 it has 5mp, touch screen n a qwerty keyboard just check it out at negrielectronics.com

  • It looks like the iphone but not as good.

  • you are right! they are opinions, not facts. get some educations.

  • too bad no wifi, GPS. Anyone know what OS this phone running? Symbian? WM6? or . ???

  • very good site, but i have only one question: How much cost this fone?

  • News: wow!!! samsung G600 has a dual mode bluetooth meaning you can connect to two stereo bluetooth headset at the same time and I guess F700 will have the same feature. That should be fun.

  • shut up l33t, 800-900USD? too much!! should be around 700 USD at most!

  • if this is wifi-capabled it will be the best phone ever to grace this planet to date yeah babyyyyy

  • come on samsung put WiFi and Radio FM RDS... I ll buy 2 of them if they do for my girl and for me...

  • it's better then the i phone

  • This phone is suppose to come out in the end of August and it is about 800-900$USD

  • Its good but unfortunately, it does not have WIFI, nor it has GPS Sirf Receiver. IF samsung comes out with these 2 things they would kill all other brands in the market. R U Listening samsung guys...!!!!!!!!!!! if u have this ill be the 1st one to buy it...

  • excellent features, what about the weight of the phone, battery stand by time

  • this is the best phone i have seen in a long time and i think everyone should get it! when does it come out?

  • Richard, This phone unfortunately doesn't have either Symbian or Windows OS. It would be nice to be able to install extra programs and what not, but it just runs Samsung OS. Top class phone though! I rate it a 9!

  • looks nice , gud specifications. wht about battery life??� Thanx

  • This phone is the greatest phone around, spec for spec, it will blow the iphone away, but there are always be, those few that are dumb enough to buy them, most likely Nokia users. . . .

  • It's very nice mobile. options are excellent. When it will be available in india?

  • This cellphone is one of the cellphones that I wish.Is hurt that in my country Costa Rica it`s didn`t came.Samsung cellphones is one tha I prefer and this cellpohone is out of my imagination that is with 5mp wow!

  • are their OS based on Symbian, or WM? anyway, hope it will be better than both of them.

  • check this out, f700 out on july 25th pls comment on the thruthfull ness of this annoumcement /product_info.php?products_ id=269&osCsid=fd143a6ef628cc5e25 2d0db1809ae29d

  • check this out a online shop NEGRI ELEC will have it in stock on july 25th

  • I want this phone should have FM Radio, I would definately go for it if they have pre-installed FM radio.

  • According to newmobile it has WiFi. I assume there is no official specs out yet. Better to wait before you reach any conclusion.

  • to XON: I need both wi-fi and 3G. Why? Because when I'm at work or near a hotspot I can use wi-fi (msn, skype,...) and save my HSDPA credit for when I'm in the middle of nowhere. That's the reason why I've got a TyTN and like it a lot, but this F700 is much lighter (anyway it isn't a PPC).

  • no wi-fi,,no operating system,,no battery reports yet and people are saying its going to kill n95 and i-phone,,my d900 camera is really rubbish so not much hope for this then

  • wlan : no hsdpa : 7.2 good

  • Why do you need Wifi!? Almost nowhere in the world you have full coverage EVERYWHERE where you go with Wifi..you can watch websites but it's not working very comfortable...Umts/3g is much more important..

  • I'm from Europe, and I NEED to have wi-fi.

  • americans- stop bit**ing about the lack of wi-fi. we don't need them.

  • I am a samsung mobile fanatic and i've been waiting quite sometimes to have samsung mobile like this. Yet, this mobile has no WI-FI. Why dont you guys put Wi-Fi on it.

  • With all the good features it has its just seems lame that it doesn't have wifi ...

  • It is very, VERY unfortunate that this model does not come with Wi-Fi support. Samsung almost had a potentially very high selling product here and one that I would personally buy. It's very unfortunate...anyone know if there will be a possible F700i per se that would include WiFi?

  • nice phone!

  • No wifi on this model :( It has everything i wanted except for that. If it had wifi i would go for it for sure. It would be better than the apple phone.

  • This phone has wifi??? i wud surely go for it then!

  • the button below is the home key, for all u lefties information

  • how about watching TV from your car's monitor thru this phone? Wouldn't that be great? no unstable external antenna huh! So how about a video out?

  • That's incorrect. F700 will release in Europe in August.

  • i would totally dish out the bucks for this phone if it had wlan....

  • Looks like this is selling for $700- $900 U.S dollars , if you search on google few online retailers are starting to sell them for these prices

  • i want to know if this phone have 2 cameras or one camera, also i want to know the price of this phone??

  • Stulys is never mentioned in any specs of this phone, but it is a must - lol, there is no chance it will come out without one. The touch screen is just not worth making without a stulys.

  • ONLY thing that REALLY sucks is the memory... Transflash? fine, but at least they could have put DUAL microSD slots...Current maximum existing capacity is 8gb (ironically developed by samsung), but u won't be able to buy it yet, so the most memory u will be able to get is 4gb - and it still costs WELL over a $100 USD... it's understandable when u have one microSD slot on phones like d600, e900, u600/700... but THIS device? it definitely deserves a MUCH better memory solution. Capacity (hyphothetically) like 10, 15 or 20 Gb and UP would have made this phone a HIT. We got 50 Gb Dual Layer Blu-Ray on store shelves, but not even 10gb memory where it could be REALLY useful...

  • Does this phone uses fingers to touch the screen, or just the stylus like any normal touchscreen

  • This is an iphone + keyboard. Yea, it may be thincker, but a KEYBOARD + WLAN?! That's just crazy, and 5MP camera? I personally like and still use ipods (60gb photo (old one) and 30Gb video), but iphone is just not living up to the standards...f700 is definitely a better choice. I hope the mp3/divx viewing will be as comportable and easy as it should be!

  • is the button below the screen for navigation?

  • what does the only button below the screen do?

  • @nicksti: think you got no plan!!! the iphones price is unsubsidized by the carrier AT&T. So the price of an unlocked iphone without a contract would be the same!

  • I really am excited about this phone,cant wait for it to be available in states. Only thing bad is it doesn't work on 850 band which most cingular/att phones do.

  • How much is this phone and where can I find it? Also would it work for me because my carrier is Cingular.

  • With 2733 votes and average 8.46 it sould rank 3rd under current ranking by rate in the home page. Why its showing LGKG300 GSMarena??

  • You are comparing a locked phone with a contract to an unlocked phone with no contract? An iphone for $499 USD on a plan may be equivalent to $999.00 unlocked iphone with no plan.

  • much better than iPhone

  • this phone DOES HAVE WLAN!!! check with

  • @ Paul When you say 700 to 900 dollars, what currency are you talking about? US, AUD.....?

  • Do we know what OS this will run? Hopefully it is a smartphone system so I can run a GPS module. I have the D900 and I cant run anyhting like this. I am going to buy this in Thailand as soon as it comes out. Do we know approximately when it will be in stores in Asia? And also a rouggh price?

  • I see that some places have priced this phone at around $700-$900 It's suposed to be available June 28, 2007 I can't believe this will be almost double what the iPhone is priced. here check out the prices.......

  • no WLAN !!! it sucks .. a smartphone in these days must have WLAN :((

  • I want quad-band!

  • wowww this phone is great!!!! same with iphone...

  • I find the unit very facinating and amazing based on the picture. The features are interesting and seems advance but it looks user friendly. Definetely I wish I could have a phone like this.

  • no wi-fi? i guess, i have to wait for the samsung sgh-i760. the best phone in the universe.

  • it is estimated to come out 164 days (not confirmed) as of today june 20th

  • i ove this one it is very up to date

  • some pictures show this but with a different keyboard. which is the right one?

  • it has wifi!! check www.newmobile.nl

  • does this camera have zoom in?

  • does this phone have a stylus? w/c one is better; this phone or o2 xda trion?

  • What are you talking about, man??? I returned a N95 last week, what a sh*ty phone that is. GPS is useless, materials are crap, was freezing all the time and it feels like a brick in your hand, has abs no style at all. Go Samsung! The F700 is a beauty, pitty the lack of wi-fi...

  • good

  • i guess in the near future GSMArena could now conduct a camera test from the four 5Mp camphones.

  • according to: it will not be available in US!

  • ??Concept phone?? If this is a concept phone, then this should doesn't have an availability date! IMHO, this phone will go head to head with N95. Great phone!

  • Samantha, do you have proof that it is only a concept phone??

  • This is only a concept phone and won't be available for sale!

  • I saw this phone in the internet and it was awesome!!!!!But before I buy this phone, I want to ask, can we change the message tone with another music we want, because my last samsung phone, I can't change my message tone with another music except 10 short musics that already set by samsung.....Please answer my question......!!!

  • for ppl who r complaining about the lack of wifi, here's something that may offer you a lil hope: this phone was only a prototype when it was introduced during 3GSM in Feb - it couldn't even be turned on, not to mention about the full list of possible functions it may have. Personally I highly favor this phone and it may just have the stuff to compete (or even OUTcompete) N95.

  • To Carlos: the exciting thing about WiFi is that it's FREE. To Rhea: the reason why Samsung did not include WiFi or GPS is that Samsung is STINGY and does not understand the market.

  • Have you ever used wifi on a phone? It's really not that exciting.

  • i like this phone for my husband but their's no wifi...c'mon how come this beautiful phone's no wifi this is an important....

  • @Dick S. White Here is my healthy advice. I've lost money through Western Union while buying D720 when its not even been out. I strongly think F700 is far away from coming to the store. So please have patience. It cant be that cheap.

  • no wifi???.....c'mmon samsung u r laggin behand the leaders.that aside it's a beatiful phone...

  • I want this phone!! Looks awesome!

  • Chucky D, you say the company is reputable, yet the person you are dealing with has been having computer problems for the past YEAR?!! These guys don't accept paypal and don't even have a half-decent website, for Pete's sake. Not only that, but the F700 isn't available anywhere in the world and they have it on sale for $340?!!! Don't get me wrong, I would love it if they're legit, but they seem very very fishy, if you ask me.

  • Hilarious post Chucky D, it looks like Peacestore is one to avoid. Mmmm....Samsung F700....it seems that this company is just too STINGY. It is obviously a high-end multimedia device therefore WLAN is compulsory. I will just have to look elsewhere eg Nokia E90 or I-mate 7150. I must admit the design is great!

  • Dick, No, not at all. This company is highly reputable-I bought an N70 when they came out through PEACESTORE at a bargain price. Unfortunately the royal mail lost it. The nice man at PS said he would sort out another one for me, but I think he is having trouble with his computer or telephone as I haven't been able to get through to him for the last year or so. I can't wait for my N70 to arrive!

  • I'm in the USA, but recently made contact with a company in the UK called PEACESTORE. The guy says the phones are made in Finland, and he has them ready to ship. The weird thing is, they only use moneygram or western union. There is no paypal option. He gave me an address which I google mapped. Does this sound like a scam?

  • Because Wi-fi is for free, and HSDPA via operator which gonna cost you arm and a leg ;))

  • Hi Jason, Thanks for the info, Just to add a few, Samsung is actually promoting i600 as "Ultra Masseging" not F700. The OS is Samsung OS, Flash based interface, derived mostly from windows mobile. It's not exactly a smart phone but it incorporates most of the sramt phone features. And those complaining about WiFi, its equipped with 7.2 mbps HSDPA which is highest speed at this moment. How come no one is talking about that I wonder.!!

  • To those guys, the OS is a Samsung OS so it will probably be much better than any winmo they put on there when it comes to utilizing graphics and functions. To others, this is called the "Ultra Messaging" phone, which is part of Samsung's Ultra line-up. It doesn't need Wifi, it doesn't need GPS, and it doesn't need a radio to be a messaging device. It's not a smartphone, and it doesn't need anything like wifi, radio, or gps to drain battery life. Man, some of you guys want too much outta this phone, just take it for what it is. Don't complain about the features it's missing, ya know since it's your choice to buy it or not. Complain when you are the owner of it instead. BTW, the phone is on pre-order right now. The cheapest place is Negri, my pre-order amount was a little less than $700 at their site.

  • Hey everybody, latest news is that this phone is a prototype and that revisions will be made. The biggest revision is the inclusion of wlan. Keep our fingers crossed:-)

  • can someone pls tell me when this phone is out and if this is the first 5MP by samsung or is it something else? cause im a samsung lover and waitin for there first samsung 5MP thanx x

  • Why the f*** have Samsung "forgotten" the Wlan ? It's a must in a smartphone like F700 :-(

  • Yea i reckon GPS is crucial to this phone. If thats case, i'll sure buy this samsung model instead of nokia n95...

  • Where is the GPS? It is compulsory in all new high end phones!!

  • the phone just needs to have UIQ 3 OS instead of windows to work with the 256K colors, and it's a shame not having even an OS to fully utilize the touchscreen. samsung korea should address this issue.

  • crappy phone doesnt even have wi-fi, wat were these guyz thinkin?

  • i hope shipping will be before july.waiting 4 the staff.

  • Typical from Samsung : they show great phones but won't release them. Instead they will release crap phones. Don't wait for this one....

  • who wants radio

  • F700 , has hided processor speed

  • it sounds interesting does it havwe a radio

  • whens it gon be launched and does it hv a fm radio and hw is the sound quality

  • guys, don't you worry about wifi not having on this phone. it should be included on the upcoming F1000 model.

  • This phone will be available (or cancelled) in so much time it will be old by that time. Stop waiting for it and buy something else...

  • I have read somewhere that it got WLAN if not I will not buy it.

  • what type of flash does this phone have? is it only SE that have xenon flash? so all other phones with flash use led?

  • Hey,seems great... But no A2DP???

  • This phone has many more features than the iphone. F700 alll the way. THE SEX! Battery will prob be crap though! :( HI SUE!

  • Berry, av u seen this fone? do u think its better than the iphone ???

  • nice design. very nice phone. but wheres the wi-fi? sucks for that

  • Wow.. this looks great! Now let's just hope they'll pay enough attention to software usability.

  • stunningly stunning

  • seems 2 b a very powerful phone.. w/ a 5mp cam and 7.2mbps hsdpa connection.. a very hot phone.. though it doesnt have a wifi.. no tv output.. no gps..so sad..i still love my n95..

  • Unbelievable clearly better than the iphone

  • This phone will not have Symbian or Windows Mobile OS... it will have Samsung's own OS for this Smart Phone.

  • To Max Thanks for the info, but tell us how you find this particular model.Are there any flaws that needs work or is fully functional gadget.

  • if it runs UIQ 3 then the all of it's features are worthy. windows mobile has many limitations compared to UIQ 3. this is due to the fact that microsoft don't want it to compete with their desktop windows OS while S60 and UIQ can pack everything to replace laptops.

  • wtf we r goin 2 do witout wiFi??? samsung must b outta itz mind, cuz they do make a nice design but they dont put the most essential feature..

  • hi .. i like samsung mobile and i carry it all the time .. but i have 2 note: why it dosent includ real mp .. and where can i found it inChina i ask every where they dont know what is that ... i am in china in Guangzhou .. please i want to buy it and i dont know how can i found it.... thank you .. Raman

  • It would have given Nokia N95 a run for the money had it WiFi,GPS, TV Out, & FM Radio, it seems samsung wants to expreiment for too long in thier local market but u see all over the world all Co(s) are experimenting to give best possible features in the most competetive prices. Lear fast or others will surpass...

  • Will this phone work in North America, or just over seas?

  • i love this phone... i read on the other sites that this phone will be available around mid-august.

  • its missing one thing. . . . wifi.

  • To Duane In korea, this phone costs fortune because of Wifi,FM and TV. And who call it TV function? Its differ from sh1tty 3G TV. We call it DMB (digital mobile broadcast)Its free as long as u have a receiver.

  • Samsung, I understand the Koreans have F700 with wifi,FM and TV capabilities. So why aren't we being offered the same features? Someone found some flaw, I think you should investigate so if there is, it can be corrected before it is released into the wider market.

  • Duane, Samsung does have some that has wifi,radio, and tv capabilities. It sucks that its only avaiable in Korea.

  • When will it be released?

  • wow! This is the real device to have,a phone with everything you could want in the world of technology, this phone is crazy.

  • the OS it runs is Windows Mobile. But a copycat version that was reflashed by Samesung. "Solutions running on Windows Mobile differ from each other by design, availability/absence of thumbboard, touch screen, amount of third-party applications they come pre-installed with, occasionally maker�s brand and price curve. But it is the most simplified way of looking at these devices. What does unite Windows Mobile-powered communicators is the operating system, which dictates copycat interface layouts and core functionality. In a nutshell, if you have gotten the hang of one WM-based smartphone, then rest assured, you will master any other one." - Mobile Review

  • This phone is supposed to come out around august, mid-summer. and should around 750-800 according to mobile review. this is quite depressing. The wait it so long! lol anyone have an update on this? guess i'm stuck with my motoMing till then...wish it had a doc editor. -_-;

  • Hi, I posted this comment on 3/16/07::>> I like what samsung creates and I love the idea of F-700. Yes, it's missing some important features, but i'm hoping they will be added in the next model of this phone. NOW, lets take a look at the "working" unit and I HOPE they will not be releasing those phones before they fix all the flaws. Here is the link: The link *had* a video of how this phone is "great?"

  • Viper from South Africa post some more information that you have about the phone you have. We all would like to know a little more about this phone.One thing for sure if it had wifi and FM it would be a complete package and then some.

  • Can someone tell me where I can find this phone? Samsung, it is not enough to announce it, apparently someone from Africa has one;now the rest of the world would like one too.

  • Oh my God ... is this phone real ??? Once again Cheers 4 Samsung ... You guys amaze me how do you people manage to squeez all that tech into such a small casing ... we`ll never know ... Keep on the good work !

  • Hey guys i only read good things about this phone, great because i'm a samsung freak. does anyone know if it is fully compatible with carkits, for exemple FWD carkits?

  • The specs looks good,the design is awesome.I have read comments by other viewers and think Samsung should look into the suggestions especially wifi,radio and tv capabilities.

  • This is the real deal, an Imate look alike phone that has better feature than the imate, blackberry and mobile phone. Why even wait for an I-Phone. Sumsung you did a great job

  • smaller then nokia 6233 damnnn then this phone must the real deal!!!!!!!!

  • a great phone!!!!!I baught myself one and its great,never has there been one thats beter!!!!!it only costs R1800 i live in south africa

  • dis is so perfect.da design, da camera,wooooow. i didnt even mention da touch screen and mp3.

  • This is very exiting phone. F700 Model is very smooth model.

  • Great phone, too bad it has no wifi. Samsung almost hit a homerun on this phone but fell short.

  • Bulky? Did you check specs? ; )) This phone is smaller then nokia 6233!

  • the phone's quite bulky but user friendly and has fancy qwerty keyboard 5MP is ausim

  • Here are some extracts from mobile-review: "Having picked Windows OS as the baseline, the vendor has come up with his own interface as an add-on, which looks almost akin to that found on Samsung�s ordinary phones. A plain, yet beautiful idea � you want to take advantage of everything that Windows Mobile brings to the table, but don�t like the user interface, then go for the standard Samsung�s interface. This approach ensures distinctive character of the product, makes it stand out among other solutions present on the market and meanwhile maintains compatibility with applications, features etc. Hence the manufacturer wins consumers� loyalty, sways towards the mass market." I think its running customised version of windows mobile. Time will say. Source:

  • hey boy don't you ever wish this device to utilize the most boring and horrible OS ever. the S60. i'tll be better if it uses palm os, windows mobile 6 or symbian UIQ 3.1 but i think this phone is not OS powered. meaning it stays as that and is not flexible for new advanced applications like OS phones offer.

  • this phone is symbian s60 3rd edition based

  • great phone but it'll be way better if they included wi-fi along with this phone

  • Looks like iPhone..which rips which?

  • It doesn't have FM radio

  • Is this phone windows based??

  • Good mobile, but it haven't FM radio...

  • This ph may be cost more than 1000$us

  • Does it support Chinese character? Read and Write?

  • super phone, super design, super specs. great job samsung

  • haha, this can kill iphone anytime man, iphone is not 3g capable but this baby is hspda plus it is 3 megapixels more than the iphone. This will be my next phone to buy

  • Hey BUG, thanks for adding that web site with the samsung F700 photos. Great pictures. It is nice to see what it really looks like and it looks amazing..WOW!!

  • Does anyone know when this phone will be available? About how much it would cost? And whether or not the phone will be able to pick up wireless internet connections?? THANKS!

  • Bluetooth have A2DP? I want to use with wireless stereo headset.

  • lil jon: iphone will not be the same as other OSes that experience bugs because the OS is open source. meaning developers can easily improve whatever the flaws it have. unlike the other OSes that usually makes bugs until 6 months of presence. another is that the UI of iphone is the best as far as intuitiveness and collness is concerned. i'm just wondering about the OS this one uses.. anybody knows?

  • Well i think the phone looks amazing but the functions are great too 5 mega pixel is great but what about the inside of the phone the menu setup how does it look ???? And when is it coming out in the uk and malta

  • SAmsung F700 LIVE!!

  • screw all u haters... this phone is awesome n better than the apple iphone since this is the first time they're making a phone u know it's going to have a lotof problems. samsung has a lot more experience making phones that people actually like. iphone might look nice and some people might think samsung copied it's style from iphone but how the hell can they do that. think about how long it takes for them to develope a phone and u'll see that the samsung f700 is no copy. the iphone might be better later butthe 1st generation is going to suck with all the glitches so for now the samsung f700 rules over the iphone.

  • I like what samsung creates and I love the idea of F-700. Yes, it's missing some important features, but i'm hoping they will be added in the next model of this phone. NOW, lets take a look at the "working" unit and I HOPE they will not be releasing those phones before they fix all the flaws. Here is the link:

  • Samsung's gameplan: sacrifice substance for form. Pretty attractive stuff but works average. Interface is not very good usually.

  • great design,perfect camera but what u can doo with all if no symbian o.s. ... it's just a phone ... :(

  • samsung mobiles alawys look nice. F700 is one of them, but.. no GPS or wlan. that is a big minus if you compare it to E90. ...and i'm a samsung fan :)

  • HSDPA 7.2mbps is faster than wifi, plus this phone supports edge. In the right network areas this phone has the cappabilities to be as fast a desktop.

  • no wifi no GPS 3G!!! 2.7 inch 240*440(iphone:240*480 3.5 inch) no touch multi tech.

  • no ifrar , wlan n mainly os no , i say a big no no

  • wifi is a must, ...NEXT!!!

  • this phone looks HOT

  • how come this phone has no wifi?

  • os no or yes?

  • ummmm k guys...wifi guys.... samsung = korean brand... im pretty sure many people that goes on this site is from some part of america... blah blah blah iphone copy cat...blah blah... iphone is powered by samsung internally.. wifi - america is kinda slow with technology...pretty anywhere in asia thats heavily populated has 3G or hspda support... therefore eliminating wifi or making it kinda useless....i mean 7.2mb hspda is pretty dam fast..sure kicks dial up's ass...neways just remember these phones are meant for cities with updated technology....i mean unless every city in america has full wifi coverage...i dont think its that big of a deal for them phone companies...

  • Sounds look MAC I-PHONE, ou not? But the miracle occurs when the QWERT pad shows!! Really a very good phone. We wait only for the WI-FI conection!! Uh Ra!!

  • Completely ruled out TV out from all of your new mobiles!!! why SAMSUNG?

  • really.....no WiFi in such a phone?!?!

  • Kal but hey is it really a smartphone? have searched for so long already trying to figure out what OS does this one uses. if it's meant for business, then it should have OS to be able to run the Common applications. but if its a multimedia phone. i can understand the lacking of it but can't understand the high price the korean manufacturer will paste on it's tag.

  • Where is the hell WIFI ? sounds stupid to have windows phone without wifi. i hope they remake this.

  • i really like the it, but it lack some features look at i-mate please try and make it better.

  • The phone lacks several things to make it a full powerful business phone. These are WLAN; Wifi and TV Output for Presentations. When more details emerge, we shall know about things like Battery Life; Inbuilt Memory Size and Card it can support. However, the Qwerty keypad makes it better than iPhone.

  • no wifi is a big minus.. but other than that i am very happy with it. Surely it will not be able to satisfy everybody, but its more than enough for me. Better start saving.

  • @Cezar According to mobile-review, the UI is derived from windows..infact it has all the good staff from windows. Only time will tell how usefull though. Cheers!

  • not really smart, considering it's not a smartphone it does nothing... shame. i can only see that this is an effort of samsung to overcome the real leaders of that kind of form factor. people might get fooled that this one is btter even than iphone, no! it's not. learning about samsung they can't do better with the 5mp camera. neither the touchscreen that wastes soooo much battery as samsung have poor battery backup as far as slimness is concerned. they must equip it with windows in order to compete HTC,SE,Nokia and Iphone.

  • i wonder.. is there an fm radio? i cant see it..

  • Looks exactly like iPhone.Its just my opinion.

  • triband is ok (dual band is also ok, cause we only have the 900 and 1800 bands in our country). No WiFi is ok considering how cheap HSDPA in our country is (PhP 2,500 or around $50 / month for unlimited HSDPA access). Screen is perfect cause more colors = less battery life. I sort of wished they made it usefull sized SDHC and gave it a thicker but more powerful battery

  • just wondering whether "SAMSUNG" will see all these comments that viewers have posted??? No Wi-fi, not quadband, colour resolution not high enough... ...???