“Aside from the tiny physical depth of the 700, the design is dominated by the speaker grille at the bottom, clearly styled to indicate that there’s a decent speaker underneath. After some testing, I’d rate the speaker quite highly, it’s possibly the same component used (albeit in duplicate) in the 5800 and X6 and sounds extremely crisp, with no high frequency loss due to there being plastic in the way (as on the X7 – twice, you may remember). The speaker itself is still less than a centimetre in length, so the full width grille is a little misleading, but I was still impressed overall with the sound coming out of the 700. Being a touch-driven phone, the display is of the utmost importance, of course. And it’s of terrific quality, possibly the same component used to great effect in the C6-01 that predates this 700. The ClearBlack Display technology works superbly and the nHD display is very crisp and clear, with that ‘painted on’ look we’ve seen in the C6-01 and E7 before it. Given that the 700 is arguably a direct descendant of the popular 5800, it’s instructive to put the two devices side by side: the 5800 is far more bulky and its display far, far less impressive – in alllight conditions.” Read more here:
