Samsung SGH-E630 GSM Phone Review

By Ian Bell Updated January 14, 2005

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“We have all reasons to repeat that the line of Samsung mobile handsets, despite its mainly fashionable character, is probably the most rational and well-calculated among the phone series of all manufacturers in this field. There is usually no criticism about the feature combinations in Samsung phones, as this company offers only those features that are in high demand in one or another segment.

However, it turned out that this pragmatic manufacturer also experiments with niche products. At least, the SGH-E630 makes you feel that.

It’s quite obvious that this model is Samsung’s attempt to create one of the most compact sliders on the market. As a result, this new phone, being a model of Samsung style, still has noticeable differences in design.”

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