Samsung F480 review: Touchdown!
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...
- Shirlyn
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> In reply to may @ 2008-07-26 00:38 from ibhRI have check the market price for this phone Samsung F480. There is 2 colour. 1 is black and the other one is limited edition Gold colour with a Beijing olympic logo behind the phone. The price for both is RM1899.00. Certain shop they will sell RM1899.00 for the black colour and RM 1999.00 for the Gold colour. But I get the cheaper price for Gold colour which from the Samsung Dealer at RM1899.00 and Free for 4GB
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- 2008-08-12 07:19
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- Anonymous
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hey...i havent really used samsung before... i really like this product and want to buy it. but all i'm getting to hear is that samsung is not reliable and not so durable. is it true? :S and kindly tell me how delicate are the touch screens?
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- 2008-08-07 15:33
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- Angel
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For the price of the phone, people here are asking way to much. They phone is not even in the same range as the iphone when it comes to price. Yet, it has all the basic features that people want. The only thing that people complain about is wifi & GPS. Look at the phones that has wifi & GPS, they are way more expensive than the F480. The usefulness of wifi is questionable. It is great if you have the wifi @ home feature with T-Mobile USA but other than that, 3G is fine. When it comes to GPS, let me remind everyone that the iphone only has A-GPS. It says so on the apple website. There is a major difference because a phone with real GPS is very pricy (N95, N95 8GB, & Touch Diamond). If samsung put all of this into the F480, then people will scream that the price tag is too high. The phone is great as it is. It looks very stylish, and the functions are great, and its compact, and also dont forget, a 5MP camera. QWERTY keyboard would be kinda some on this phone with the size of the screen. BTW, the VIEWTY is 50% thicker than F480, it is also bigger length wise. Can't compare when the dimensions of the phone is not the same.
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- 2008-07-25 23:51
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- leahh
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can i change the default wall paper to my personal one? or is it fixed to theirs only?
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- 2008-07-19 08:30
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- Ade
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I have had this phone for about two weeks now and am very impressed texting isnt a problem althoough it takes a bit of getting used to. The camera is the same as most phones, it is not good in low light and the photos do not look good on the phone however when downloaded to PC they are very good. If you want fantstic photos use a camera!!! The screens are easy to use adn the menu easy to understand a very good phone that is easy to use and looks good. test one aand you will see
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- 2008-07-11 20:22
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- Damjan
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I also just got this phone yesterday, and I live in Denmark. The phone is really good in its self, but the camera isnt as good as I thought. Its not hard to write on the touchscreen but it takes a while to learn how to write fast, and to makeing smilies like: :b, :D, :P, :o, :s and so on. But all in all its a great phone, but its wierd that there doesnt stand Armani or something like that, because its a really hot phone, with a great design!
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- 2008-07-10 11:34
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- Keith
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Looks like super phone, shame no wifi though. My interest is in camera. Can anybody please tell me is there much difference quality wise of photos in comparison with Samsung G810? (Taking into consideration no 3x zoom).
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- 2008-06-24 16:18
- mA6j
- Regor
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I actually went into O2 today and played with both the 480 and the iphone for about 20 miinutes and the F480 was just soooo much better. Faster Web, top pocketable, 5M Camera just to name a few points. I think it might have Java too which for me would be the deal maker.
Don't forget in the phone world your not king of the block for long. (Treo 650, Razr all had their time).
However I will wait till the end of the month and find out when the new iphone 3G will be out and its specs otherwise the 480 will be my new baby this year. R
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- 2008-05-31 20:06
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- bazzi
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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone would like to answer this question. Can the phone be used for hands free calling via bluetooth, ie, say a name into the bluetooth device and the phone will dial it, as here in the UK you can only use a phone "hands free" whilst driving.
Thanks All
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- 2008-05-31 15:00
- myGV
- Funguy03
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Just ordered mine from 02, they told me it had just come out today.
They also said it may be delivered 2moro which would def be a bonus!
Will let you know how i get on.
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- 2008-05-29 20:36
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- thunderstorm
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I've just got one of these on orange contract today. haven't had much chance to play yet, but texting seems fine to me using T9 predictive, its just as easy as a normal phone. its no harder or easier than qwerty on lg viewty, and to be honest if you had a qwerty on this phone it would be far too small to use properly. I think samsung made the right decision
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- 2008-05-29 18:39
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- Vick
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Well, typing without T9 is really pain, when you are used to sending messages all the time.. And qwerty is very useful, makes it faster and, what is important for me, i dont have pain in my thumbs then. so some of us are no lazy, but its just more convenient.
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- 2008-05-25 12:11
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- Anonymous
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Why does everyone care about not having a qwerty virtual keypad?
I've been texting since I had an old Nokia on Mercury one2one and I still use plain old fashioned text, none of this T9 crap. Stop being so lazy!
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- 2008-05-24 19:27
- Y1ww
- simsung
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does anyone knows how it works to geht google maps on the f480?
if i had some maps on the phone i wont need any gps... with that big display it would be very nice to have some maps, if i dont the way or sth....
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- 2008-05-19 14:14
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- Anonymous
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Yes, you CAN set mp2 message tones... I also work for O2 and we have had Samsung in demonstrating their latest handsets (Soul, F480, F400, etc.) and they have listened to customer feedback and concluded that ALL future handsets after and including the U900 Soul CAN have mp3 message tones.
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- 2008-05-16 13:19
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- Anonymous
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This is out on o2 on 26th May. I work for them and have our standard upgrade matrix in front of me, it is free on 18 month contracts on £35+ tariffs. It is free on 12m contracts on £40+ tariffs. If you already have a contract with o2 and want to buy the handset you can do for £259.99.
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- 2008-05-11 14:06
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- Anonymous
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I was wondering if someone could answer me a question;
Can you customize the widgets in the main screen? Not like take one off and put another on but actually download different widgets from the internet (similar to what you can do on a pc or the endless customizations you seem to be able to do on the iphone). It seems stupid to have like 8 widgets to choose from and thats it, and from what i have heard thats what its going to be like. Other than that great phone, cant wait to try one.
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- 2008-05-11 12:12
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- Anonymous
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Just found out that this accepts SD cards up to 8GB!!!
awesome.
http://downloadcenter.samsung....3_080428.pdf
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- 2008-05-10 20:59
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