Jon Hardcastle's Review of Samsung F490
14th May 2008
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Time Phone OwnedBetween 1 - 4 Weeks
- Battery Life
- Reception
- Reviewers NetworkVodafone
- Screen Quality
- Features
- Style
While the camera is slow to respond, it is quicker than the one I had on the Nokia N73 and that was only a 3.2 gb camera.
General Comments
The Samsung F490 is fantastic, have not tried an I Phone but it has to be good to beat this. I read plenty of reviews regarding this phone on a number of review sites, these seemed to differ from one extreme to the other. I have to say I absolutely love this phone, moving from a Samsung D840 to this. Before Samsung's I was a Nokia fan until my Nokia N73 really started to play up. Nokia do have an easier operating system to them, but as with all things new they take time to get used to. This F490 is the easiest phone ever to operate. No wonder the user manual is one of the thinnest I have encountered with any new phone. The vibrating base tells you that the phone has recognised you have touched it, the phone prompts you to activate the keypad when answering and finishing a call. You really do have to be a total half whit to not operate this phone.
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Samsung F490, P720 touch phones photographed, tested | Electronista
Samsung F490 and P720 II ... Samsung's impending F490 and P720 touchscreen phones have been spotted outside of official press events with new details to match, says Russian site Mobile-Notes.
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Samsung readying 2 new touchscreen phones for 2008? | Electronista
Samsung F490 and P720 Leak ... The F490 should be a silver version of the Croix that strips out the physical keyboard entirely, relying instead on a virtual keyboard for all its input.
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Samsung's F490 / P720 handsets get outed -- Engadget
Although we came across Samsung's SGH-F490 during a recent FCC scavenger hunt, it, along with the previously announced P720 were recently spotted at ... armani, F490, P720, samsung
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Samsung F490 and P720 Touchscreen Phones Get Video'd - Clips -
Two upcoming Samsung phones, the F490 and P720, were unveiled at some press event in the Ukraine a little while ago. ... Seagate Pulsar is the Drive Maker's First Solid-State Drive #ssds #seagatepulsar
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Samsung Touch-Screen F490 Cellphone Launched Today, To Be Licked
The Samsung F490 has been launched today, but not at CES. As expected, the touch-based phone from Samsung looks pretty. ... Samsung Omnia II Review
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Let's start with the F490, it's the one without the built in flip cover. Not only does ... Samsung F490 and Samsung P720 DuoS, Live Pics and Video [via unwiredview] ... samsung-f490-samsung-p720-duos-live
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Samsung F490 Heir to the iPhone Throne - Mobile Phone News -
Samsung F490 Heir to the iPhone Throne - Mobile Phone Review - With MacWorld just around the corner the pressure is now really on... ... Link: Samsung UK
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Samsung F490 (SGH-F490) Preview - Mobile Gazette - Mobile Phone News
The Samsung F490 features the same "Croix" interface found on the Samsung Armani phone, which probably pitches the handset directly against the iPhone in terms of market appeal.
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Samsung F490 Review ~ Cell Phone Reviews
Some of the specs of the Samsung F490 seem to even surpass that of the iPhone. First, it has a larger 3.2 inch screen though thinner because it supports 16:9 aspect ratio when in landscape mode.
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Samsung F490 Takes on the Apple iPhone - Mobiledia
Samsung today unveiled the SGH-F490, a multimedia phone with a 3.2-inch, 16:9 wide full-touch screen and intuitive user interface for the European market. ... Samsung Instinct (M800)
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