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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)

  • Leon gave 7/10 on 09/01/2008 09:48 Report abuse

    Nice looking phone.

    • Good: Works well in country areas
    • Bad: Vibration alert far too weak. Needs to have some form of adjustment available.
      Phone is difficult to open in a hurry.

  • kaylee gave 7/10 on 05/01/2008 16:22 Report abuse

    this phone has is ups and downs mainly ups the phone is HUGE but thats a good thing to a degree

    the memory is a let down because i can only keep 220 messages and thats really annoying because every few minutes ive got to delete some messages grrr

    oh and for those who dont know how to set a mp3 song to ringtone you have to move the song from the memory card to thw downloads file in music and then set it as ringtone and only ever keep one song in that file so the memory doesnt build up

    • Good: lots of things to do definately worth the price
      camera GREAT camera
    • Bad: memory
      cant change message tone
      or phone theme

  • vindy gave 6/10 on 10/12/2007 10:35 Report abuse

    strange this phone does not support synch with pc to manage contacts... I have old phone contacts stored on pc couldnt import to it anyway planning to switch back !

    • Good: great screen quality/sound
    • Bad: slow bluetooth transffer

  • Rachel_3009 gave 9/10 on 28/11/2007 20:40 Report abuse

    Great all round phone
    easy to use

    • Good: Big screen
      Easy touch key pad
      Great sound
      Great design
    • Bad: Memory
      Chunky design

  • robert gave 10/10 on 10/11/2007 09:47 Report abuse

    what do you mean you cant set your mp3 to ringtone.its easy!just go to the song press options and then set as ringtone.

    • Good: internet and camera
    • Bad: memory

  • alex gave 8/10 on 18/10/2007 14:58 Report abuse

    i been reading everyone's comments and i managed to set my mp3 as my ringtone first go. i dont know why yous cannot but i managed. good phone and good design.

    • Good: unique design, cam quality is good, good display
    • Bad: memory

  • alexdabomb gave 6/10 on 30/09/2007 13:33 Report abuse

    not bad fone but cant set mp3 msg tones! that pisses me off!

    • Good: good camera/video good sound comfortable buttons big screen
    • Bad: cant set msgtones mp3! my outside screen cracked! but thats just coz of keys in pocket with ity!

  • alex musgrave gave 2/10 on 24/09/2007 15:53 Report abuse

    i think it was crap coz if ya cant put mp3 songs on as msg tone or the camaras blurry whats the point of putting it on the market

    • Good: big screen, great buttons
    • Bad: mp3 song as msg tone
      blurry camara

  • robert gave 10/10 on 15/09/2007 21:36 Report abuse

    got it from work and didnt want to change from my old phone.But since ive strted to use it it has being very good

    • Good: the internet

  • Cindi gave 10/10 on 13/09/2007 22:04 Report abuse

    nice phone

    • Good: good design,fast internet

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