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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)

  • hursty gave 8/10 on 24/03/2007 20:45 Report abuse

    Great phone with not many problems...

    • Good: great speed and awsom lcd screen.
    • Bad: The cover lcd turns off after 3 secs or 10secs when volume is held down. This doesnt allow any time for you to read it and your missed calls dissapears when the cover lcd turns of.

  • anonymous gave 3/10 on 05/03/2007 19:00 Report abuse

    Phone has fault where it goes mute (no key sounds or ringer) after a couple of days, and I need to turn it off to fix it.

    • Good: Good look, good features.
    • Bad: Menu is a bit clunky, especially getting in to settings and games.

  • miltu gave 6/10 on 04/03/2007 16:13 Report abuse

    pretty good phone

    • Good: Everything is brilliant apart from the media player
    • Bad: everything music wise about this phone absolutely sucks the shuffle in it is exactly the same and you have to make a playlist to get full functionality from the media player and the earphone are 20x too big for me and always fall out!!

  • benny gave 10/10 on 25/02/2007 15:25 Report abuse

    it is the best phone a ever hade but the only downfall for me is when i flip it i can fell it getting weaker

  • debbye2 gave 6/10 on 04/02/2007 23:13 Report abuse

    was wary about this phone after my excellent Nokia - but it's ok

    • Good: great screen
    • Bad: annoyed at not being able to manage contacts on PC or change alert tones for sms

  • schmick02 gave 7/10 on 30/01/2007 09:45 Report abuse

    Great - but:
    Bluetooth and USB transfer speeds seem very slow compared to previous samsung
    Samsung PC Studio does not support contact manager and message manager on this phone.
    The calender is pointless as far as synch with outlook is concerned
    Media player buttons on the cover seem to have a random behaviour

    • Good: Fast startup on Next-G
      Fast interface generally
    • Bad: Stumbles in the Outlook Synch department

  • Dave gave 10/10 on 26/01/2007 18:23 Report abuse

    Great phone, clear quality voice calling. Excellent buy, so far I am happy with it.

    • Good: None that I can find
    • Bad: none at all.

  • Loveyouseall gave 10/10 on 24/01/2007 14:04 Report abuse

    This phone keeps on impressing me.
    Hey everyone that's complaining about the proprietry headphone adaptor, get a 3.5mm converter off ebay, works a treat, awesome sound quality. The supplied earphones are RUBBISH.

    • Good: Awesome mp3 player.
    • Bad: Exterior buttons lock themselves too quickly

  • wildmcactus gave 10/10 on 23/01/2007 10:59 Report abuse

    Although a great handset, the lack of RAM limits its potential as a multitasking device.

    • Good: Excellent display
    • Bad: Limited multitasking because of small RAM base

  • adrian gave 10/10 on 21/01/2007 09:50 Report abuse

    The best! This truly shows Samsung's potential to make the best phones!

    • Good: Great looks, thin profile, touch-screen MP3 buttons on front facia and it's a Samsung!
    • Bad: only comes in black (but still looks sexy)

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