Tocco (Samsung SGH-F480)

Member Name: Buggsy2008

Product:	Samsung SGH-F480
Date:	28/05/09 (72 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: an easy to use phone

Disadvantages: hard to text on if tired

The Samsung F480 (Tocco) is a stylish touch screen phone, it is rated as the second best phone on the Samsung website (Omnia was first). In my opinion this one should have been first as I personally prefer it to the Omnia. It weighs 106g and it's dimensions (HxWxD) are 98.4 x 55 x 11.6mm.

== Features ==
The phone has a variety of features, these are:

* 2.8" touch screen.
* Up to 3 hours talk time.
* Up to 250 hours standby time.

Camera:
* 5.0 Mega pixel camera.
* 4x Digital Zoom.
* Auto Focus
* Various Shot Modes.
* Various Camera Effects (black and white, sepia, negative).

Video:
* Video Player (MPEG4/3GPP).
* Video Recording.
* Video Messaging.
* Video Streaming.
* Video Calling.

Music and Sound:
* Music Player (MP3, Midi, WMA and more).
* MP3 Ringtones.
* Music Library.

Fun and Entertainment:
* Java Games.
* Podcasting.
* FM Radio.
* Music Recognition.

Business and Office:
* Document Viewer (PowerPoint and office).
* Mobile Printing.
* Offline Mode.
* Voice Memo and Voicemail.

Messaging:
* SMS/ EMS/ MMS.
* Predictive Text (T9).
* Email.
* Cell Broadcast.
* vCard/ vCalendar.

Connectivity:
* Bluetooth.
* USB 2.0
* Wap.
* Internet HTML browser.
* PC Sync Application.

Memory:
* 223MB User Memory.
* 500 SMS Memory.
* 1000 Phonebook Entries.
* MicroSD slot.

Personal Info Management:
* Calendar.
* To Do List.
* Clock.
* Worldtime.
* Alarm.
* Converter.
* Calculator.
* Memo Book.
* Stopwatch.
* Timer.

I know that's a long list but it saves you having to look around to figure out what's on the phone!

My favourite feature on this phone is the Music Recognition, this can already be done by calling a four digit number and costs 50p, but this is free apart from any wap costs and charges if you download the song. If you hear a song you like but can't remember who sings it or what it's called open up the Music Recognition tool (found in applications) and press record while holding it near the speaker. It records thirty seconds of the song and then goes online and tells you what the song is etc and gives you the option to download it to your phone.

The music player is also good as you can create your own play lists and set it to play in the background while you text or whatever else you do on your phone, there is a widget in the widget bar for the music player and radio so you have quick access.

The widget bar takes a bit of getting used to, as does the whole touch screen but to be honest within about five minutes I was texting as fast as I normally would. Every now and then my finger slips and I do something I don't want to do but that's unavoidable.

I've had this phone for almost two weeks and can honestly say it is the best phone I've ever had to date and I've yet to find a problem with it. I have nothing bad to say about it so far.

The camera is a bit fiddly to get the settings right but as I said once you know how to it's easy, the image quality is the best I've seen on a phone yet. My last phone was 5MP but I prefer the camera on this phone easily. It does have the option for video calling if your network supports it.

When you're on the phone it is a bit fiddly if you're going through an automated service where you need to press numbers. Due to it being a touch screen you have to press a couple of buttons to get the numbers up in a call, this is to stop you from pressing them with your cheek (yes I have done it!).

The phone is free on most contracts (not all) and is around £250 - £350 ish to buy I believe. I got it on contract so didn't have to buy it.

The Bluetooth feature is good, when you want to send something and search for the person you want there names come up surrounding your phone and you have to drag their little icon into the circle in the middle, that took a minute to work out.

If you like Samsungs and are considering a touch phone then get this one, I was always against touch phones as they didn't appeal to me but as soon as I played on the demo of this in the shop I fell in love and as I said have not got anything bad to say about it. Once you get the hang of not having a keypad and doing everything (texting etc) via touch screen it is easy to use. It shouldn't take anyone more than ten minutes to figure out and a day or so to get used to.

I did a little experiment when I first got it, my last phone had rubbish battery life and needed charging once or twice per day. I charged this one over night as I normally do and then left it to see how long it would last. I used it as I normally would, probably more actually as it is new and I was checking out all the features on it. Even with the extra usage and loads of long phone calls it lasted about three days before the battery started flashing. It would have lasted longer than that had I stopped using it but at the time I needed to phone someone so had to put it on charge to avoid getting cut off. My other phone would have lasted an three or four hours under the same usage so in that respect it is a vast improvement.

I give this phone 10/10 as I think it is brilliant and when my contract is up in 18 months time I will be very surprised if they have got a better phone that I like more than this one.

Summary: would recommend

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