Samsung SGH-i718 Video
Samsung SGH-i718 Video Transcript
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>> I'm Nicole Lee, associate editor for CNET.com. And this is the Samsung SGHI718. It is a Windows mobile pocket PC and as you can see there are no keys involved here, it's just one giant touch screen for all of the navigation and the dialing. On the bottom here the typical navigation toggle as well as the two soft keys. On the back here is the [inaudible] megapixel camera and the self portrait mirror. Now you may be wondering how you're gonna dial. There's a touch screen keypad here. And you dial it by you know, pressing the keys here. The interesting thing with this phone is that it actually has a slight haptic feedback whenever you touch the keys. So whenever I'm dialing, I'm actually feeling a very slight tiny vibration. However, the haptic feedback only applies to certain applications of the phone. The rest of the phone's features has to be navigated with the included stylus right here. It also has support for Microsoft Office documents, like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and it's also a quad band GSM phone. However Windows mobile five is kind of an old OS, especially with Windows mobile six coming out now. And it doesn't have 3G support. [ background music ] Also because this phone doesn't have any US carrier, you have to buy this phone unlocked for the hefty price of over four hundred dollars. So for the price we don't think it's really worth it. My name is Nicole Lee, and this has been the Samsung SGHI718. ^M00:01:26 [ music ]
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Samsung SGH-i718 (unlocked) Review
The good: The Samsung SGH-i718 is a decent Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC device with a 2.0-megapixel camera, quadband GSM support, and integrated e-mail support. It also comes with haptic technology, which provides tactile feedback when dialing with the touch screen. Plus it has excellent battery life.
The bad: The Samsung SGH-i718 is too expensive for the features it offers. The haptic technology does not extend to all of the phone's applications and we had to enter text with a stylus, either via handwriting recognition or a tiny virtual keyboard. It also does not have 3G support.
The bottom line: While we love the tactile feedback of the haptic touch screen and we think the feature set is pretty decent, the Samsung SGH-i718's high price tag and lack of 3G support suggests to us that you should look elsewhere for your Pocket PC needs.
Samsung SGH-i718 (unlocked) Specs
Manufacturer: Samsung
Part number: SGH-i718
- Product Basic Spec
