| On the surface, the Samsung G600 and the Samsung | | | | Similarly, the batteries powering the two devices are |
| J700 look similar, but how similar are they really? | | | | similar - both Lithium-Ion batteries - but the one with the |
| Both devices are slim and slender, compact candybar | | | | G600 is slightly more powerful, able to retain a charge |
| style slider phones (which means they both come with | | | | for up to 300 hours of standby time and 3 1/2 hours of |
| a slide-out keypad). They also both just about the | | | | talk time versus up to 250 hours of standby time and |
| same size - with the G600 being 101 mm x 47.8 mm x | | | | 3 hours of talk time with the J700. |
| 14.9 mm as compared with the J700 which is 99.5 mm | | | | One enormous difference between the two Samsung |
| x 48 mm x 14.8 mm. The J700 is, however, a bit lighter | | | | devices is their digital cameras. The G600 has a 5 |
| weight than the G600, weighing in at 92 g to the | | | | megapixel digital camera, but the J700 only has a 1.3 |
| G600's 104 g. | | | | megapixel digital camera. Plus, the camera on the |
| The G600 has a 2.2 inch display screen with 240 x | | | | G600 includes autofocus, image stabilization, and LED |
| 320 pixel resolution and is capable of up to 16 million | | | | flash, whereas the J700's camera has none of these. |
| colors. The J700 has a slightly smaller 2.0 inch display | | | | Both devices have some degree of video recording or |
| screen and only 128 x 160 pixel resolution, capable of | | | | capture and playback capability, but the G600's is |
| just 65,000 colors. | | | | better, being VGA capable at up to 15 frames per |
| Both of these phones run on the AT&T EDGE | | | | second. |
| network, and neither of these phones support 3G | | | | For your music listening pleasure, however, both |
| speeds. Both phones have Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP | | | | devices have a built-in MP3 player and an FM tuner |
| and a USB v2.0 port, but neither one has Wi-Fi. | | | | (though the G600's is in stereo). |
| The G600 features a speakerphone but no photocall, | | | | What is most surprising about these two smartphones, |
| while the J700 features the reverse - photocall but no | | | | perhaps, is that it was the Samsung G600 that was |
| speakerphone. The phonebooks in both devices, | | | | released first, in July of 2007, while the Samsung J700 |
| meanwhile, are each able to store 1,000 contacts, but | | | | was released in February of 2008. You'd think it would |
| the G600 can save 10 more each of your dialed, | | | | be the other way around because the G600 seems |
| received, and missed calls than the J700 can (with 30 | | | | like an upgraded version of the J700. So to sum up, |
| 30/30 versus 20/20/20). | | | | unless you really want a pink smartphone (the J700 |
| Along the same memory-related lines, although both | | | | does come in black too, by the way) or unless there's |
| devices sport microSD card slots for expandable | | | | a significant deal or pricing difference, then there's |
| storage, neither of these smartphones has very much | | | | really no obvious reason to choose the J700 over the |
| internal memory, with the G600 having 55 MB and the | | | | G600. |
| J700 having 10 MB. | | | | |