Samsung F480: Next Best Thing - Reviews n First Look

[sheeza]

Samsung F480: 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.





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