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Saturday, 7 July 2012

Samsung A711

Did you like the Samsung A701? We certainly did back in late 2006, and it would appear that Samsung did too -- a little under a year later, it's re-emerged from the Samsung equivalent of a mad scientist's laboratory, somewhere near Seoul, with faster Next G capabilities and... a spiffy red cover, at least for our review sample. Samsung do also offer it in the same black as the A701, if you live to confuse people. If you're a secret agent, pressed for time and need to flee this Web page before something unspeakable happens to you, that's pretty much the A711 in a nutshell. The SAMSUNG A711 now delivers faster high speed data rates - up to 3.6Mbps, that's up to 10 times faster than 3G. This means lightning fast internet connection at broadband speed, the ability to open large email attachments with ease and download your favourite music from BigPond Music in seconds. With the SAMSUNG A711, the world is yours - without the wait.

Samsung A711

The A711 features the standard raft of pure mobile features -- telephony, SMS, MMS, ringtones and so forth, along with a 2-megapixel camera -- alongside Next G specific features such as mobile Foxtel and access to Telstra's mobile-specific Internet services. One minor change from the A701 is that the A711 doesn't come with 32MB of onboard memory; instead you've got 48MB to play with. In practical terms, most users will need to pony up for a microSD card to make full use of the A711.What makes the A711 stand out is that it supports the 3.6Mbps HSDPA standard, which gives it a lot more headroom for streaming content and Internet data. Admittedly, it will depend on where you are in relation to a Next G transmission point as to whether you'll hit a large difference between this and the A701, but the capability is at least nice to have.

Samsung A711

Friday, 6 July 2012

Samsung A711

The A711 features the standard raft of pure mobile features -- telephony, SMS, MMS, ringtones and so forth, along with a 2-megapixel camera -- alongside Next G specific features such as mobile Foxtel and access to Telstra's mobile-specific Internet services. One minor change from the A701 is that the A711 doesn't come with 32MB of onboard memory; instead you've got 48MB to play with. In practical terms, most users will need to pony up for amicroSD card to make full use of the A711.As a basic phone, the A711 works much like the older A701. The inbuilt camera is solid but not terribly exciting, and the display screen has good light and contrast for video playback. Samsung rates the A711 as being capable of up to 220 hours standby time and 170 minutes of talk time, which jibes with our test results. We managed seven and a half days of moderate usage between recharges, although it was predictably much less if we did a lot of streaming video watching.

Samsung A711