| The U700 was classified at the time of | | | | touch-sensitive keys are still present, the |
| release as the world's smallest mobile to | | | | implementation is much better and means the |
| support the advanced 3G HSDPA data transfer | | | | U700 again improves upon its predecessor. |
| speed. Considering what else has been packed | | | | |
| in, this is a great achievement, though what | | | | Surprisingly, I have a slight gripe with the |
| will be more noticeable upon first | | | | display, something which you would expect |
| impressions is the look of the phone. | | | | Samsung to receive top-marks for usually. |
| | | | Although the quality of the display itself is |
| Put simply, the U700 is a fantastic-looking | | | | very good, the visibility under direct |
| device and proves to be one of the more | | | | sunlight is a concern. This is mostly due to |
| eye-catching phones on the market; it is sure | | | | the surface on the front of the U700 being |
| to acquire plenty of attention because of | | | | very glossy, which has an adverse affect on |
| this. The build-quality definitely merits a | | | | the display quality; this is a shame and |
| mention as the sliding mechanism is solid | | | | obviously means that fingerprint smudges are |
| without being too rigid and the keypad feels | | | | inevitable. |
| solid and comfortable, whilst still in | | | | |
| keeping with the rest of the design aspects. | | | | A nice little-surprise with the U700's |
| | | | features is the quality of the camera. With a |
| Measuring at just 12.1mm thick the dimensions | | | | 3.2MP module built-in you would expect |
| may lead many to believe that the functions | | | | pictures to be reasonable and surprisingly |
| will be somewhat limited, surprisingly, this | | | | it's better than expected. Along with the |
| is not the case. As well as the | | | | Mega Pixel rate, you get a Macro mode, |
| aforementioned high build-quality, there are | | | | autofocus and flash. The image quality is |
| also some well-thought out ideas with regards | | | | much better than is realistically expected |
| to the keypad. It uses the standard 4-way | | | | from such a minute handset and it comes |
| D-pad that was seen in the U600, but in the | | | | mightily close to the top performers in the |
| U700 the same control doubles as a | | | | 3MP arena. |
| scroll-wheel. Upon using this for the first | | | | |
| time, I pleasantly impressed and it is great | | | | The only real complaints that can be made are |
| to see Samsung building on the U600's design. | | | | the lack of an FM radio and the disappointing |
| | | | display legibility under direct sunlight. In |
| As a bonus, everything seems much more | | | | spite of this, the wealth of features |
| responsive than previously seen and this | | | | combined with the high-speed 3G data |
| makes for much better user-interaction. An | | | | transfers (HSDPA) and the gorgeousness of the |
| improvement over the U600 is the speed of the | | | | phone make the U700 a very appealing |
| menu system and key response, which proved to | | | | proposition. The quality of the controls and |
| be a major hindrance before, but has now been | | | | menu speeds just add to the feeling that the |
| resolved in the U700 to make it one of the | | | | U700 will win many admirers and should have |
| best user-interface experiences available on | | | | no problems in finding a niche in the market. |
| the market today. Whilst the same | | | | |