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Noah gets his hands on the Samsung F700 at CTIA '07 SF

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I got a chance at long last to try out the Ultra Smart F700, the uberphone just released on Vodafone over in Europe.  The HSDPA-capable F700 features a touch screen backed by the new "Croix" user interface, a slide out keypad, and 3 Megapixel camera (while the phone was originally shown with a 5MP camera, the Vodafone release is 3MP). 

The F700 is nice - the screen is big and bright, the touchscreen functionality works well and provides vibrational and/or auditory feedback, and the QWERTY board is pretty comfortable to type on.  And the phone is surprisingly light but not at all cheap feeling.  While the Samsung guys wouldn't go so far as to say a US version is confirmed, I got the impression that it's certainly worth hoping for an F700 on this side of the pond before too, too long.

Check out the hands-on video for a closer look at the F700, and special thanks to Kim and everyone else from Samsung for making this available at the reader meetup in San Francisco.

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BizareAngelz @ Dec 14, 08 9:30 PM
Do you have a guess of which phone carrier would carry the f700
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User (157637) @ Nov 11, 07 12:00 AM
Hey Noah, if it is marketed as a smartphone compared to the voyagers "messaging" does that mean that to have internet it would cost the verizon charge of $45 a month compared to the voyagers access of internet by needing v-cast only for $15 a month??
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Noah Kravitz @ Oct 29, 07 12:00 AM
Scotty - I believe it does light up, but can't remember for sure. I can't imagine that it wouldn't, though. Even though the one I played with was a GSM model, there are a lot of rumors going around that Verizon will be offering it soon as a CDMA handset. On the one hand that doesn't make much sense to me since the LG Voyager is about to launch on VZW, but on the other hand you never know. In some ways it would make sense, particularly since AT&T is going to get the "Prada" phone soon. Also, the F700 would likely be marketing as a "smartphone" where the Voyager is a "messaging phone."

I heard another rumor that this is going to be Helio's follow-up to the Ocean, and while I really like that idea I wouldn't bet on it just yet. I'd love to see it on T-Mob, personally, but can't imagine it launching without 3G data ... T-Mob will roll out 3G, though ... eventually!
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User (155741) @ Oct 23, 07 12:00 AM
Hey Noah - Does the keyboard light up on that phone? If you had to guess which carrier would offer the F700?

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