Samsung W699, a 10,000-yuan dual-mode dual-touch mobile phone, is the first test in the world.

Evaluation background:

　　　 After launching the flagship count SCH-W629 with dual-mode dual standby of more than 10,000 yuan, facing the reorganization of the domestic telecom industry, the company once again launched the flagship dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone for the new owner of CDMA network, China Telecom, and the new CDMA brand of China Telecom. It is also a telecom deeply customized mobile phone. Compared with Earl, its design has become a flip double touch screen, and the number of pixels of the autofocus camera has also increased to 5 million, but the same thing is that the listing of this machine has also exceeded 10,000 yuan.

Packaging box of Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

Packaging box of Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

Standard configuration of Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone (dual original power and the other in the installation body)

Appearance overview:

　　　 As a dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone with a price of more than 10,000 yuan, the atmospheric appearance of the rose gold Samsung W699 is even worse than that of the last dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone-Earl W629. On the front, it is a model (2.2 inches). In fact, W699 is a clamshell machine with a 2.8-inch touch screen and numbers. The two different operation modes can meet the individual needs of users, and also make the W699 not small in size, with measurements and weights of 98×56×19.9 mm and 172 g respectively, but it also shows a considerable momentum.

Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

Samsung SCH-W699 (licensed)
[Sales business] Tianxitong mobile phone network
[Contact] 010-68349470 010-68319570
[Business Address] Room 203, Block B, Tongji Building, Dongli, Beiying, Fuwai Street, Xicheng District
[merchant online shop] //dealer.zol.com.cn/d_52791/

　　　 The Tianyi logo on the front of the fuselage shows that it is a customized model of China Telecom, and the W699 is also a dual-mode dual standby with China characteristics, so there should be no parallel version. The 2.2 "on the front is of QVGA resolution (320×240 pixels), which is moderate in size and does not play the role of usurping the host’s role. There are no buttons on the front of the fuselage of W699, which should remind users that this is not a straight touch screen mobile phone.

Dual-mode dual standby mobile phone

　　　 After opening the flip cover, a 2.8-inch large screen and quite wide numbers will appear, which undoubtedly makes the Samsung W699 greatly improved in text input speed and control comfort compared with Earl W629, and also obviously draws lessons from the design of W579, one of Samsung’s most successful dual-mode dual-standby mobile phones. Above the internal screen of Samsung W699 is the receiver, which is also the speaker of W699. It seems that there is no independent speaker for a 10,000-yuan mobile phone.

Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

　　　 The back of Samsung W699′ s fuselage is its battery cover, the autofocus camera embedded in the upper left corner and the one next to it. The back cover, which is also rose gold and has the word "",can be pushed open by downward force, which hides the battery compartment of W699. This machine comes standard with two 1200mah lithium-ion batteries, and we will evaluate its standby time later. The top left corner of the battery cover is the stylus slot of W699. The retractable stylus is quite long after being pulled out, which is more user-friendly.

Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

　　　 On the left side of Samsung W699, there are lanyard holes, volume keys, data interfaces and microSD memory card slots. This machine comes standard with a microSD memory card from Kingston OEM, which is pre-installed with navigation software. There is a "DIGITAL BY QUALCOMM" label on the right side of the fuselage of the new machine, which means that Samsung W699 has adopted the communication chip solution of Qualcomm, and there is also a HOLD key to unlock/lock the external screen and a photo shortcut key on the right side of the fuselage.

　
Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

　
Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

User interface:

　　　 Through the previous appearance introduction, we already know that there are two screens with QVGA resolution, one small and one large, and many netizens will have questions. What is the division of labor between these two screens? The answer is, when the flip is closed, the external screen displays, and when the flip is opened, the internal screen displays. Except that the external screen will display a locked interface, there is no division of labor between the two, and the contents displayed are the same … Maybe many netizens will shout that Samsung is too lazy! But then again, having an external screen as powerful as the internal screen can complete all the operations without opening the flip cover. Why not?

Dual-mode dual standby

　　　 Samsung W699 has added the "TouchWiz" widget, which is very popular in the world recently, to help users design personalized main interface. The whole user interface of W699 adopts the design of "three soft keys", and the left and right two correspond to the left and right soft keys of the mobile phone respectively, while the central one can only be realized by clicking on the screen, which is a little inconvenient. On the main menu, W699 adopts the design of 12 squares, and it can be seen that one third of the icons are related to "Tianyi" of China Telecom.

　
User interface of Samsung W699

　　　 Due to the change of solution and chipset, Samsung W699 is not like the traditional GS such as F488 and U908, but similar to Earl. Dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone will be different from ordinary GSM models in this respect, but it will be weakened in multimedia function, interface color and user-definition. However, in the basic dual-card management or call, many details are optimized according to the needs of users for two calling cards.

　　　 In the battery compartment of Samsung W699, you can intuitively see two SIM/UIM card slots, with the words "CDMA" on the left and "CDMA/GSM" on the right. After testing, Samsung W699 can support CDMA/GSM dual mode dual standby, but it can’t support CDMA/CDMA dual C network dual standby. When inserting two CDMA cards, users can only use one of the two cards at the same time.

Card slot of Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

　　　 On the left side of the direction key is the dual-card switch key of Samsung W699, which can switch any SIM/UIM card inserted as the main card, and the main card is the card used by default when making a call. When sending a message or replying to a short message, W699 will prompt the user to choose which number to send it from, and the default number is CDMA (when CDMA+GSM is used), which is a bit cumbersome. At least when replying to a short message, you should be able to reply directly from the card that received the short message by default, and users can choose.

　
Network switching of Samsung W699

Telephone information:

　　　 The fuselage of can store 1000 contacts, and the contacts stored in the fuselage include surname, first name, fixed line, group, incoming call picture, ringtone and remarks. There are not many items but enough. In the call settings of the settings menu, you can adjust the answer mode, call status tone, call prompt and 10 rejected calls list, in addition to IP phone function.

　
Contact person of Samsung W699

　
Telephone function of Samsung W699

　　　 In terms of information, Samsung W699 can store 1000 short messages, and also supports the functions of short messages, multimedia messages (CDMA), spam messages filtering and SOS messages. The filtering of spam messages can block addresses and keywords. It is worth noting that W699 does not support MMS in GSM network. In terms of input method, it is natural to support handwriting because of the adoption of two screens, but the handwriting of W699 can only be confined to two handwriting frames and does not support full screen. In addition, you can also use entities for input, and Pinyin input method can support the input of common phrases.

　
Information Function and Input Method of Samsung W699

Multimedia function:

　　　 In terms of multimedia, we can intuitively see that some functions are music players, which can be classified according to current play, all, recent play, most frequently played, artist, genre, record, composer and playlist. Users can set songs as ringtones, ringtones of users’ calls, alarm bells, and choose stars for songs. In addition, there are repeated and random plays. This music player also supports background play.

　
Music player based on

　
Music player of W699

　　　 As a 10,000-yuan dual-mode dual standby, Samsung W699 has not arranged too many multimedia functions, which is understandable compared with the busy boss-level figures it faces. As for videos and files in other formats, you can use the "My Favorites" function that is common in.　　

"My Collection" of Samsung W699

Photographing software:

　　　 Samsung W699 adopts an autofocus camera with, which is upgraded to the current mainstream compared with the AF of Earl W629. In terms of camera software, it supports timer, white balance, camera effect adjustment, ISO, exposure measurement, wide dynamic range, anti-shake and image quality adjustment; In terms of camera mode, W699 can take continuous shooting, matrix shooting, photo frame shooting and panoramic shooting; In addition, W699 supports macro and face recognition. This camera can take photos with 2560×1920 pixels and videos with 640×480 pixels.

　
Samsung W699 Camera Software Settings

Photo proofs:

　　　 From the photo proofs, Samsung W699′ s 5 megapixel camera performs quite well, and the color reproduction, sharpness and saturation are satisfactory both indoors and outdoors. High-end business people who use Samsung W699 can record the details around them with high quality.

　
Photo sample of Samsung W699 (click to enlarge)

　
Photo sample of Samsung W699 (click to enlarge)

Other tools:

　　　 There are many tools integrated in the "Application" menu, including navigation software, photo, FM radio, image editor, voice dialing and tape recorder, business card recognition, games, dictionaries, timers and stopwatches. In the Tools menu are alarm clock, calendar, memo, world time, calculator, conversion and timetable.

　
Other application tools based on

　
Other application tools of Samsung W699

NaviTo navigation:

　　　 The GPS software used by Samsung W699 is NaviTo mobile navigation, and its working principle is gpsOne of Qualcomm. The navigation software is located on the supplied microSD memory card. NaviTo mobile navigation is very similar to the built-in Navito "I navigation" of A1800 that we evaluated earlier. In route planning, it can be carried out according to the shortest time, shortest route, avoiding traffic lights and avoiding toll roads. And support one-click navigation to the preset "company" and "home".

　
NaviTo mobile navigation of Samsung W699

　
NaviTo mobile navigation of Samsung W699

Tianyi function:

　　　 As a customized "Tianyi" mobile phone of China Telecom, Samsung W699 has built-in four "Tianyi" related functions in the main menu. Clicking the center confirmation key can also directly reach the "Internet Star" of China Telecom, which can be said to fully meet the needs of Tianyi users and provide great convenience for their use. Because we don’t have a CDMA USIM card available at hand for the time being, we can’t test related services, and we will make up this part later.

　
"Tianyi" function of Samsung W699

Data connection:

　　　 After connecting through the standard data cable, a prompt will pop up by default, allowing the user to choose the connection mode, including PC Studio, PC and mass storage mode, and after connecting the data cable, it will be automatically charged by the PC.

　
Data connection of W699

　　　 Samsung W699 supports Bluetooth wireless connection, which can provide Bluetooth services such as hands-free, file transfer, object exchange, basic printing and dial-up network. We transferred a file with a size of 4.65MB from Bluetooth 2.0 chip on PC to Samsung W699, which took about 120 seconds in total, and the Bluetooth transmission speed of W699 was relatively average.
　　　
Standby time:

　　　 Samsung W699 comes standard with two 1200 mAh lithium-ion batteries, travel and cassette charger, which can basically ensure uninterrupted use by users. During our evaluation, after Samsung W699 was fully charged, under the conditions of dual-mode and dual standby, under the conditions of 15 text messages, 15 phone calls and 15 minutes of listening to music every day, W699 persisted in the standby time of nearly two days, and the two batteries were used alternately, so the battery life should not be a factor affecting users.

Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

Evaluation summary:

　　　 Compared with the previous generation of dual-mode dual-standby flagship Earl W629, Samsung W699 has improved the camera pixels and increased the numbers, which has increased the usability that is not very important to the buyers of this machine, but it is also quite commendable. At the same time, W699 once again established Samsung’s important position in dual-mode dual-standby mobile phones and Tianyi customized mobile phones, and once again proved that Samsung has a keen sense of smell and a complete strategy in the China market.

Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

　　　 After the launch of China Telecom’s new brand "Tianyi", there is an urgent need for a number of customized models with high positioning in the face of the scarcity of high-end customized mobile phones, and Samsung W699 is the model that came into being in this context. Although it has a sky-high price of more than 10,000 yuan, Samsung W699 should be favored by many high-end business people like the original Earl. Because the listing is too high, the price of this machine will naturally keep falling, but consumers who really want to buy this mobile phone should not care.

Samsung W699 dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone

Advantages of Samsung W699:
1. The appearance is atmospheric and the texture is excellent;
2. Double flip keyboard makes it easy to use;
3. The dual-mode dual-standby function is perfect;

Samsung W699 Disadvantages:
1. The listing price is high;
2. There is no independent speaker;
3. MMS function under GSM is not supported.

Samsung SCH-W699 (licensed)
[Sales business] Tianxitong mobile phone network
[Contact] 010-68349470 010-68319570
[Business Address] Room 203, Block B, Tongji Building, Dongli, Beiying, Fuwai Street, Xicheng District
[merchant online shop] //dealer.zol.com.cn/d_52791/