Samsung F480 is one of the most popular phones being sold over five million copies. Besides the fact that has many features, and look pretty good, probably are the most sought.
Main specs
• Display 2.8 “full touchscreen with 262K colors and QVGA resolution
• Flash Interface
• 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and face detection
• 3G HSDPA
• 228 MB internal memory expandable by a microSD card
• FM Radio
• EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and USB 2.0
The main drawbacks
• Only three GSM bands
• The display leaves a bit lacking in direct sunlight
• No virtual QWERTY keyboard
• very low flash
Samsung F480 is one of the most compact phones on the market, with dimensions: 95.9 * 55 * 11.5 mm being the smallest phone screen of 2.8 “. The design is very well made, metal accents giving it a luxurious look like shiny plastic parts and front panel (not covered when the traces).
Front side is occupied mostly by screen 2.8 “VGA secondary camera above it and below are the hardware buttons and the rear only find room 5MPx. Find the left side volume keys and the microSD card slot and USB port on the right side camera key. Hold only find above key is used to lock the phone.
F480′s display is excellent, good resolution and touch interface are very easy to use phone. Unfortunately, the display suffers from Chapter visible when sunlight. Flash touch sensitive interface is very well done, the colors are vivid and the available widgets are a great way to customize the home-screen. Unfortunately, Samsung does not support themes, just change the wallpaper site.
Gallery manager shall be an integral part of accessing files and pictures is as simple as clicking a folder of pictures. Files in the folder can be viewed or Thumbnail List. Thumbnail mode shows pictures in a 3 * 3 grid with the selected picture’s name below. Audio player has been improved and optimized for touch. Besides the usual functions such as generation of playlists, sorting by various criteria, it also has a widget on the main screen that can be controlled easily, like the FM radio widget. Audio quality is good, F480 has no major problems in this chapter nor amazes us. Video player disappoints because it does not support many video formats and must convert each video so you can see.
5MPx room to take pictures at a maximum resolution of 2560 * 1920 and has an LED flash that leaves much to be desired. Camera interface has been improved in terms of functionality but also the way they look. Other camera features such as: Wide Dynamic Range, Face Detection and Anti-shake machines. The pictures quality is very good but the pictures have a slight reddish tint but can be easily corrected by “white balance”. Unfortunately the camera is not spectacular: QVGA at 30 fps.
In terms of connectivity, F480 has 3G HSDPA, GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth with A2DP and USB. Unfortunately lacks Wi-Fi is not a smartphone. Web browser and is well designed and optimized with speed 3G internet browsing are very easy.
Finally the Samsung F480 is a very capable phone with a sleek design for people who want a good phone with plenty of features but do not give them too big hole in your pocket.