Let's start with the SGH-L170's looks. There's a fashionable glossy finish with metal highlights, a discrete widescreen display, large navigation pad and an unusual touch-sensitive keypad. We say unusual, because most touch sensitive keypads are flat, but the one on the L170 is actually raised and looks quite conventional at first.
The display is unusual too - Samsung have opted for a widescreen 1.6" 220 x 176 pixel panel on the L170. Presumably Samsung have gone for this arrangement to try to make the most of what is a relatively small screen size.
On the back is a basic 2 megapixel camera, and the SGH-L170 has microSD expandable memory, Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity. Inbuilt software includes a blogging application, RSS reader, web browser and a multimedia player. On top of all that, the Samsung L170 has an FM radio and video calling too.
We think that any 3G handset that comes in at less that 100 grams is pretty lightweight - and the Samsung L170 weighs just 86 grams, making it one of the lightest 3G handsets on the market. There are a few compromises to get it down to this weight - the display is a little on the small size, and maximum talktime is just 2.7 hours.
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| General | Bar Form | | Yes |
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| Camera | 2+ Megapixel Camera | | Yes |
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| Memory | microSD (TransFlash) | | Yes |
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| Display | LCD (Color) | | Yes |
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| Ringtones | MP3 Ringtones | | Yes |
| | Polyphonic Ringtones | | Yes |
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| Data | A2DP | | Yes |
| | Bluetooth | | Yes |
| | Data-Capable | | Yes |
| | Infrared (IR) | | No |
| | Slot for Memory Card | | Yes |
| | Wi-Fi | | No |
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| Features | 3G | | Yes |
| | Alarm | | Yes |
| | Android Series | | No |
| | Antenna Internal | | Yes |
| | Antenna Stub | | No |
| | Bada OS | | No |
| | Blackberry | | No |
| | Calculator | | Yes |
| | Calendar | | Yes |
| | Changeable Faceplates | | No |
| | E-Mail Client | | Yes |
| | Extendable Antenna | | No |
| | Face Detection | | No |
| | Flashlight | | No |
| | FM Radio | | No |
| | Games | | Yes |
| | GPS / Location | | No |
| | High-Speed Data 1xRTT | | No |
| | High-Speed Data EGPRS (EDGE) | | Yes |
| | High-Speed Data Ev-Do | | No |
| | High-Speed Data GPRS | | Yes |
| | High-Speed Data WCDMA (UMTS) | | No |
| | High-Speed Data WiDEN | | No |
| | Java (J2ME) | | Yes |
| | MP3 Player | | Yes |
| | Picture ID | | No |
| | Picture Messaging | | Yes |
| | Platform Palm OS | | No |
| | Platform Series (Symbian) | | No |
| | Platform UIQ (Symbian) | | No |
| | Platform Windows Mobile for Pocket PCs | | No |
| | Platform Windows Mobile for Smartphones | | No |
| | Push-To-Talk | | No |
| | QWERTY | | No |
| | Speaker Phone | | Yes |
| | Touch Screen | | No |
| | Vibrate | | Yes |
| | Video Calling | | Yes |
| | Video Capture | | Yes |
| | Voice Dialing | | No |
| | Voice Memo | | Yes |
