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Samsung A701

By David Flynn on 18 December 2006

While a decent phone in its own right, what makes the A701 stand out is what the Next G service brings to the mix, such as streaming video content and a high-speed connection to the Internet.

Editor's rating:9.0 User rating:7

Comments (87)

  • nancia gave 6/10 on 13/07/2008 11:30 Report abuse

    there wasn't much choice of phones initially on next g so i got this one, i prefer sony ericssons. the quality isn't much good considering the price. camera doesn't take pictures that good. the motorola razr which my bf got is better. video is only 15 secs too. vibration is too soft. hard to open. don't like the combined battery & headset hole, means you can't talk with headset while charging, also mine broke 2 weeks after warranty ran out. spose i just don't like this phone much, doesn't have anything standout to make you go WOW. i'm gonna buy a sony ericsson

    • Good: battery life is ok
      alarm is good
      loudspeaker is good
      user friendly big nos and screen is biggish

    • Bad: vibration is too soft. hard to flip open with one hand. sms doesn't learn words, which is a real pain. hard to sms new spelling of words. doesn't store enough messages.

  • jen@jek888.com gave 9/10 on 02/07/2008 09:02 Report abuse

    love this phone had awhile now..

    simple, not too big, not too small. great images.. great voice reproducition

    • Bad: only thing micro card fell out.. yep.. too small.. slot in wrong place.. cap was on.. it just fell out.. lost it..

      bugger.

  • himel gave 3/10 on 02/06/2008 04:28 Report abuse

    OUT LOOK IS GREAT

    • Good: GOOD FOR CITIES
    • Bad: MEMORY S POR, BLUTOOTH IS SLOW
      , CAN'NOT CHANGE THEME AND MESSEGE TONE

  • samsung z400 gave 8/10 on 14/05/2008 17:50 Report abuse

    Samsung A701 is great phone. Cheap and simple. Gives fast functions. Connectivity is hard to loss. Full guide in manual. Supports multi languages.

    • Good: Stylish design.
      Hard to break LCD.
      Support multi languages.
    • Bad: Memory is not enough for me.

  • person gave 9/10 on 09/04/2008 09:24 Report abuse

    heaps good ive got one and love it. Never had any problems at all!

    • Good: big screen, sd slot, headphones
    • Bad: memory

  • topcat gave 2/10 on 25/03/2008 20:05 Report abuse

    Worst phone I have ever had
    Intermittent signal, have to remove the battery, clean the sim card daily, otherwise people cannot hear me when I call them.

    • Good: Big letters easy to use,
      Nice looking phone, but other than that it is has nothing to offe
    • Bad: fragile, unreliable, takes terrible photos
      Cannot change the message ring tone.
      Samsung will confirm this if you ring their IT department.
      Have to turn the phone off evey few days or it drops off the next G platform, so they tell me at telstra

  • someguy gave 8/10 on 20/03/2008 23:20 Report abuse

    great phone. awsum screen. annoying key pad tones. pretty much good all round phone. afew annoying features.

    • Good: awsum touch keypads on the outside of the phone, camera, nice big button for my big thumbs, fast bluetooth,
    • Bad: when playing mp3 on loudspeaker could be louder. the slow loading on the memory card. and how the phone somtimes restarts when loading playlist, how you cant set a mp3 as your alarm.

  • upset.. gave 4/10 on 28/01/2008 17:08 Report abuse

    my brother owns this phone and i love it
    but i live on a farm and it gets no reception at all wich is the only reson im not buying it!! xx

    • Good: its sweet as and i like the set up
    • Bad: reception sucks

  • justy gave 10/10 on 11/01/2008 22:43 Report abuse

    great buttons.good camera and video quality.looks great

  • Wonx2150 gave 9/10 on 10/01/2008 13:02 Report abuse

    Nice phone havnt found any problems with it yet. Signal seems to go up and down but even when its down the phone works fine.

    • Good: Easy to use, Looks nice, Nice large buttons.
    • Bad: Reminds me of a piano, Cameras not anything specia, Poor internal memory.

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