Samsung rebrands Ultra F700 as ‘Croix’

Samsung has named its new F700 smartphone ‘Croix’, which means cross in French, relating to the phone’s four-directional touch input.

Croix features a 2.78 inch colour display with 440×240 pixel resolution. The touch screen provides tactile feedback to the user via VibeTonz technology.

The device also features a Flash user interface, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 5-megapixel camera with auto focus and HSDPA connectivity giving a maximum data transfer speed of 7.2Mbps. The phone also includes Bluetooth, WAP, Java, and USB.

Croix has a full HTML web browser. It features microSD expansion, and measures up at 104 x 50 x 16.4mm.

Samsung demonstrated the device at the 3GSM World Congress in February, but there is still no news on when it will be released.