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The most impressive phone in the Samsung booth at 3GSM was definitely the SGH-Z710. This baby packs every feature you could imagine into a remarkably small, light, and sleek package.

Compared to the rest of Samsung's 3G lineup for Europe, the focus of the Z710 is definitely on the camera. The Z710 sports an impressive 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera module. In addition to being high-resolution, the display twists just like on the P857, so that you can hold the phone sideways like a standalone digital camera, and the display will cover nearly the whole side of the phone facing you, to serve as a giant viewfinder.

The Z710 had impressive camera performance. Like most auto-focus camera phones, it unfortunately took a second or two to focus, but once it took a shot, it was ready to take another almost instantly (less than a second). It has enough buffer memory to take up to nine photos in a row, with almost no waiting between shots. The "saving..." screen that most camera phones have after you take a photo simply doesn't exist on the Z710. That's great of course, although it does take some getting used to... it means it can be hard to tell if it's taken the photo or not, which may lead to missed, blurry, or extra shots if you're not paying attention.

The Z710 is very similar to Sharp's 903 for Vodafone. Both are 3G phones with 3 megapixel cameras and twisting displays. However the Samsung wins on form factor. The Z710 is just amazingly small and light for everything it packs in, the hinge seems better, and the controls feel better.

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