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The highly touted phone said to rival Apple’s iPhone found another ally in a British operator. Samsung’s F700, said to be the closest to rival Apple’s beloved product, will be a part of the several phones to be launched by Vodafone Group PLC. Vodafone also plans to add bits and pieces in customizing the F700 further.

The F700 has touch-screen capabilities and plays audio and video files. However, unlike the iPhone, the device has a pull-down QWERTY keyboard and support for 3G and HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), which has speeds theoretically as high as 7.2M bits per second. This is already regarded as the first salvo for Samsung in its quest to make the iPhone yesterday’s news. No pricing information was available. Phones will be available beginning sometime this month but a schedule of exactly which phones will be released and when was not provided to any news outlet.

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Vodafone, Apple, iPhone, Samsung, F700, 3G, HSDPA

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