Samsung E715 / E710 review

Battery, Sound and RF performance

I am not sure what the reason is, but the phone drained the battery way too fast. With heavy use, it barely lasted from the morning to about 7pm. With normal use, it might last about 1.5 days. Overall, plan to recharge it every night and make sure you have a car charger. Another thing I noticed was the very short time between low battery warning and the time the phone powered itself off - about 2 minutes.

The RF performance (signal reception) was on the average side but this is normal for almost all Samsung phones. Nokia 3650 and Motorola V600 did better in my tests.

The sound quality was average. I did not notice any hiss even when the volume was set to maximum. The outgoing sound quality was about average also.

Conclusion

Samsung E715 / E710 is a small size stylish clamshell phone that features decent quality VGA camera with flash and no video recording, global roaming (only in 900/1900 Mhz) and very interactive GUI. Unfortunately, its style can not substitute the lack of many features - no email, no voice dialing, no movie recording. I think the phone will appeal mostly to teenagers and people with high fashion sense, who do not care about the phone's capabilities.