Posted by Mia in Like most mobiles with touch screen (let’s remember the F490), Samsung F480 is made in the form of monoblock and has a large display. The black edging on the front panel looks glamorous, which is appropriate for this device, but it is staining quickly and thoroughly.
Comparisons with Apple’s iPhone are inevitable, on the merit of the touchscreens and colour menus mostly, but there are important differences to note. Firstly, the F480 isn’t a smartphone. It runs on Samsung’s proprietary operating platform and as such you cannot develop or install third party applications to this phone, other than Java-based software.
The lid covering the battery of a rear side is fully metallic, like the rest of the surface on the reverse side. There is a camera the lens of which is closed with a protective glass. There is also a LED flash near it.
The F480 doesn’t include Wi-Fi hardware or a GPS receiver, like Apple’s smartphone. Instead the F480 sports strong consumer phone features, including a 5-megapixel camera with an LED flash and access to Next G services and mobile Foxtel.
Border sides of Samsung F480 are made under the metal, so it is afraid of keys in the pocket; she is afraid, however, in case of negligent treatment the metal also cover with small scratches. The ends are equipped with a standard for phones «luggage»: a universal connector, camera button, microSD memory card connector and volume swings. At the top end there is a Hold key, which includes (or disables) the keyboard lock.
This key is not mechanical, as in the Nokia N96 and other Finnish copies, but electronic. It soothes, because mechanical buttons-sliders often break, but there seems no such danger. The F480 supports a range of multimedia including DRM-free MP3 and AAC music files and MPEG4, H.264 and H.263 video files.
General characteristics of Samsung F480
Standard connection: GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz + HSDPA 2100 MHz
Dimensions: 95.9x55x11.5 mm
Antenna: Integrated
Battery: Li-Ion
Display
Display Type: TFT, 262144 colors, 240×320, 2.8 ”
Lights: +
Sound
Polyphony: +
Vibrocall: +
Download ringtones: +
Loudspeaker: +
Coding of Speech: +
Call Management
Call Hold: +
Automatic redial: +
Call Forwarding: +
Identification numbers: +
Keyboard
Joystick: +
Lights: +
Blocking: +
Sound indication: +
T9: +
Russian letters Input: +
User interface
Adjustable profiles: +
Volume: +
Organizer
Hours: +
Alarm clock: +
Calculator: +
Stopwatch: +
Timer: +
Calendar: +
Notebook: +
Currency converter: +
Recorder: +
Synchronization with PC: +
Security
Time control conversation: +
Barring a challenge: +
Data
SMS: +
EMS: +
MMS: +
GPRS: Class 12 (4 +1 / 3 +2 / 2 +3 / 1 +4 slots), 32 – 48 kbit / c
WAP: 2.0/HTML/xHTML
Bluetooth: 2.0 (A2DP)
Communication with PC: microUSB interface 2.0
E-Mail: IMAP4/POP3/SMTP
Optional: Support for HSDPA – 7.2 Mbps; EDGE Class 12
Additional features of Samsung F480
Games: +
Java applications: MIDP 2.0
MP3 Player: MP3/AAC/AAC +
Flash Memory: microSD
Digital Camera: 5 MP (Before 2592h1944), Autofocus, flash
Video: +
Optional: Support for video formats H.264/H.263/MPEG4
