Samsung F210 Swivel mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs


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Score: 7.4/10

237 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This Mobile Phone has no outstanding positive points. It scored poorly on features. “Small and compact and very good sound quality.” ABENA, Stratford View all 237 real customer reviews

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Real customer reviews

237 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
71% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (236)
Battery life6.7
Design8.0
Ease of use7.5
Features7.0
Value for money (at time of purchase)7.8
Overall rating7.4
Basic text and chat user (2)
Style and looks come first (2)
Music and entertainment lover (1)
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Score 7.0/10

ABENA, Stratford

+ Small and compact and very good sound quality.

- Navigation/ Keypad very dilicate.

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purchased 17 Oct 2007

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Small and compact. Relatively easy to use

- Very short battery life

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26 of 26 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Nov 2007

Score 8.0/10

Gaynor, WETHERBY

+ The compact size, the ease of use to browse.

- The phone opens in handbag and pocket so uses the battery life quicker. I find it difficult to send text messages, I would not choose this phone again personaly as i am finding it quite difficult unfortunatly i have this for 2 yrs.

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23 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Nov 2007

Score 9.0/10

Lyle, Greaby

+ Looks great with excellent music player

- Battery doesn't last long

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21 of 21 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Nov 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ It's a very stylish phone and easy to use! Excellent camera and music! I love everything about this phone.

- Reviewer left no comment

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19 of 19 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Nov 2007

Score 3.0/10

Kayleigh, Birmingham

+ This phone is really small and compact, making it easy to fit into pocket and bag

- ive had this phone for 2 months now, i have to charge everynight, the swival mechanism is wearing as it opens at the slightest touch.the round navigation button has seized up so cant use that anymore. not many features on this phone, its basically txt and phone, when the phone is closed it shows up the mp3 part (makes the phone more like an mp3 player) so if u need to check the time or look if you have a txt you have to open the fone fully, generally dont rate this phone to use as a main phone, ill be buying a new phone to use as a main one and use this as a phone when im going out and need to save space in my bag

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purchased 03 Feb 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “small, fun, adaptable, organised”

+ Small and fits nicely into any bag!

- The navigator on the front does tend to hurt your thumb after a while, and when closed your screen is only of mp3 player so you have to open the phone to see the time

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purchased 14 Feb 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “live life to full”

+ the phone itself is great, i listen to music all the time and its fantastic as an mp3 player and you can carry on listening to music whilst going through your phone and the music carrys on after a phone call without the need to press any buttons.

- the only thing for me is the battery life but as i am using the phone all the time its not a surprise that the battery doesnt last

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15 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Feb 2008

Score 8.0/10

Petra, Marlow

+ I needed a small yet powerful mobile which Samsung F210 is. It even impressed with good design anyone who saw it. Easy to navigate, compact, reasonable battery life and listening to music made it a welcoming necessity. I cannot review email or web browsing as I do not use it.

- However, there are still some points which are not well thought or not easily accessed. I have found particularly 2 features highly unsatisfactory.
1. Camera/video: when taking a picture a natural position of my holding hand covers the lens. If remembered and I try to use one hand, pressing button is very innatural. It is not clear how to proceed as well.
2. Organiser: when using reminder, task - I keep missing the appointment because it does not appear nor does it stay on the screen as on an old Nokia mobile. When doing another activity like driving, being in the class, I cannot deal with it immediately and soon I forget. Out of sight out of mind.
3. I cannot find how to disable web browsing button. I accidently pressed button several times and the result was paying more money then intended.

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purchased 04 Apr 2008

Score 2.0/10

john, doncaster

+ it small and compact easy navigation

- the sound is not very loud and you can not use ring tones for messages or alarm

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Clare , Bristol

+ The good points about the phone is it could fit in anywhere so you cant lose it

- it's hard to see the screen cos its too small

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13 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ nice key pad, easy to navigate

- not much use if you are left handed

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Dec 2007

Score 4.0/10

Debs, Winchester

+ it is compact

- once you have music on the phone and it runs out of battery it looses the music that you put on. also i dont like that fact that you dont have the option to turn the MP3 player off automatically when the phone closes so you just have a blank screen instead of the MP3.

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Jan 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ flip design, small, battery life

- takes some getting used to!

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Dec 2007

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- ring tones are not loud enough if the phone is in my handbag i can't hear it

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jan 2008

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ I picked this phone as I liked the look of it and its so small it can fit in my pocket or small handbags.

- The battery lasts no time at all even if I havent used the phone at all that day its still flat by the end of the day.

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purchased 21 Jan 2008

Score 4.0/10

christine, dundee

+ its small and neet and i can use it just like an mp3 player and with the extra leads given i can play it in my car too

- the ring tone volume is very low and it is quite hard to open sometimes to me it is the wrong way round.

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ nice and small easy to text, looks good,

- battery lasts about a day which is fine but if your caught without a charger...
the sound is not very loud

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Dec 2007

Score 3.0/10

Russ, Lincoln

+ Looks good, feels like high quality.

- Too small keypad/screen, not loud enough (ringtone), can't set own msg tones, no option to have it vibrate AND ring at same time, battery life is poor

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Jan 2008

Score 10.0/10

daisy, cardiff

+ amazing design,lady-like!
even the boys think its cool,though!
inovative take

- easily breaks,esp the rotating arm!

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Kath, Surrey

+ The phone is small and compact and easy to use. It has a small memory card to store and save MP3 files as well as photoraphs. The music sound is very good and I canattach my own headphones with an adapter. T

- The writing on the screen is a bit small; I sometimes have trouble reading it without the use of my glasses. The front often swings open when the phone is in my pocket or my bag.

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Feb 2008

Score 9.0/10

Lynn, Manchester

+ Very stylish and easy to use

- There aren't really any bad points.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jul 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ phone looks great once you get use to it, it is a nice phone

- to do one thing there is loads of different ways of going about it. also ring tones i find are not loud enough on an outdoor setting cant always hear the phone ringing

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Feb 2008

Score 8.0/10

Hebron, Cambridge , “Righteous customer”

+ Its just a righteously ok phone to me.

- The battery life but then it depends on what you need the phone for as i only chose it for its compact and it being so small, rather than the other features like camera etc.

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purchased 28 Feb 2008

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- volume of phone is not loud enough, I have several missed calls every day due to the low volume even at the phone's highest level.

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purchased 13 Feb 2008

Score 8.0/10

lucy, newbury

+ The camera is very useful, and the software that comes with it is just like having a digital camera its a two in one product.

- The pivot point is slightly tempermental at times.

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purchased 10 Feb 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Can't get out music player form screen if phone closed. Should be choice.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Jan 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ grat small phone idal for listin to music

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 21 Feb 2008

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ it is a good phone with its slim design.

- the sound quality is awful when you play the mp3 player it is very low and not like any other phone with a music player built in.

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purchased 05 Feb 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “suitable for my lifestyle”

+ I like the phone becuase of the size, battery life and sound quality.

- None.

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purchased 20 Feb 2008

Score 1.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “its crap”

+ none

- all

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purchased 22 Apr 2008

Score 7.0/10

Emma, Bradford

+ Reviewer left no comment

- i think this phone is brillant the only 2 things i dont like are,the fact u cant have a screen savers on,jus the music screen comes on wen u close it and the message tone,u cant change it to a music tune u just have to have one of the phones message tones.

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purchased 20 Apr 2008

Score 7.0/10

Laura, Weymouth

+ It lloks really good, everyone asks "where did you get it" and "how much did that cost you"

- Its like navigating through a maze trying to find features, im used to a nokia where everything is easy to find.

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purchased 09 Apr 2008

Score 4.0/10

Sara , Ayrshire

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The phone never stays closed, always swivels when in your pocket.
Took ages to connect it to the computer.
When looking to download ringtones, this model of phone does not appear.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jul 2008

Score 8.0/10

danielle, warwickshire , “nothing”

+ the size and features

- the battery life is ok when its on standby but if you actully use it the life doesn't last very long.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Jun 2008

Score 2.0/10

kryszia, hull , “honest,helpful,trustworthy,”

+ small and compact

- not loud enough cant get on to the net got to keep opening it to see the time

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

nichola, cradley heath

+ it is a very fashionable and reliable phone

- n/a

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Feb 2008

Score 9.0/10

charlene, london , “always on the go”

+ the fact it holds so much memory and is so small and compact, finding a small phone is so difficult nowadays

- it doesnt have loud speaker when on a car!

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Courteous and pleasant”

+ The phone is very small and compact and easily transported in pockets or handbags.

- 2 faults with this product - the ringtone volume is not loud enough and no loud speakerphone - although was told it has one but has yet still haven't found it. Any clues??

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purchased 19 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ it looks good, is fast for texting, great for music, and texting with one hand is now easy

- When you turn you phone off it erases the music on the phone. the camera has no focus so its very hard to take a non-blury picturee

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Aug 2008

Score 4.0/10

Annette, Sunderland

+ Small

- Everything else. Controls are bad, software is bad. Too difficult to use.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

sonum, Leicester

+ it is a good easy compact phone to use with some of the best features.

- its hard to get used to

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Apr 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ looks stylish

- volume could do with being louder

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purchased 07 May 2008

Score 1.0/10

jeanette, huyton

+ Reviewer left no comment

- to small, volume not very high, not happy with rhis choice

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jul 2008

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ good for music and looks good

- screen way too small, you cant see pictures you have taken because of small screen and poor picture quality. low battery life. keys too small to use.

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purchased 31 May 2008

Score 9.0/10

Jo, York

+ nice little phone easy to use lovely design, first phone I have managed to download songs on. lol

- screen small when viewing picture messages I have been sent, not enough memory to save many texts.

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purchased 21 Jul 2008

Score 9.0/10

Elin, Ipswich

+ It's a small, neat and attractive phone. It has a very good music player feature built in. Its easy to use and a good phone.

- The battery life does not seem to be very good on the phone.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Jillian, Colchester

+ It works well and easily, its not too technical and does what I want it to too.

- The camera isnt very good.

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purchased 03 Apr 2008

Score 6.0/10

katie, llanfechain , “young, professional, female, ambitious”

+ Reviewer left no comment

- the only really bad point is that after you have swiveled the phone a few times it becomes loose and sometimes you get cut off during a coversation beacause the phone closes!

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purchased 02 May 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “16 year old girl”

+ looks good, music recognition

- When I close it it automatically goes onto music which drains battery
camera

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purchased 27 May 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Girly :)”

+ its so easy to use and can fit in any handbag!! it looks great and works really well

- the only problem that i find with it is the fact that when you shut it it automatically goes onto music player but apart from that its great oh and the battery life isnt very long especially when you listen to music on it

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purchased 09 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

hayley, bristol

+ i like the phone like the design it is easy to use and battery life is good

- photo screen is a bit small so cant really see pictures and the turning mechanism does get loose quickly

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purchased 21 Jul 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “elderly but not technophobic”

+ Eeasy to use, very small and light but has easy to read keyboard.

- Needs recharging more than I expected.considering i do not use many features other than phone.

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purchased 17 Sep 2008

Score 10.0/10

Robyn, Dorking , “im a girly girl”

+ I really like this phone, its easy to use and looks really good. Its small size is also usefull when carrying it around with you (in any bag!) the mp3 is also really good.

- the camera is not good at all. it cant store many messages.

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purchased 06 Apr 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ looks great, small and compact, easily fits in your pocket/ small bag

- Got really frustrated when text messaging and I text A LOT. This, however, could just be that it's because I'm used to Nokia phones and their format for texting. I also take a lot of pictuers with my phone and I did find the screen too small (also applies to texts as well). It's not a bad phone and I probably just made the wrong choice in purchasing this one for my particular needs. I don't listen to music on my mobile and I think this is probably a great phone for that very thing if that's what you'er looking for.

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purchased 19 Apr 2008

Score 10.0/10

DEBRA GARLAND, CARDIFF , “NO”

+ I THOUGHT IT IS A GOOD PHONE

- NONE

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purchased 19 May 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “having text love affair”

+ Stores loads of music. Beautiful design. Easy to use

- Need to recharge every night if you use the music player a lot. Havn't worked out how to get rid of little voicemail symbol. Sometimes texts come through a bit late. Shame you can't have stored music as text alerts.

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purchased 12 Apr 2008

Score 10.0/10

Chris, Hartlepool

+ Fantastic for listening to music! It's more like an MP3 with a built in mobile rather than the other way round!

- The battery life is not so good when listening to music but it's not a major problem.

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purchased 23 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ easy to open with one hand

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 19 Jun 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ SMALL

- PICTURE IMAGE

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purchased 06 Jul 2008

Score 8.0/10

Sophie, Coventry , “young honest helpful trendy”

+ buttons easy to use, and general navigation easy to use

- when the slide closes music player comes on automatically which is annoying
camera quality is poor

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purchased 29 Jun 2008

Score 8.0/10

Nicola, Cheshire

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The only bad point i have with this phone is the ring and text alert.On many occasions i have missed calls and text messages because you can hardley hear the alerts when they ringing even on full volume.

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purchased 14 Jun 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Intelligent, funny, musical.”

+ Nice design. Easy to navigate through the menu's. Large capacity for storing music.

- Turn wheel can be a bit of a pest and the music player is always displayed when you close the phone. The time is not displayed when you close the phone over.

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purchased 18 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Jonathan, Dunstable

+ Excellent as a music player. Easy to use and very small and compact. The 180 degree swivel opening is fun and very functional.

- It is much more a music phone than a camera phone. The screen is small, the picture quality mediocre and don't bother trying to record any video footage outside of the hours of daylight.

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purchased 29 Jun 2008

Score 2.0/10

Michelle, LEEDS

+ Reviewer left no comment

- difficult to open when left handed!!!!!!!!!!

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purchased 30 May 2008

Score 6.0/10

vicky, southampton , “fun hard workin”

+ small sleek design

- phone flips back when on a call.....
hard to hold no handed

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purchased 23 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Vikki, Jedburgh

+ Stylish and compact design, which fits into small handbag or pockets easily.

- Battery doesn't seem to last as long as other phones I have had.

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purchased 01 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

Heidi, Montrose , “fun”

+ looks good, easy to use!

- none

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purchased 08 May 2008

Score 10.0/10

Dayna , Newmains , “Am A Phone Aholic”

+ Its So easy to use Looks good itsnot to heavey oo too light its jst ryt over all i recomend this phone.

- when it rings its not tht loud but you just get usty it on vibrate.

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purchased 17 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Really stylish - I got it for my teenage daughter and she absolutely loves it. Even though the phone is tiny she has no problems using the keypad; she loves the music player on it.

- She sometimes complains that the battery runs out quite quickly.

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purchased 24 Apr 2008

Score 7.0/10

Kate, Cheltenham , “Tech savvy”

+ Easy to text, Lots of memory

- Scratches Easy, Video playback is tiny. Sound is not very loud.

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purchased 22 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “fun small happy good”

+ Flip

- The screen is small hehe

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purchased 16 May 2008

Score 3.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- when you close it the mp3 comes on and you have no option to stop it

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purchased 12 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Laura, West Midlands

+ The phone is easy to use & compact and not bulky. Although it is a small screen the text is still easy to read. The sound quality on the phone is also good.

- The camera is not very good quality

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purchased 01 Apr 2008

Score 5.0/10

Joan, Cheshire

+ looks good

- No flash on camera, no loud speaker. Very poor battery life

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purchased 27 May 2008

Score 3.0/10

Anne, York

+ I had a samsung phone before and it was much easier and fun to use this seems to complicated.
I cant think of any good points

- Cant hear it when it rings in my bag i have to carry it on me
you cant see the whole picture on the screen you have to use side arrows (not good)
Video not easy to use or voice mail
Pretty rubbish phone would change if you are offering

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purchased 11 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

lesley, kidderminster

+ compact and easy to use

- screen too small to view pictures

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purchased 07 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

sandra, saltcoats

+ features

- battery life

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purchased 28 May 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Its small / compact and i think easy to find everything. Great to use. Looks good too.

- I cannot find any faults with this phone I think it is great.

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purchased 03 May 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ it is small and compact and easy to use. the music playback is brilliant. the camera is also very easy to use and the photo quality is very good

- the swivel design means you have to be careful how you hold the phone during a call as you could partially close the phone and cut off the call. This is a very minor gripe tho as it soon becomes second nature

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purchased 24 May 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- I have difficulty with the ringtone and the volume and the fact it hardly rings before the answer machine kicks in

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purchased 26 May 2008

Score 9.0/10

ruth, nottingham

+ i like the size & the colour. the music u can store on it as well.

- you can not get a ring tone 4 messages. it just a beep.

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purchased 03 Apr 2008

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ small

- twist

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purchased 25 Jun 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ It looks fab - cute and stylish at the same time! Nice and compact so easy to pop into small evening hand bag. Easy to text on, responsive key pad. The pretty blue screen. It's the best phone I've ever had!

- When you close phone it goes automatically to the music player - v annoying as this means that the outside screen does not show if you have a missed call, a text or the time. So you always have to open it to check status. There is a really annoying 'alert' sound which is activated in a number of different scenarios - eg, if you are scrolling in a text and reach the top. From what I've seen this cannot be turned off, it's annoying and SUCH an awful noise. Not many ring tones to choose from - even less alerts for texts to choose from. Small point, but I don't like how it displays 'London' below the time, couldn't it have been GMT.

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purchased 17 Jun 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ v. user friendly, smart appearance

- photos not its strong point

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purchased 23 Apr 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use

- No way to set up sound profiles so you have to kepp going back into the sound settings when you want to got o silent or vibrate mode - last phone had profiles for each sound setting you wanted and it was easy to switch between them

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purchased 29 May 2008

Score 6.0/10

Sam, Lincoln , “Im great”

+ its a nice size but keys are still useable cameras only 2 mega pixels but it takes good pictures

- no flash, no loud speaker, the music player comes on automatically when u close swivel, would prefer an option so that doesnt happen

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purchased 20 Jun 2008

Score 8.0/10

Jill, Norwich

+ I love being able to carry my phone unobtrusively in my pocket. Its compact size enables me to do this.

- I dislike the disc at the front of the phone which is meant to allow you to scroll up and down the menu. It's very stiff and temperamental - i've stopped attempting to use it as it is not good at all.

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purchased 05 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

Joanne, Harrow

+ Very compact and easy to use. great for listening to music.

- Very small screen, can't use custom tones for messages and the preset message tones are all fairly annoying

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purchased 04 Jul 2008

Score 8.0/10

james, bath

+ easy to use

- battery runs out quickley

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purchased 21 Apr 2008

Score 5.0/10

MICHAEL, CAERPHILLY

+ SMALL

- KEEPS FLIPPING OPEN IN POCKET

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purchased 29 Apr 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ compact

- feels too fragile

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purchased 19 Apr 2008

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ small and compact

- boring, unable to turn off mp3 player then the phone is closed,

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purchased 25 Apr 2008

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ The phone looks stylish and is small and compact so easy to carry around with you.

- The screen is too small to view anything properly and the keypad is so close together its really easy to press the wrong buttons.

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purchased 08 Jul 2008

Score 1.0/10

Ayesha, Middlesbrough

+ Nothing

- Everything

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purchased 24 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ good battery life, looks good i like the swivel bit. its small but when you are making calls on it the mouth piece reaches your mouth

- dosent syncronise with my computer, is slow to sync with other phones hard to find games that work with this phone

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purchased 08 Jul 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ It's very thin and compact and fits in your pocket perfectly. Picture quality of camera is excellent, key pad is easy to use and the best one i have had on a mobile phone. The sound quality is also very good.

- When putting the phone on silence mode it automatically plays the tune of your ring tone or message tone when you go into the application. For the ring tone you can only put it on the lowest number of volume which is 1 as there is no silence application. The message tone is ok as you can put it onto vibrate or nothing.

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purchased 30 Jun 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ great phone

- none really

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purchased 04 Jul 2008

Score 9.0/10

ken , blackpool

+ Reviewer left no comment

- screen not clear enough scratched to easy

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purchased 22 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ small phone but easy to use!!!!

- camera is not brilliant and the ringing isn't very loud

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purchased 14 Jun 2008

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Product Features

3G No
Touchscreen No
Type Swivel
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels 2
Band Tri
EDGE Yes
WiFi No
Screen Resolution (pixels) 128x220
Bluetooth Yes
XHTML Browser Yes
WAP Yes
FM Tuner Yes
SatNav No
MP3 ATRAC Playback Yes
Operating System Proprietary OS
SAR (W per kg in 10g) 0.20
Memory Card Slot Yes
Camera Yes
Weight (g) 72
Talk Time (hours) 3.5
Standby Time (hours) 265
USB Port Yes
Dimensions (mm) 87.8x31x20.5
Video Recorder Yes
Java Yes
Games Yes
Mobile TV No
Instant Messaging No
HTML Browser No
Phone book capacity (names) 1000
Colour Multi
Networks Orange
Release Date 11 Oct 2007
Integrated Radio Yes

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Manufacturer's Description

music phone with 2 megapixel camera

At first glance, the tiny device appears to be a cutting-edge music player, but with one flick and a swivel, the trendy mobile reveals a host of communication and multimedia functions. Offering 100% music and 100% phone functionality.

FM radio with RDS
Alongside the multi – format music player, the SAMSUNG F210 has an inbuilt FM radio to provide the latest music and up-to-date news and information around the clock. It is capable of both automatic and manual tuning to help you find your favourite radio station.Radio data system (RDS) will display useful information such as station ID, song title and artist as you listen.

memory
The SAMSUNG F210 has a huge 1GB of internal memory! This will provide plenty of room to store your music tracks, photos and movies, but if you still need more storage the SAMSUNG F210 also supports MicroSD external memory.

connectivity
The SAMSUNG F210 supports USB 2.0 High Speed to facilitate the fastest data transfers. Additionally Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR is supported for faster wireless connections to peripherals such as Bluetooth stereo headsets and Bluetooth photo printers.

lanyard earphones
The stylish lanyard earphone enables you to wear the SAMSUNG F210 around your neck, whilst listening to music or taking calls.The SAMSUNG F210 also has a 2 Megapixel camera, which would be easily accessible when wearing the lanyard, so you’ll never miss those key moments to take a photo.

music recognition
This special feature helps you to identify an unknown song. Just record a clip of the song (just a few seconds is enough) on your phone, send it to the server using WAP, and the song will be identified within seconds. There is also an option to directly purchase a ring tone download of the song from the SAMSUNG fun club (network dependant).

design and interface
The SAMSUNG F210 is a swivel music phone, providing 100% music and 100% phone in a compact unique design. When the phone is open the familiar 3 × 4 number keypad is revealed and the phone interface is activated. However, when in the closed position, the music interface is activated for a complete music experience.