The advantage is for the early adopters. If you want everything that is latest in the market, this is something that you must have. On the downside, you would have to carry on with the same phone for a year or so or whatever contract period you take. If you are ready to wait for the Samsung F700 to come in the open market, you would be able to get a wider variety in the tariffs to choose from.

All in all, Samsung F700 is a very good phone. Even though the phone is a Samsung's first step in the smart phone line, there are very few rough edges. Overall the device is good for anyone who is about to take his first PDA phone. While Samsung claims that this phone is Ultra Smart, the PDA functionality of the phone can only be regarded as entry level. One of the major aspects of being a smart phone, the ability to run, native third party applications is missng. Reason being that this phone seems to work on the same firmware and operating system (if it can be called that)on which other Samsung phones. Although the eye candy has been increased but that is just about it.

On the brighter side, the phone comes with hardware that would make any smart phone jealous (yes iPhone, you too). This is a full 3G device with integrated HSDPA support. You get Wireless broadband up to 7.2 mbps.

On the multimedia side this phone is very capable. You get a music player and video player with wide range of codec support. Even Real's formats are supported. The phone also comes with a high quality camera on the rear and self portrait plus video call camera on the front.

If you have been using Vodafone and are looking for a new device, this phone would be the perfect for you.