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Samsung SGH-E720
4 out of 5Average user rating :
SamsungManufacturer :
January, 2007Date :
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961Hits :
1User opinions :
As a mobile for entertainment, the E720 includes a superior MP3 player, a megapixel camera and an excellent video camera. Samsung has pitched the E720 as a mobile jukebox-cum-phone, like Motorola's E398. The two companies have approached the addition of MP3 differently. Whereas Motorola has a removable storage card and stereo speakers, Samsung has gone for MP3 controls on the front of the phone and 88.5MB of built-in memory. The E720 is one of the highest spec phones around, excluding some smartphones and 3G phones. At a glance its range of features includes a megapixel camera, a video camera, MP3/AAC player, MP3 ringtones and Bluetooth™ wireless connectivity. There are some features that are better than the D500 and others that are not quite as good, but broadly speaking they are very similar and the main factor that differentiates the two is whether you prefer the conventional clamshell design of the E720 or are attracted by the slide-up design of the D500. The E720 is a very small and lightweight phone. At just 80g it weighs 19g less than the D500 and shaves a few millimetres off the dimensions too. It also features an internal aerial, so is very small and robust for putting into a jeans pocket. The external display is an energy-saving OLED LCD with 65k colours, and displays a clock together with network information. Open up the clam and you can see the brilliant internal 262k colour TFT display - the same as the D500. It's one of the best displays on any phone today. The keypad is a conventional Samsung design and is easy to use unless you have very large fingers. The camera has a megapixel resolution but is a slightly lower resolution that the camera on the D500. Still, this will hardly be noticeable and in fact the video recorder has a higher resolution than the D500 at 352 x 288 pixels. The phone comes with an MP3 player that also supports AAC and AAC+ formats for increased capacity. The E720 has an external music key so you can play tracks without having to open the phone. The MP3 player then displays on the outer screen. In addition to 64-voice polyphonic ringtones, the E720 also supports MP3 ringtones. Ringtones, Java games, video and images can be downloaded to the phone from MMS or via a connected computer. With a choice of USB or Bluetooth wireless connectivity, the E720 is easy to connect. There's plenty of memory for storing music, videos and other data, with nearly 90 Mbytes available. A memory card option would have been the icing on the cake, but you can't have everything! The E720 is a superb phone in all respects except one - and it's a big one - voice quality is not up to standard in many of these phones. Initially it seemed that this may have been due to a faulty batch or an issue with one network, but it is now becoming clear that this is a widespread issue and one that affects all networks. Some users don't seem to have any problems but many do, so you should be warned that you are taking a big risk in buying this phone. Read the user reviews below to get a feel for how serious this problem is. Features of the Samsung E720 include:
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