Samsung F490 Reviews

Samsung F490 Reviews
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Samsung F490 Overview

The Samsung F490 is a slimline 3G phone which has an eye catching 3.2 inch touchscreen displaying up to 262k colours. The glossy Samsung F490 features include a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, music player, java games , video call and built-in web browser. The phone weighs 102 grams which gives it a solid feel and its dimensions make it slim and easy to hold. Other features include 130MB of internal memory plus MicroSD card support for further storage, Bluetooth and USB.

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Samsung F490
John K
Review Posted April 2008
Samsung F490 Overall Rating: 1 Out Of 5 Overall
Samsung F490 Design Rating: 4 Out Of 5 Design
Samsung F490 Features Rating: 2 Out Of 5 Features
Samsung F490 Usability Rating: 1 Out Of 5 Usability

Good looking, bit unpractical

This is a very nice looking phone, unfortunately it suffers from a number of significant flaws.

The biggest is the touch screen.

Whilst it's an excellent idea it doesn't work very well. I find that every time I touch my finger to the screen to move down a list in a menu rather than letting them scroll it just selects the the first item I touch, making it virtually impossible to scroll through menus.

Secondly the fact that the screen locks when a call comes through, meaning you have to unlock it to answer, it then locks during the call, meaning you have to unlock it again to hang up.

Overall its a very nice looking phone, but it's totally unusable.

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Samsung F490 Features

  • Standard / Candy Bar
  • Black
  • Camera
  • Colour Screen
  • Memory Card Slot
  • Video Recorder
  • Touchscreen
  • Loudspeaker
  • Bluetooth
  • USB
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • 3G
  • HSDPA
  • 5.0 Megapixels
  • Tri-band
  • MP3 Player

Standy Time: Up to 220 hours

Talk Time: Up to 6 hours

Samsung F490 Dimensions

53.5mm (width) x 11.8mm (depth) x 115 mm (height)

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