Samsung F480 Tocco Candy Bar Touchscreen 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs
1618 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary
+ This mobile phone scores high on battery life. - It has no outstanding negative points.
“The full touch screen is really easy to use and the screen is easy to read and large”
Will, Preston
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Real customer reviews
1618 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
83% of people recommend it.
Reevoo's summary of reviews:
Customers say the touchscreen is often too sensitive and you can accidently cut off phone calls as a result. The best thing about the Tocco, according to 21% customers, is its style.
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*not all purchasers provided a score or review
Taz, Brighton
Score 9.0/10+ Its a good phone, ease of use,once you get used to it. small, compact, but nice weight so you actually feel like you have a phone in your pocket.
- problem is the touch screen is very sensitive, so you can quite easy make mistakes when sending a text, or dialling a call.
purchased 15 Oct 2008
Philip, Newcastle upon Tyne
Score 10.0/10+ The touch screen is excellent and texting is so easy now compared to other phones i've had.
- The battery life is not to bad but could be better.
purchased 18 Oct 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser , “sporty guy”
Score 9.0/10+ touch screen very gd
- cant change from T9 unless you do it every single time
purchased 30 Oct 2008
paula, London
Score 8.0/10+ the phone is really good i love it
- the batery doesn't last long
purchased 20 Nov 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10+ Looks great, touch screen is good, good gaphics, easy menu design
- Sometimes the touch screen doesn't respond, if you're trying to text fast it's easy to make mistakes
purchased 27 Jan 2009
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10+ Easy to use, has good features, camera and texting is easy and of good quality to use.
- Unable to delete stored pictures etc. on phone, taking up memory.
purchased 19 Dec 2008
Steve, Grimsby
Score 9.0/10+ Stylish, easy to use, goo value
- None
purchased 13 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Its a very stylish phone which is why i brought it, i also like the fact its small and compact
- sometimes i find it hard to text beacuse the fact its a touch screen and i press the worong buttons by accident
purchased 23 Jan 2009
richard, poole
Score 8.0/10+ looks, ease of use
- email does not seem to work and cant find easily how to configure
purchased 27 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »
Score 6.0/10+ it has good battery life and is stylish
- navigation can be too sensitive/ not sensitive enough at times. keeps freezing
purchased 03 Nov 2008
Debs, ESSEX , “Style and looks come first” More like this »
Score 10.0/10+ Fab,Cool phone!very impressed overall!great camera and love the widgets on the screen..
- Not sure if i like the protective attatchable cover as the phone is so good looking and the cover hides it abit!other than that nothing negative to say about it!
purchased 21 Feb 2009
Helen, Caldicot
Score 10.0/10+ Excellent phone - looks good, works v. well.
- None - so far
purchased 18 Jul 2008
Hayley, Bournemouth , “Mobiles need to work”
Score 5.0/10+ Good layout and easy to use, nice looking phone
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Camera is rubbish, not worthy of the 5 megapixel rating.
Not enough software.
purchased 22 Jul 2008
Cathryn, Sheffield
Score 9.0/10+ The touch screen is very easy to use , with the icons clearly marked. Very easy to navigate.
- takes time to learn all the shortcuts to the features.
purchased 02 Jul 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ i like the overall design and ease of use.
- i don't like the internet access as this is hard to get and the battry life could be better.
purchased 06 Aug 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 4.0/10+ easy to use
- broke already within a month could not switch on
purchased 26 Aug 2008
Gary, Leeds
Score 8.0/10+ Really good camera and viewing screen.
- Touch screen can be a bit sensitive. Menu is a bit complicated.
purchased 24 Sep 2008
Grant, Ayr , “Student”
Score 10.0/10+ It's a very good looking phone, and very simple to use .
- The touchscreen could be a bit too complex for people that aren't as comfortable with technology .
purchased 08 Oct 2008
Becki, Basingstoke
Score 8.0/10+ looks good
- Its quite difficult to get the hang of, but once you have its fine!!
purchased 10 Oct 2008
Luke, Lympstone
+ Excellent navigation around the phone, also brilliant for web browsing!
- Low battery life, Goes slow occasionally
purchased 11 Oct 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10+ I really like the phone I like samsungs. i like everything about the phone. just wish i knew how to change the screensaver???
- none
purchased 14 Oct 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Really easy to use.
- freezes occasionally.
purchased 25 Oct 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ Touch Screen
- Battety Life
purchased 16 Oct 2008
Mark, Flint
Score 8.0/10+ Ease of use
- No Sat Nav
purchased 03 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 7.0/10+ pretty
- Sound quality in calls is not good
purchased 29 Sep 2008
Alison, Sth West
Score 5.0/10+ the phone is a good size, good camera
- the touch screen is so sensitive it's easy to catch the wrong 'button' sometimes it's too quick and sometimes it doesnt respond to touch.
purchased 13 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ This phone is good looking, thin and easy to use.
- The virtual keyboard is sometimes annoying as it is easy to catch the wrong letter.
purchased 29 Oct 2008
Lucy, Pontefract
Score 10.0/10+ The touch screen is excellent - very James Bond! I like the way you can move item's easily from the widget sidebar onto the main display to access features. e.g - dragging the sound menu onto the main display enables u to change the sound settings in just a few settings.
- It takes a little while to get used to writing texts on the touch screen. If you have big fingers you may have difficulty hitting the right key everytime but it does get much easier with practice.
purchased 08 Nov 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Touch Screen
- Locks up
purchased 23 Dec 2008
Kerry, Birmingham , “Im The Bert”
Score 9.0/10+ It looks good when your using it, the applications are great to use.
- Sometimes the navigation doesn't work, it freezes sometimes.
purchased 12 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10+ Easy to use looks great unusual
- the touch pad is hard to navigate on occasions
purchased 07 Dec 2008
Jonathan , Bristol , “Tech mobile nerd.”
Score 1.0/10+ Fair on battery life, compact design.
- Not any applications for this device, slow menu system and touch screen to sensitive, very bad touch web browser it does not support opera mobile 9.5. Opera mini works with horrible navigation bar which runs on all Java based programs on the device. Youtube viewing very bad quality as with web page images also does not play divx.
purchased 10 Sep 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 5.0/10+ looks upto date and stylish
- keypad far too sensitive when texting
purchased 10 Sep 2008
Peter, Newcastle
Score 9.0/10+ Good design, easy to use
- Poor camera quality, poor battery life
purchased 22 Sep 2008
Daryl, Summers , “Student”
Score 10.0/10+ Easy to use and simple
- Battery life is ok, but could be better
purchased 01 Oct 2008
Jason, Preston , “18yo, boy, computer_tech, student!”
Score 8.0/10+ easy to use :)
- needs qwerty keypad, should be aloud more than 100 apointments in calender and not enough txt message allowance in your inbox!
purchased 01 Oct 2008
susan, sheffield
Score 9.0/10+ overall very good and at least i can hear it ringing unlike other phones i have had
- sometimes freezes up and scrolling up and down takes time to get used to
purchased 14 Oct 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10+ Its easy to use, looks lovely,its light. Overall just a great phone.
- The battery life doesnt last too long especially for myself im always txtin or on the phone.
purchased 16 Oct 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 7.0/10+ love my phone. Very easy to use. Has some great features and brlliant storage capacity. Music player is excellent.
- battery life is not good. Even when i dont send texts etc, the battery wears down really quickly. Could do with an extra battery.
purchased 17 Nov 2008
John, Motherwell , “i am over 40”
Score 9.0/10+ Good quality photos taken.
- could do with better sound quality. When listening to music the sound does not go very loud.
purchased 11 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser , “19 years old -”
Score 8.0/10+ looks good and its easy to use.
- you can't customise the widget.
purchased 03 Jan 2009
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10
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Easy to use.
Looks Good.
- Reviewer left no comment
purchased 04 Aug 2008
sue, norfolk , “busy,independant working mum”
Score 10.0/10+ good looking! phone, very advanced technology, once you get use to the touch screen it gets easier to use. great camera and features still have not really looked at everything it can do but its a great phone!!!!
- The only bad thing is the very sensitive touch screen , especially when texting. Also not a great connection when on the games.
purchased 18 Aug 2008
Theresa, Barry
Score 10.0/10+ Excellent phone. Stylish, sleek and very easy to use. I love it.
- None
purchased 20 Aug 2008
jack, andover
Score 6.0/10+ internet good quality sound for songs
- camera is bad, touch screen is rubish and blue tooth is extremly slow
purchased 11 Aug 2008
Daniel, Norwich , “Easy To Please”
Score 8.0/10+ Stylish and very easy to use.
- Does not have has many features as many other phones. It does not even come with any games as standard.
purchased 29 Aug 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ stylish, resiliant, fairly easy to use.
- sound quality during phone calls isnt great, screen a little bit framey
purchased 28 Aug 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10+ hi i think it very good, camera good looks very good
- i dont have any bad points about it
purchased 29 Sep 2008
Elizabeth, Clydebank , “very easy to use”
Score 10.0/10+ great pics camera and volume is loud and easy to hear
- touch screen redial pad sometimes okward to use
purchased 02 Oct 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ cool stylish and easy to navigate
- takes time to get used to
purchased 06 Oct 2008
PHILIPPA, LIVERPOOL
Score 10.0/10+ EVERYTHING IS SO GOOD WITH THE PHONE I HAVE NO BAD POINTS
- NONE
purchased 23 Oct 2008
David, Galmpton
Score 8.0/10+ The phone is easy to use and the screens are easy to view.
- Texting on this phone can be a nightmare especially on the go!!!!!
purchased 05 Nov 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 2.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- poorly designed, very disapointed and the handfree earphones are awfull
purchased 06 Nov 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser , “nothing”
Score 9.0/10+ it's great
- nil
purchased 10 Nov 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ lightweight, memory storage, easy to use, battery life is good, easy to find everything
- even for a 5.0 mega pixel the camera is not very good and the video quality is poor, sound quality is low so not great for lstening to music, crashes n pauses for few secondsevery now and again,can be slow
purchased 07 Aug 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Looks good, touch screen works well. Button lock a great idea.
- Battery life isn't great when you use camera etc.
purchased 23 Jul 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Really easy to use
- Screen can get easily scratched if it is not well protected!!
purchased 30 Sep 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10
+
Looks good
Easy to use
- Poor camera quality
purchased 08 Aug 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ The phone looks really good. Some of the features are thought out well eg bluetooth this is really fast no matter what standard of device you are connected to. The music player is really good quality and loud. The camara is of really good quality for a phone and the different gadgets are great to play with.
- The phone looks really good and stylish apart from the additional battery back (optional) with the flip. this could have been designed better as it makes the phone look like a oversized flip phone. With my previous phone i was a really fast typer however it is harder to type fast with the touch screen it is very easy to nudge other keys however, it all comes with practice. Also the video recorder isnt so good my old phone that was 3.2 mega pixels was alot better and this one is 5 mega pixels.
purchased 19 Jan 2009
leigh, llanelli,south wales
Score 8.0/10+ The tocco is overall a good phone with lots of features, easy to use ,compact and stylish .
- The battery life is poor ,the sound quality is not as good as other phones and the internal memory is small.
purchased 18 Nov 2008
Claire, Glasgow
Score 9.0/10+ it is a stylish phone with a great camera and great access to the internet
- it takes a little while to get used to the touch screen but once you have cracked it its great
purchased 14 Aug 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 7.0/10+ the phone both looks good and fullfills all nessasery expectations of a phone with the added novelty of the touch screen wich as of yet i have had no problems with.
- the battery doesnt last too long
purchased 14 Aug 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser , “Live long, and prosper”
Score 8.0/10
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Sexy design
Easy to use
Good sound quality
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bad camera (fuzzy!)
lack of compatibility with most accessories
bad battery life
purchased 14 Aug 2008
Lauren, Nottingham
Score 8.0/10+ Looks good, easier to use than you'd think.
-
Screen gets dirty very easily and phone can slow down when too much is stored on it.
Internal memory could do with being bigger.
purchased 10 Sep 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- Keypad
purchased 22 Sep 2008
Paul, Manchester
Score 7.0/10+ Looks good ; feels good
- Too touch sensitive ; quite complicated to use
purchased 23 Sep 2008
Simon, Shrewsbury , “no”
Score 8.0/10+ ease of use and clear layout. a manual is not really needed.
- easy to make an error with the touch screen.
purchased 26 Sep 2008
pamela, preston
Score 7.0/10+ its sleek and looks good
- when your in a call the voices break up all the time
purchased 26 Sep 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 7.0/10+ Looks good and is relativly small compared to rivals
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Hard to understand how to load music up onto the phone from a computer!
Keypad hard to use
purchased 02 Oct 2008
terence, liverpool , “im a great guy”
Score 10.0/10+ its just a great phone very easy to use
- when txting can be awkward sometimes
purchased 04 Oct 2008
james, chester , “im a player”
Score 10.0/10+ sleek, easy to use, full of features
- slow processor
purchased 05 Oct 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Once you get the hang of the touchscreen, it's really easy to use. The sound quality and camera are really good and there are plenty of applications to play with.
- I wish it had come with a memory stick - I keep a lot of photos and music on the phone although there doesn't seem to be a high enough capacity for a few music album as well as a few photos.
purchased 20 Dec 2008
Sam, Darlington , “Very Pleased”
Score 8.0/10+ It looks good and the camera takes good pictures.
- It takes a while to initialize when turning the phone on.
purchased 29 Nov 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ Looks fantastic and is really easy to use.
- Little in the way of newness. Take away the touch screen and u have any other Samsung from the last 5yrs!!
purchased 03 Nov 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Camera is awesome, also the way you can scroll through pictures
- when texting it is easy to press the wrong buttons
purchased 29 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser , “intelligent busy humourous carefree”
Score 4.0/10+ Slim and nice cover.
- Drops calls all the time. Difficult to text with.
purchased 07 Feb 2009
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ Design of the phone is very nice. I prefer smaller compact phones so this is ideal for me and i also like the fact that its a touchscreen phone.
- Picture messages don't get sent quick enough.
purchased 05 Jan 2009
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10+ easy to use,
- the phone cover to protect phone is a waste of time as it does not close correctly and you look silly when you on you phone making a call
purchased 21 Jan 2009
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10+ design,easy to use,camera,good sound quality
- battery life very short when using games or media player
purchased 03 Dec 2008
Kaan, Sheffield
Score 9.0/10+ Its a nice stylish phone, Very east to use and all the features on it are great.
- Nothing
purchased 12 Jan 2009
claire, blackburn , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »
Score 8.0/10+ easy to use for general use, looks good
- impossible to use if you have fat or clumsy fingers, and the hold button is tempremental, making it very difficult to unlock the keypad at times.
purchased 20 Feb 2009
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ The best phone i have had so far, large screen and once you are used to the touch screen it is quick and easy to use. The 5.0 camera and software is a great improvement on my last samsung. recommend this phone without a doubt
- screen gets dirty quick still trying to get used to games on phone though
purchased 28 Jul 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 4.0/10+ easy to use
- battery life is very poor. whats the point in having an all singing, all dancing phone if you have to worry about the battery life?
purchased 18 Aug 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser , “ i like this phone”
Score 7.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- the games are demos
purchased 11 Aug 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ Samsung always been logical to use - found functions on phone quite self explanitory & slick - even for technophobic 30 something like me.
- Takes a while to get the hang of this phone, and some of the features are a little dated. Eg - emoticons - I know this isn't essential but I was really suprised that there are no little animations to add to texts - the only thing you have to offer on a state of the art phone is - :) ....Hardly impressive!
purchased 24 Sep 2008
arinze, east ham
Score 9.0/10+ everything is good apart from.........
- the bluetooth, i cant send files to another phone and that anit cool
purchased 23 Sep 2008
Hannah, London , “Teenager ”
Score 9.0/10
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It is quite easy to pick up on how to use it.
Has a very good camera.
- It doesn't go very loud
purchased 29 Sep 2008
Laura, Glasgow , “Fun”
Score 10.0/10+ The phone is good quality and sleek and slim. Well recommended!
- When its in your pocket the touch screen starts to go into your phonebook etc.
purchased 06 Oct 2008
Laura, Poole
Score 8.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- Getting used to the touch screen.
purchased 20 Oct 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser , “Intelligent, Honest, Fair”
Score 8.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- Camera is only average considerin it's supposed to be 5 megapixel and nearly all the videos I receive from phones with a lower megapixel camera don't work because the resolution is unsupported.
purchased 04 Aug 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser , “Buy carefully”
Score 5.0/10+ Looks good
- Reviewer left no comment
purchased 05 Nov 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 7.0/10+ good camera easy to use compact design good sound quality
- screen sometimes gets scratched and it is difficult when asked to key in numbers during calls
purchased 19 Aug 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Great screen size. Lightweight. Very easy to use.
- Can't think of any.
purchased 08 Feb 2009
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Love this phone, took a little while to get use to the touch screen but I wouldnt be without it now.
- Carnt think of any
purchased 30 Nov 2008
sam, Penzance
Score 9.0/10+ great size screen
- flip cover gets worn easily
purchased 03 Jan 2009
sarah, middlesbrough , “young trendy stylish modern ”
Score 9.0/10+ really easy phone to get used to
- some times when your scrolling down its goes to fast or slow takes getting used to
purchased 03 Nov 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser , “text too much”
Score 8.0/10+ the wide space
- the amount of txt in inbox and battery life
purchased 26 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ looks good, compact, easy to use
- scratches easy, prone to finger marks, cam is not as good as other 5mp cams
purchased 08 Sep 2008
Liza, Essex
Score 8.0/10+ Easy to use, anyone could use it.
- Sometimes its easy to keep pushing the button on the screen underneath the one you really want.
purchased 11 Sep 2008
ozie, london
Score 9.0/10+ its sleek and stylish, very slim, battery life is good.
- navigation is to hard to use. the camera is not that clear. the web service could be better. could do with wireless internet.
purchased 11 Sep 2008
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Expert reviews for Samsung F480 Tocco
TechRadar expert review
Samsung, like most of the major phone manufacturers, has occasionally been guilty of making phones that put style over substance, that look great but don't deliver what their catwalk looks promise. Fortunately, the Tocco doesn't quite fall into that category. It's certainly got the style thing sorted, following on from Samsung's other touch screen tasties like the Armani and the F490.It's a petite, minimalist, slimline slab with brushed metal back, shiny metal surround and sleek black plastic on the front, framing that large 2.8in touch screen.While the screen dominates the front…
This Samsung F480 Tocco review continued on TechRadar
reviewed 15 Aug 2008
Product Features
3G
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Yes |
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Touchscreen
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Yes |
Type
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Candy Bar |
Band
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Quad |
EDGE
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Yes |
WiFi
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No |
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels
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5 |
Screen Resolution (pixels)
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240x320 |
Bluetooth
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Yes |
XHTML Browser
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Yes |
WAP
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Yes |
FM Tuner
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Yes |
| Email Functionality | Yes |
SatNav
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No |
MP3 ATRAC Playback
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Yes |
Operating System
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Proprietary OS |
Memory Card Slot
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Yes |
Weight (g)
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100.6 |
Talk Time (hours)
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3 |
Standby Time (hours)
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250 |
USB Port
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Yes |
Video Recorder
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Yes |
Instant Messaging
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Yes |
Built-in Camera
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Yes |
Dimensions (mm)
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55x98.4x11.6 |
Java
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Yes |
SAR (W per kg in 10g)
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0.898 |
Games
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Yes |
HTML Browser
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Yes |
Phone book capacity (names)
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1000 |
Colour
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Black |
| Networks | T-Mobile |
| Networks | O2 |
| Networks | Vodafone |
| Networks | Orange |
Also known as: Samsung Tocco, Samsung F480, Samsung F480 Pink, Samsung SGH F480, Samsung F480 Black
Mobile Phone Buyers GuideManufacturer's Description
imagine customising your touchscreen “Tocco”
full touch screen
- Large 2.8” QVGA LCD offers a full touch navigation experience.
- Haptic technology offers tangible feedback when you make a selection on the touch screen.
- New touch UK is intuitive and simple to use, offering a digilog (digital + analog) experience.
- Widgets allow you to customize the user interface with applications that move with drag-and-drop ease.
5 megapixel camera
- 5 Megapixel camera takes stunning photos and video. Capture better-looking images with Auto Focus.
- Front facing camera lets you enjoy video conversations with other 3G/HSDPA users.
- Fun and convenient features include Smile Shot, Image Stabilisation, Power LED and Quick View.
- Edit and enhance your photos, then upload them to your blog directly from your mobile.
design
- Card-like size is portable enough to slip into pockets.
- Slim and minimal size fits comfortably in the hand.
- Luxurious leather case and brushed aluminium exterior.
- Cutting-edge and stylish Ice Silver body with hairline texture.
high-end camera feature
- Face Detection automatically adjusts settings when you are taking photos of people; to ensure portraits turn out great.
- Smile Shot mode is able to identify when a subject is smiling and automatically takes a picture.
- Smile Shot makes its worldwide debut on a mobile phone with the Tocco.
- These advanced features, usually reserved for high-end dedicated cameras, are available on this mobile phone.
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