Samsung SGH-F480 Review Analysis | All Features Rated & Tested

price

2

expensive
It is a bit pricey if you don't get one on contract
Can be pricey
Can be pricey, but it depends on if you're willing to have a used one, or to search for deals
Samsung F480's price in Europe is about $600 and the big question is "What are you getting for you

Samsung gives Apple a run for its money and offers definite improvement
Well Priced
cheap
Great value for money
Great value for money, Mobile TV, Internet surfing is fun, great looking

price high
value for money

The quality by a low price
performance and above all Price
Display,size, performance and above all Price

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LCD

3

you can drag and drop shortcut icons on to the home screen
Still, you can drag and drop shortcut icons on to the home screen, plus load it with web-accessing widgets - just don't expect super-slick scrolling around web pages
a lil bit small screen
I guess the sun thing with the screen
texting hitting wrong keys and effecting language or exiting screen

Customisable home screen (using widgets)
Big Screen
screen bright clear and set out well
clear screen
responsiveness of screen

I am unable to find a cover or any screen protectors
No wifi but then I hate surfing the web on a small screen anyway
A few little niggles - Accidentally ending calls by pressing wrong part of screen
prone to finger marks on screen
The screen scratches a bit too easy
screen can break easily
Screen quality could be better
Screen quality could be better, easily scratched
Screen
Cracked LCD screen when dropped

Nice 2.8" screen
screen good size
small, screen good size, good phone
screen *crystal* and a supper case to name just a few
Navigation easy and intuitive, screen *crystal* and a supper case to name just a few
superb screen
bright screen
Big screen, easy to use, sensitive touch screen, good sound, customizable
Large screen for internet
wide screen wt wedgets which is new for a fhone till now
LCD touch screen is very responsive and a joy to work with
F480's screen is very large
touthc screen

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sound

1.5

Bad sound quality during a talk
Annoying lag in the menus, Widgets with limited functionality, Mediocre multimedia capabilities, Bad sound quality during a talk
sound
Is tempermental - sound cuts off on calls now and again
Poor sound quality during calls &

good sound
Great sound
Smart, Stylish, Great sound
sound quality awesome
decent sound

complete loss of sound
Bad Music sound quality

nice design..good clarity, decent sound

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interface

4

a bit slow reaction on the interface
Interface is dull
Laging interface
User Interface and menus seem a little sluggish and design seems incomplete
3D dynamic interface not smoo

cool widgets interface
Attractive design of the TouchWiz interface
very responsive and very clean interface
User friendly
cool interface

User friendly, attractive, good Cam 5mp, cool interface, does not lag
Attractive, user friendly, provision of haptic feedback
if you are a bigpond user: you can use their free browser to check out music games
if you are a bigpond user: you can use their free browser to check out music games, weather,sports etc pay for the download only
EASY INTERFACE
attractive interface

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appearance

5

lack of breakthrough in appearance

Impressive appearance
Good form factor
it's sleek
Sleek
SLEEK LOOK

WIDGETS, SLEEK LOOK, CLEAR SCREEN
Super - Sleek
delicate appearance
Small, delicate appearance, good work
look

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keyboard

0.5

No landscape mode and no virtual QWERTY keyboard
The Tocco lacks a QWERTY keyboard
The Tocco lacks a QWERTY keyboard, and texting can be fiddly
NO KEYBOARD
i'm getting tired of typing message using those numbers keys

Improved keypad sequence which makes it much easier to use than my previous Samsung (more like the Nokia
good keypad
Sleek, good looking phone, good keypad

keep hitting the language key when texting instead of clear
grr,, keep hitting the language key when texting instead of clear
keyboard messaging sucks

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battery

5

poor battery life
TOUCHSCREEN FAULTS AND POOR BATTERY LIFE

battery life
Battery
and the battery life is good for ppl who talk for few minutes
comes with a flip cover that attaches via battery at back to protect the screen
Good battery life

Good battery life, superb screen, looks nice
Customisation, Battery Life, Size
long battery life
battery life is good and charges superfast
battery life and appearance
Great battery life
The battery last longer

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reception

3

reception

face detection and even Smile Shot - a function that recognises when someone's smiling

portability

5

heavy

Compact size
compact handset
It's super slim too
It's super slim too, slimmer than the iPhone
light-weight

Full touchpad (in-thing), light-weight, battery life, simplicity
Slim & compact design
Touch-screen, sensitivity level's high, Slim & compact design
light weight
good quality camera (5.0 MP,light weight,widgets make the phone unique,keybord is at least better than iphone,you can dowload applications for it,i think some business men would like it,and the battery life is good for ppl who talk for few minutes
Slim & light - looks great
Slim and lite
sleek light weight design
slim
Light
Light weight, looks great
all round great advantage light in weight and small in size

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size

3.5

but it's not that big of a deal
Seeing as Nokias can work it surely Samsung should be able to as well, but it's not that big of a deal
The Cover can be a little annoying when using phone
texting takes a little time to get used to
No big variety of features

Large icons
Good size
size
a little be pitied SGH - F480 is not provided female
As a mobile phone with advanced music features, a little be pitied SGH - F480 is not provided female

No big variety of features, very limited widget
a little big

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connectivity

0.5

lacks Wi-Fi
The lack of Wi-Fi is disappointing
No Wi-Fi
What happened to the Wi-Fi
and the lack of Wi-Fi is a shocker

3G with HSDPA
Bluetooth and USB connectivity
EDGE, Bluetooth and USB connectivity
Bluetooth stereo
With the iPhone 3G firmly in its sights

Oh, and the lack of Wi-Fi is a shocker
lacks some advance features like wi-fi
lacks some advance features like wi-fi, GPRS & auto-rotation
Wifi
Lack GPS, Wifi
Lacks Wifi
No 3.5mm earpiece jack
does not have wi-fi
does not have wi-fi, but hey use a computer or laptop to surf internet
No WiFi
no wi-fi (worst thing in this phone
no wi-fi (worst thing in this phone)
lack of wifi and 3.5mm jack
delay in picture saving, no wi-fi
lack of 3.5mm jack
lack of Wi-Fi :(
no wifi but i can live without it
Bluetooth printing capabilities
Battery and single slot for charging earphone usb connectivity

And while browsing moves speedily enough thanks to HSDPA powered 3G
bluetooth
clear audio
Strong, clear audio
connectivity
3G Network HSDPA 2100

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image quality

3.5

delay in picture saving
Its appalling..the picture quality is terrible and this is all over internet
It's 5MP until the image is saved
Then it's pixelated like a badly saved GIF image
POOR QUALITY OF CALLS

Good outdoor picture quality
Impressive appearance, Good outdoor picture quality, Attractive design of the TouchWiz interface
picture quality
very fast internet, picture quality
Good picture quality

POOR QUALITY OF CALLS, HARD TO TEXT, TOUCHSCREEN FREEZES

Best Quality
good quality
music quality

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maps

0.5

Lack GPS
No GPS

weather

color

0.5

Single-bit color are not so

sensor

3

No sense of self-tones

pics is very good consider it's coming from a cell phone

flash

5

Touch-operated flash UI

voice guidance

2

phone calls get distorted and have to listen at a low volume for voice to be clear
No voice dialling

voice recorder

resolution

5

Ample 2.8" 262K touchscreen color display of QVGA resolution
High Resolution Display
5 Megapix Camera, Slim Design, High Resolution Display, High Capacity
High resolution camera can take clear picture
Very goodlooking, High resolution camera can take clear picture

video

0.5

Video recording capabilities max out at QVGA resolution
slow video recording
Poor Video and Unable to install your own usb transferred games
Video &
video duration

video

the weaker performance of video playback
Standby time more general, the weaker performance of video playback, 3D dynamic interface not smoo

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performance

1

Annoying lag in the menus
Texting is a little bit slow
Scroll goes a bit fast
goes too fast
Bit slow for texting

does not lag
fast responding
fast responding, very sensitive
fast internet (may depend on your network as well
very fast internet

Slow scroll through long playlists
does lag sometimes and is hard to txt when im in a hurry
slow
Scrolls too fast
Quite slow transfer of music from PC to phone
and of cause the classic Click to Capture 'lag' when tacking photos
Slow internet

really fast browsing
Performance is relatively good

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memory

3

Can't find how to import contacts from sim card to phone memory or memory card
memory is limited
memory is limited, I am already at capacity
no additional memory card provided
Low Internal Memory

228MB of internal memory
music....only thing annoying is the memory card features...when i try to put wallaper..or tag a caller image the image or audio gets tagged in the phone memory...so we double in phone and memory car..while sending name card thru sms ..it send thru multimedia..can any one help..in this problems
Hi..the phone excellent..good camera ,..music....only thing annoying is the memory card features...when i try to put wallaper..or tag a caller image the image or audio gets tagged in the phone memory...so we double in phone and memory car..while sending name card thru sms ..it send thru multimedia..can any one help..in this problems
expandable memory

Low Internal Memory, No GPS

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menu

4.5

NO ability to change the Main Menu Settings
because some people may find it easy to drop
You have to take care of it, because some people may find it easy to drop

easy to navagate around menu
menu very accessible and uncomplicated
Big display, great software to run with computer, menu very accessible and uncomplicated
Finger - friendly menu
Responsive touchscreen , Finger - friendly menu,Great for watching mobile Foxtel

touch screen is sooo responsive, easy to navagate around menu

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usability

5

and the touch controls lack the fluidity and ease of use that's so prevalent in Apple's blower
Sadly the touchscreen itself is no match for the iPhone's, and the touch controls lack the fluidity and ease of use that's so prevalent in Apple's blower
but hey use a computer or laptop to surf internet
the widgets is there any use for them
I'd simply use my notebook

Touch screen very easy to use get everything you may need in mobile
size camera easy use of touch screen
easy to use
looks great, works well, easy to use, touchscreen (yay!), mp3 player, bluetooth
Very easy to use & understand

Telstra insists on installing shortcuts I won't often use and doesn't alloy me to remove them
Easy to fix - Just lock phone once answered
Still use Java MIDP 2
some wrong when you use another programm in you phone

simple and easy to use
fun to use
great looking phone, fun to use
Great look, amazing responsiveness, Easy to navigate
Ease of use
Finger Friendly
Simple
easy to txt messages
apart from the widget on the side for easy access you press the middle button & it gives you 5 short cut menus
Very easy to type
PC Studio Software is easy to use
all around easy to use
easy to use once used to interface
Stylish phone, easy to use once used to interface
Navigation easy and intuitive
very easy to use
Light, very easy to use, just an all great phone
Innovative, fun to use
and easy to use
Stylish, and easy to use
Easy to use, slim and stylish
Touchscreen, easy to use, nice looking phone
and it's compact and easy to use too
Superb camera, and it's compact and easy to use too
Easy to use, long battery life
easy to use with features - features a full
easy communication
Great battery life, stunning phone, easy to use, overall worth every pretty penny :
fairly simple to learn
functionality is simple
easy - to - use and strong
5 million pixel camera astonishing power, functionality is simple, easy - to - use and strong
Attractive and easy to use

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build quality

5

Great design and high quality construction
solid build

focus

5

Sharp screen, Good audio quality, Good build, 5MP auto-focus camera, 3G (HSDPA 7.2MBps)
bulging with useful add-ons including solid auto-focus
And while browsing moves speedily enough thanks to HSDPA powered 3G, the one feature that exceeds expectations is the five-megapixel camera, bulging with useful add-ons including solid auto-focus, face detection and even Smile Shot - a function that recognises when someone's smiling, then focuses on it
The camera is 5-megapixel with auto-focus

screen

2

Display legibility suffers under direct sunlight
Unit prone to slowdowns
If your caller has an accent
If your caller has an accent, you've got no chance

Huge 320x240 display
Big display
Display

design

5

plus load it with web-accessing widgets - just don't expect super-slick scrolling around web pages
Mirror design easily be dirty and clean at all times maintain required
It looks a bit difficult to accept

all in a stylish
Lithe styling
Lithe styling, customisable widgets and good camer
nice design
very responsive and also looks good

smart looking
ok looking
Great looking
looks great
Slim and good looking design
Super cute features
great looking phone
sleek and stylish
sleek design
Looks
Stylish
looks good
Stylish and very well designed
Sexy design
solid design
Looks fantastic
Stylish phone
good looking phone
looks nice
Looks sleeks
slim and stylish
nice looking phone
Incredibly stylish and functional
amazing looks &
GOOD LOOKING
SAMSUNG DESIGN
GOOD LOOKING , EASY INTERFACE, SAMSUNG DESIGN
stylish, easy communication, fits into the palm of your hand
A sleek and stylish must - have
Good Quality and good design
worth of looking design
Slim Design
Good design
Good design, good
Mirror design is very beautiful
Mirror design is very beautiful, has a strong ability to take photographs
nice design..good clarity
design
design, looks, music quality

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remote control

5

Easy to control
Easy to control, amazing looks &

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