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Samsung SGH-F480 Review

Published on: 25 June, 2008 by PhoneArena Team

Performance:

No matter what new and various capabilities the modern phones have, their main purpose is to be able to make a call. In this aspect, F480 is a disappointment. The voices in the receiver are very quiet and monotonous, and you won’t understand a word in a noisier environment. At the other end of the line the situation is better, but at times, the sound is too sharp and annoying.
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Even though it doesn’t offer great quality, the speaker is not useless and both you and your collocutor will understand what is being said.

According to the manufacturer the battery should provide 3 hours of talk-time and about 12 days of standby. According to our tests, it could last even a bit longer if you use the phone for calls only, since the display (the main consumer), is dimed very quickly.


Conclusion:

Samsung F480’s price in Europe is about $600 and the big question is “What are you getting for your money?”.

Impressive design combined with TouchWiz interface which although drawing the attention, is not very comfortable to use. The phone also offers many mediocre functions. Only the camera can be considered of relatively good.

Is it worth buying the F480?

Definitely not, considering the limited capabilities, the awful sound, and the price tag.

Pros

  • Impressive appearance
  • Good outdoor picture quality
  • Attractive design of the TouchWiz interface

Cons

  • Annoying lag in the menus
  • Widgets with limited functionality
  • Mediocre multimedia capabilities
  • Bad sound quality during a talk

PAppeal

Christian Dior:
10 of 10
Very high

A great solution for me. Metal, shiny with large touch screen including all those interesting, beautiful widget options it has.

Average Joe:
1 of 10
Very low

Too expensive and inconvenient for me.

Corporate US:
1 of 10
Very low

Not for me.

High-Tech junkie
3 of 10
Low

Although I like the camera, the quite limited video watching capabilities, make me not want to buy it.

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PA phone rating

  • Design 9
    • Build Quality 9
    • Look 9
  • Display 8
    • Quality 7
    • Resolution 8
    • Size 10
  • Camera 8
    • Resolution 10
    • Quality 7
    • Features, Comfort 7
  • Sound Quality 6
    • Incoming 5
    • Outgoing 7.5
    • Ringing 8
  • Battery 7
    • Talk time 7
    • Stand-by time 7
  • Connectivity 7.5
    • Local 7
    • Internet 7
    • Data 9
  • Multimedia 5
    • Interface Comfort, Options 6
    • Quality 4
    • Supported formats 6.5
    • Connectors (3.5/A2DP) 7
  • Organizer 6.5
    • PIM 8
    • Phonebook 5
    • Messaging 7
Good
6.5
out of 10
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"Overall, the phone is suitable for watching quality videos, which is totally unacceptable for such a high-end device."

"Unsuitable" I guess =)

Great review though, thanks.
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Lol I was just about to ask about this.
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Thank you!
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Wow, thankyou, first review that has actually looked at all the features and weighed up properly the pros and cons,
will not be getting this phone now on the back of this review :)
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As, this phone is quite dissapointing. I expected a lot but...... I guess for now, LG still makes better touchscreen phones?
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this reviewer seems to be some samsung hater. he got the price wrong. it costs around 550-600, NOT 900USD. dunno where you buy your phones from. both mobile-review and gsmarena gave the phone favorable reviews.
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Prices are decreasing by the minute; we've updated the review to match the current one, yet this is a high price tag for such a phone.
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no..it was like this price for about a week and a half. you guys need to spend more time on your reviews. it started around 880.00USD when it first released in beginning of june.
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Well that is still basically 900 dollars, the starting price is also important as it is what the manufacturer thinks of what is needs to be priced at, or what it's originally worth.
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let me rephrase that. it started around 880.00USD on EBAY. price was made by the seller, not the manufacturer.
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oh.... that makes a huge difference, then
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lol they give armani phone 9 and this 6.5. and f480 is everything better than armani. totally do not comprehend phonearena's rating system.
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Ya, I thought that the Armani got it's high rating because it is a fashin phone, but so is the F480 so I don't get how they rated these?
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When you get an Armani, it's almost all about the look.

When you get a phone called "SGH-F480", you expect it to perform as well as the touch-screen competition. When it sounds bad and doesn't have good features (except the camera), it is not a 9/10 device.
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LOL. "all about the look." because of name branding. hilarious...so as long as there's a fancy name slapped to it, you don't mind the sucky croix UI, heavily underpowered, ridiculously overpriced, no 3g, complete mess of a phone? LOL. try again. pathetic guys. just pathetic.
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Yea. I agree to this. The F480 boasts so much more features (3g, 5mp camera, larger screen, a true web browser, larger battery, complete overhaul of touch interface, FM radio, etc) compared to the Armani phone, and it still has an amazing "look." A total upgrade in all senses. This review was only good for the pictures... no joke.
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The F480 still has a name.... or rather a couple. What happened to "Tocco" and "TouchWiz"?
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I have a tocco I love the phone but I admit camera is awfull on it waiting for i900 looks superb
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Average Joe: "To expensive and inconvenient for me." Average Joe needs to learn how to spell. lol. It's really interesting how much reviews can differ. Other sites said the sound quality was AT LEAST decent and not horrible. Furthermore, the I don't recall other sites saying the interface was buggy. Hopefully it's just the unit that Phonearena reviewed. And also, the phone price is starting to fall to $5xx now right?
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yes. and ~550 is a VERY good price for the phone.
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yeah after 1 year the price will be ~300... and THAT's A VERY GOOD price for the phone
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lol after one year..i'm sure theres gonna be a lot of other phones released
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Yeah, and also the iPhone and Touch Diamond are around the same price, if not more expensive yet they both got very high for the Average Joe rating??
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that was sarcasm
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I was just making a comment that prices are starting to fall. It's about 495 on plemix, I believe. By American standards yes it is quite expensive. But people got to remember that without provider's subsidy on the phone, even average basic phone costs around 2xx already no? If Average Joe just have enough buying sense, instead of signing up for a contract for 2 years and get some shitty phones, they can go to independent sellers and get better phones at a reduced price as well. I'm just saying that there is more than ONE way to purchase a phone. PLUS my only real comment was that they misspelled AND 550 IS NOT expensive for a touted FASHION phone. Yes, it doesn't have the "Armani" branding attached to it, but using that definition Nokia "7xxx" series are not fashion devices either, and so aren't "8xxx" series.
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7xxx is fashion device and 8xxx is luxury series
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Hi .. You talk to much! Phone is GREAT... If you wont great pictures by cam! It is a only phone! You answer , you call ... send sms mms ... do you need more ..Great looking.. thats all I need.. touchscreen not great but its work when you using more time
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I'm curious who sponsores this site: Nokia...or Apple?....the review is so much anti-Samsung oriented...much more than needed, so it sucks!!
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