Today Samsung took the cover off the Ultra Smart F700, which is supposedly one of the world’s most advanced smartphones. With a design that resembles Apple’s iPhone, the new Samsung is aimed at consumers in love with touch screens. The F700 features a 2.8-inch 440×240 screen to control calling, internet access, and music functions. Samsung’s Ultra Smart F700 also includes VibeTonz, a vibration system introduced in the recent W559 that simulates tactile feedback to touchscreen presses. A single navigation button near the bottom of the phone resembles the single button on Apple’s iPhone, while rounded corners and a rectangular shape give the Ultra Smart F700 an iPhone-like appearance. The device includes a slide-out keyboard to accommodate typing and Web browsing, according to Electronista.
There are some other aspects of the F700 that make it superior to current phones; based on the company’s specifications. These features include ava 5-megapixel camera featuring auto-focus. This dwarfs the Apple iPhone’s 2-megapixel camera. The new Ultra is also touted as one of the fastest internet-capable cell phones anywhere: support is provided for HSDPA as well as the new, 7.2Mbps download rates of the 3G wireless standard. The speed combined with the large screen enables the phone to receive a 4MB MP3 file in 4.4 seconds. Media playback support includes multiple AAC audio formats, Real, and variants of MPEG-4 including H.264.
The phone will make its public debut next week at 3GSM and should be available internationally later this year. A U.S. release is currently unlikely, however, as the phone uses only a tri-band GSM radio — effectively shutting it out from most if not all North American carriers. The Ultra Smart joins the company’s previously announced Ultra Music and Ultra Video models.
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February 8th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
This unit looks really cool. I think apple may have got it wrong by not including a real keyboard with the iPhone. I don’t know if I will be able to get used to typing on a screen…