Samsung F480 Tocco Candy Bar Touchscreen 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

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Score: 8.1/10

1616 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This mobile phone scores high on design. - 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 View all 1616 real customer reviews

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1616 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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All purchasers (1608)
Battery life7.6
Design8.8
Ease of use7.7
Features8.1
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.3
Overall rating8.1
Basic text and chat user (296)
Style and looks come first (39)
Music and entertainment lover (27)
Business or web user (4)
Other (1242)
 

*not all purchasers provided a score or review

Score 3.0/10

JO, Harrogate , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Easily damaged

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9 of 19 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Feb 2009

Score 3.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- never has good reception..
battery dies in a day
hard to txt as touch screen doesnt always respond

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7 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

BILLY, AYR , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Easy to use. not as sentive as other touch phones ,which is a good thing.

- only bad point is that you cannot assign a ring tone to your incoming messages.

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8 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

John , alva,Clackmannanshire , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ Value for money

- none that matter

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8 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Mar 2009

Score 7.0/10

Philip, sacriston , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ has good battery life compaired to other phones good design, good sound qualityand has good camera with good features.

- like all samsungs you carnt put your own games on without downloading them which costs, the camera could of been better, the touch scrween is poor to picking up anything could have been a better screen but with this the phone has no real direction weather its more a camera phone or music or so on not enough features to other phones either

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8 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Mar 2009

Score 4.0/10

Mike, cambridge , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ looks good, excellent camera

- not good at picking up signal, cumbersome to navigate, too many things to press just to send text message

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8 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Looks fantastic, very easy to use and learn to use. The Camera is also fantastic at 5mp, but not as good as a standalone, despite Samsungs fantasic software.

- No QWERTY keyboard which is usually standard with touchscreen phones. Texting requires precision as it's a touch phone

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8 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Mar 2009

Score 4.0/10

paul, essex , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ the phone is good looking

- the battery lasts for about one full day, sending txt messages is a nightmare as the touch screen is to sensitive and if you touch the clear icon too hard it erases most of your msg and you have to start all over again. the screen goes completely blank whilst your on a call and that is annoying. basically i regret purchasing this phone and will change it as soon as possible

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7 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anna, Lincolnshire , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ looks great, nice big screen and good camera.

- the screen sometimes sticks when sending messages and is very sensitive.not many applications on it compared to some phones

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purchased 24 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ My daughters like it

- none spring to mind

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purchased 17 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Overall it is an incredibly easy phone to use. The touch screen is sensitive enough for light tapping as well as pressing down hard, as you have to for most other touch screen phones I've come across, which makes it easy to text and navigate the menus. The camera is excellent, and the menus are easy to work with.

- I think the lack of applications (downloadable or otherwise) holds this phone back. If there was an equivalent of an iPhone app store then it could make it even better. Another thing that bugs me is the lack of a standard headphone jack, instead having to use the same port for charging as you do for plugging headphones in.

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purchased 14 May 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ I really like the phone

- very difficult to work out how to change the settings i.e alarm ring tones etc instructions provided are very basic. also i found it difficult to get used to the touch pad

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6 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Jan 2009

Score 8.0/10

jade, poole, dorset , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ love the colour, and the touchscreen

- when texting, keypad can type wrong word as so senstive, plus when on phone, if keypad unlocked your face dials numbers!!!

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7 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

Amanda, Guildford

+ Once you get the hang of using the touch screen it's great however it does take a couple of weeks to get used to. The screen is nice & big which is great for taking & viewing photo's. The sound quality is great for listening to music.

- The screen can get dirty very easily with sticky/sweaty fingerprints, especially in the hot weather.

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purchased 02 Jun 2009

Score 10.0/10

sandra, thetford , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ just very easy to use

- unable to play anything without paying games ect for children

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3 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Jun 2009

Score 2.0/10

Adam, Winsford , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ not a great deal

- A poor phone difficult to use. touch screen makes it complicated to text and scroll is hard to stop on the item you want to select ie, a contact from the address book. automatic change over between network modes poor resulting in loss of service.lack of features.

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purchased 17 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Battery Life

- Screen sometimes freezes

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9 of 19 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Colin, South Queensferry , “Style and looks come first” More like this »

+ Really compact and full of useful features.

- It takes a bit time to get used to the touch screen.

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7 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ love the lay out, it looks grate, easy to use touch screen. Generaly love it

- Bad battery memeory, doesnt recognise data about songs, i have big fingers so txting can be a bit of a pain.

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purchased 11 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Dan, Thetford , “Style and looks come first” More like this »

+ I like the fact that you have the widget along the side of the screen to get easy access to all the applications, its so compact such a great phone

- Would be good if you could change what widgets you want not what it gives you, a bit like the windows vista

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8 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Amanda, Carlisle , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ It is easy to use and looks good.

- It can be too sensitive when you are trying to do something.

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7 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

abdulaziz, london , “Business or web user” More like this »

+ very good phone

- no

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6 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

clare, east grinstead, west sussex , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ nice looking stylish phone. i like the extras such as the radio and mp3 player.

- touch screen takes a bit of getting used to for texting, it's quite sensitive so you have to watch what you are doing.

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purchased 29 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ nice and long battery life. light and good features

- does not windows. the screen is too bear and can easily damage

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purchased 09 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ VERY NICE LOOKING, FAIRLY EASY TO USE, DOES EVERYTHING I WANT IT TO DO.

- AKWARD TEXTING.

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9 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Emily, Cheltenham

+ The touch screen is easy to use, and all the applications are useful. The camera has a good megapixel, and the video camera also films well.

- The battery life is a bit short.

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11 of 24 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Feb 2009

Score 2.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ it looks good and takes great pictures

- when someone rings me it nearly always disconects and trying to get a contact up on screen as to sencitive

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8 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Aug 2008

Score 6.0/10

Alisar, Newcastle Upon Tyne , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ its small and nice to look at

- touch screen is very hard to txt on

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purchased 02 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ good clear keyboard and good size text

- keyboard bit too sensitive making texting a bit difficult at times

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purchased 01 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ looks good, I love the touch screen and the menu navigation is great and clear

- doesnt use smileys!!

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purchased 08 Dec 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ the phone is great it never crashes or doesn't work unlike some mobile phones i have had.

- sometimes you can hit a button you dont mean to hit but thats just the hazards of a touch screen phone

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7 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anna, Oswestry , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Snazzy

- Easily scratched

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7 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Mar 2009

Score 7.0/10

Hayley, London , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ The touch screen is great as is the music player. Looks very classy and nice and thin design.

- The screen sometimes freezes and the battery life seems to drop suddenly without much warning

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7 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

gail, mansfield, nottinghamshire , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ its very easy to use and is small and compact

- takes a few trys to connect to bluetooth but once connected its fine

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purchased 03 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Very easy to use small and compact

- Touch screen cna be difficult at time if you are in a hurry!

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7 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

james, glasgow , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ very simple and easy to use find it vey eas to navigte still finding my way round all features.

- none really

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2 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

simon, goole , “sleak design good touch.”

+ good design, good touch phone to this day.

- texting people is abit hard

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11 of 26 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Helen, Bristol

+ touch screen, widgets, music player, internet

- Camera is poor, difficult to scroll through screen (i.e. text, internet etc)

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8 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

David, Milton Keynes

+ Great phone, very reliable

- Reviewer left no comment

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9 of 22 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Dec 2008

Score 1.0/10

Nigel, West Wickham , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Design is quite good on the face of it

- Dreadful keypad, awful scrolling, poor text editing, poor sound quality, inadequate instructions in the booklet. Counter-intuitive software and menu structure. If I could send it back to you I would.

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purchased 25 Feb 2009

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Looks good and probably very good for the experienced mobile phone user.

- Find texting very frustrating, touch screen technology is not for me.

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9 of 22 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Mar 2009

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Smart phone, great design, love the widget

- Texting using the touchscreen takes some getting used to

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7 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Style and looks come first” More like this »

+ good batt life and looks

- toch screen too senit, and very hard to make call once you input name nums disappear

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purchased 09 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Zara, Leeds

+ the widget is realy good and easy to use i like the idea

- the sounds quality i dont know weather its orange network or the phone

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7 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

liam, rotherham , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ its very easy to use

- non at all

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7 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Shinola, Oldbury , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ everything about my phone is goood

- could of had more features for the money eg sat nav

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7 of 19 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Mar 2009

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ nice slim phone

- too sensitive,should have had a pen with it,not very user friendly!

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3 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Jul 2009

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- its dodgy when using the touch screen

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purchased 27 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Christine , Bristol , “Business or web user” More like this »

+ Compact with good size touch pad

- Difficult to set up email

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3 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jun 2009

Score 9.0/10

Elvin, Chard , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Excellent phone, smart looking has good internal memory, sound quality very good

- No games to play on it only demo's

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3 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Easy to text. Compact. Looks good.

- When speaking on the phone sound quality isn't brilliant. Camera quality isn't as good as I expected.

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8 of 22 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ easy to use,
looks good,
quite small,

- sometimes texting is a bit hard with the touch screen

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8 of 24 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Jan 2009

Score 4.0/10

Trev , Notts

+ Camera

- Using it, as it is too sensitive

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9 of 27 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Dec 2008

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Product Features

3G Yes
Touchscreen Yes
Type Candy Bar
Band Quad
EDGE Yes
WiFi No
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels 5
Screen Resolution (pixels) 240x320
Bluetooth Yes
XHTML Browser Yes
WAP Yes
FM Tuner Yes
Email Functionality Yes
SatNav No
MP3 ATRAC Playback Yes
Operating System Proprietary OS
Memory Card Slot Yes
Weight (g) 100.6
Talk Time (hours) 3
Standby Time (hours) 250
USB Port Yes
Video Recorder Yes
Instant Messaging Yes
Built-in Camera Yes
Dimensions (mm) 55x98.4x11.6
Java Yes
SAR (W per kg in 10g) 0.898
Games Yes
HTML Browser Yes
Phone book capacity (names) 1000
Colour 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 Guide  

Manufacturer'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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