The good: The Samsung SGH-A717 has decent call quality and a speedy Web connection. It also offers a diverse range of features, including world phone support, 3G compatibility, a 2-megapixel camera and Bluetooth.
The bad: The Samsung SGH-A717 has a tiny external display, a flat keypad, and average streaming-video quality. Also, it lacks a camera flash and it doesn't come with the necessary USB cable for PC syncing.
The bottom line: The Samsung SGH-A717 offers an admirable feature set and good call quality. We'd just like to clear up a couple of design issues.

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