Samsung introduced latest design cell phone Samsung F300. The F300's design, when speaking about it as a phone, is nothing new, except for the shell's dimensions and minor thickness. The very unique ratio between the display and the keypad is surely an eye-picker, but overall the handset looks like any other product. At the same time the opposite side is similar to a closed slider or Apple-branded players which is pretty much a fiction, since putting an iPod and Samsung F300 face to face, you won't see a striking resemblance, but the feeling that they do share something won't let you go.

Both images and text look bright and crisp here, no problems, but makes all the difference is the capacity the screen can hold only two text lines or two menu items at a time, even though the font resolution is great. So grading its functionality, we are ought to give it "low" when it comes to standard features like SMS, camera etc. And it would be a crucial and fatal drawback, if the Samsung F300 didn't have another display measuring 2.1" diagonally on the opposite side in most cases you can switch to this secondary screen, for example when viewing short messages. No about, ergonomics-wise this proves to be somewhat troublesome, but it's a kind of way-out, allowing you to have all features enabled on such tiny device.

Another point of interest here is that since there is no detachable battery in the Samsung F300, you won't be able to reboot it manually should you stumble upon critical software bugs, however here we should give a credit to the developers for arming the handset with RESET button located on the right side. Above the screen one will find a camera lens, which would be taken as UMTS-support by many, while the camera itself would be dubbed as a tool for video calls. In fact Samsung F300's a 2 Mega pix camera (no 3G support here) mounted this only because the interface for handling it is displayed on the other side, although nothing will stay on you way should you want to make a self-portrait.

Due to the fact this screen originates for the previous generation, its being put into a slim casing brings about certain difficulties should you push Samsung F300 a little you will see ripples spreading across the surface, but this is unlikely to damage the device or do something worse, so you might be able to turn a blind eye to it, after all.

The Samsung F300's Working with various types of messages is implemented through separate submenus. Let us begin with short messages. The phone memory can hold up to 200 messages simultaneously; the handset supports EMS standard compatible with Nokia Smart Messaging. Please purchase on online www.phoneandbeyond.com