Samsung SGH-E700 Camera Phone Review

By Ian Bell Updated February 1, 2004

Quote from the review at HardwareZone:

“Samsung has finally removed the antennae from their clamshell mobile phones with their latest SGH-E700 handset. Prior to this release, the entire line of clamshell mobiles from Samsung has an unsightly antennae sticking out from its otherwise exquisitely designed exterior. Not only was the antennae a thorn in the eye, it is also a point to consider when one is shopping around for a mobile phone. The exterior antennae, as we know it, has been deemed as an outdated and redundant design for mobile phones ever since Nokia introduced its antennae-less 3210. Suffice to say that from that point forth, antannae-less designs were the kind of phones that everyone was going after. “

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