Vodafone F700 To Be An iPhone Rival

September 10, 2007 – 1:41 pm

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Vodafone is announcing new phones for Europe for the holiday season, and one of the handsets is a high end touch screen phone that should rival the iPhone.

The British mobile phone operator has an exclusive agreement to offer the F700 smartphone from Samsung Electronics, said Jens Schulte-Bokum, head of the global terminal division at Vodafone.

The Vodafone F700 is based on proprietary technology developed by Samsung. The phone, which Vodafone plans to customize and co-brand, has been referred to by industry pundits as an “iPhone killer.”

The F700 has touch-screen capabilities and plays audio and video files. But unlike the iPhone, the device has a pull-down QWERTY keyboard and support for 3G (third-generation) and HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), which has speeds theoretically as high as 7.2M bps (bits per second).

Vodafone is Britain’s largest mobile phone operator, and is expected to put their support behind the new phone. According to them, they are disappointed that the iPhone from Apple does not support 3G.

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