Samsung Diva S7070 review

Here we go, then. A handset specifically designed to charm fashion-conscious women. With its elegant look, ergonomic design and fashionista features, the Samsung Diva S7070 will certainly appeal a lot to the women who love to flaunt their style statement.

Let’s make something clear at the outset, before we go any further with this one. Not all girls like pink, Samsung, and nor do they all like diamond cut buttons on their handsets. In fact, there is a school of though with which we have not a little sympathy that says Pink Stinks (Google it!)

Right, that out of the way, let's take a look at what Samsung has done with the Diva.

The device comes with the pearl white finish to the embossed quilted back cover. It adorns the smoky crystal diamond button on the front. Samsung Diva S7070 is undoubtedly the embodiment of glamour and sophistication, and the perfect extension of your impeccable design sense.

In many ways the Diva is like plenty of other Samsung handsets of late. Small format, touchscreen, widgets that you can pull onto any of three main screens. And there are some features perceived by Samsung to appeal to girls, such as a physical design judged to be ‘female centric’ and a wish list application where you can list all the stuff you want to buy.

First let's take a look at the specs that this device has to offer. Draped in pearly-white quited back cover, Samsung Diva S7070 proudly displays diamond-shaped crystal button on the front panel. It is equipped with a 3.2 megapixel camera.

The company also offers special security features with this designer phone. The phone comes with 'SOS Message' and 'Fake Call' features. There are other tools such as 'Wish List' to tab and synchronize shopping inventory. The phone presents a unique 'Etiquette mode'. This feature assigns automatic silent mode for the handset at necessary moments.

Physically this is a fairly tidy handset. It is small at 54.8mm x 101mm x 13.4mm, and it is light at 92.6g.

The white and silver fascia of our review sample (it also comes in a lurid black and pink colour scheme) is fairly understated, but the backplate is a horror. Oystershell shiny it is a curved with an uneven sort of diamond-like patterning which means the handset doesn't sit very stable on a desk.

There are Call and End/on/off buttons on the front fascia, and in between them that large, clear, diamond cut navigation button we mentioned earlier.

The edges offer a screen lock and camera button on the right, volume controls on the left, and the microUSB charge and headset connector slot is on this edge too.

Yes, Samsung has again decided that headsets don’t warrant a 3.5mm connector and that they can protrude from a side edge of a handset and snag your pocket rather than sit more ergonomically on the top or bottom edge.

Connectivity is somewhat hampered as there is neither 3G nor Wi-Fi. You are left with tri-band GSM and GPRS for your voice and data requirements.

The user interface is in many ways pure Samsung. With three main screens to flick through with fingersweeps and a side panel for dragging widgets around, anyone who has seen a Samsung handset in recent times will recognise it.

But oh deary, deary me, out of the box the pink wallpaper with curly italic font is a horror of monumental proportions. Thankfully you can change wallpaper, theme and choose between four different font styles.

The fact that there are only four fonts is actually a bit of a bind, because once you've selected your favourite it is everywhere. Quite bizarrely it even overrides the font style of web sites you visit.

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