Samsung SGH-E700

The Samsung SGH-E720, a model similar to the E700.

The SGH-E700 is a GSM mobile phone designed by Samsung Electronics, and their first internalized antenna phone. ^[1] It was announced in August 2003 ^{[2] [3]} and became the firm's flagship handset at the time. ^[4] The SGH-E700 had a slightly more rectangular look compared to other clamshell phones of the time. Because of its "elegant" design, the handset gained the affectionate nickname " Benz Phone". ^{[5] [6] [7]}

The storage of the Samsung SGH-E700 holds 9 MB shared memory for pictures and MMS messages, 600 Kb for Java apps, and 200 short messages. ^[8] The display (colour TFT) size is 1.8 inches and it has an external colour display as well. It has a VGA resolution camera. ^[2]

A commercially popular handset during its time, more than 10 million units were sold. ^[9]

References

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