Samsung F480 Tocco

Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by IBM in Reviews.

To pick up where we left, prepare to meet the next bestseller by Samsung. If you think Samsung F480 is not up to such a challenge you might want to think again. The compact touch-operated handset has every chance of becoming the next best thing since sliced bread. It is extremely pocket-friendly but its own pocket is bulging – so to say – the little fella has it all. Plus, the looks are fantastic, so only one important question remains – is the performance on par with the marvelous specs. Luckily we are just about to answer that question, so sit back and enjoy.

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Key features

Ample 2.8″ 262K touchscreen color display of QVGA resolution
Touch-operated flash UI
5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash
Camera comes with face detection and wide dynamic range
3G with HSDPA
Great design and high quality construction
228MB of internal memory
microSD card slot
Widgets
Excellent haptics
FM radio with RDS
Great camera interface
EDGE, Bluetooth and USB connectivity
Great web browser

Main disadvantages

Tri-band only
Display legibility suffers under direct sunlight
No landscape mode and no virtual QWERTY keyboard
Fingerprint magnet
Inadequate flash for the camera
Video recording capabilities max out at QVGA resolution

Final words

It’s not too often that we are so impressed with a handset as we are with Samsung F480. The little fella is an extremely capable device carrying a serious feature pack. In addition, it is so suave and compact that it is bound to earn itself quite a lot of fans. User-friendliness is also among its definite strong points. Some users might miss the Armani logo for the frill of it but we for one won’t really grieve over it.

5 megapixel camera, 2.8″ touchscreen display and HSDPA ring the right bells in the tech-freaks’ minds. Those are however hardly the people to go for Samsung F480. After all, there are still one or two absences in its specs sheet.

Instead, the F480 is targeted at people that want a good all-round device, which won’t tear a whole in their pocket. With the camera white balance fixed in the retail version, which seems imminent, Samsung F480 will also be a tempting purchase for the cameraphone lovers.

Finally, the people who see handsets as web-browsing devices should also have a look at Samsung F480 before buying their next phone. HSDPA combined with the great web browser make web-browsing a great experience and, if it wasn’t for the missing Wi-Fi, it would probably be in the top three handsets in this respect.

Samsung F480 is expected to hit the shelves on May 19th and – take our word – you might just want to wait until then before you fork out the cash on your next handset.

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