The Samsung X640 is an entry-level camera phone. Samsung have shaved a little off the price by not including an external display, which is a bit of a shame, but if this doesn't put you off, then the rest of the phone offers excellent value for money.

It's a lightweight compact phone, physically very similar to the Samsung X450, which also lacks an external display. In fact, the X640 is virtually identical to the X450, but with the addition of a VGA camera, a handsfree speaker and Samsung's voice clarity technology which first appeared in high-end phones like the Samsung D500 and E720. The voice clarity system monitors the background noise and the loudness of the voice in order to make the phone call as clear as possible.

The camera is a standard VGA camera as used on all Samsung's entry-level and mid-range camera phones and does its job well. The UFB (Ultra Fine & Bright) display is crystal clear and is better than average for this class of phone. Samsung have equipped the X640 with a generous 6.5 Mbytes of memory, which is a good size for storing photos and Java games.

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