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Samsung Touchwiz F480 Mobile Phone


Samsung has today announced the launch of a new touch screen mobile phone, the Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone which is equipped with a full screen touch screen and it features 256K colors display, integrated 5.0 Megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and video recording, microSD memory slot, GPRS, EDGE, 3G functionality, FM Radio with RDS, MP3 Media Player and offers a new innovative widgets with ‘drag and drop’ technology.

samsung touchwiz f480 mobile-phoneThe tri-band GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 network ready along with 3G HSDPA 2100 MHz network ready Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone is equipped with large 2.8-inch 256K colors capable, QVGA TFT screen having 240 x 320 pixels screen resolution.

The new Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone sports touch sensitive screen that allows access to all the features of the handset in easy and effortless manner. This sleek phone is the quite slim at just 11.6 mm.

The  Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone comes with 232-MB of internal shared memory and it supports microSD memory card (upto 8-GB) with hot-swap functionality for external memory with virtually limitless storage capacity.

Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone offers a full touch navigation experience allowing widgets with ‘drag and drop’ technology which makes the experience of using the phone highly interactive and easy.

Widgets with drag-and-drop: The simple ‘drag-and-drop’ technology in the Samsung Touchwiz F480 touch screen mobile phone allows selecting multiple widgets from the left panel of the screen which can simply be dropped anywhere on the main screen. A widgets is small portable chunk of code that can be executed without requring any additional programming etc. Widgets in Touchwiz F480 are made up of widely used applications like calendar, clock and alarms, music player functions, FM radio functions, games etc. The Widget with ‘drag-and-drop’ feature is quick and simple technique which allows the user to set hotkeys for all desired functions on the touch menu.

Weighting just about 101 gms, the Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone features a single integrated 5.0 Megapixels digital camera with 2592 x 1944 pixels image resolution and it offers Autofocus, 4X digital zoom and built-in LED flash light along with Image Stabilizer for blur-free camera experience. The Samsung Touchwiz F480 phone allows picture storage in standard JPEG format in handset memory or in extended memory. In addition, the digital camera also offers Photo effects and option for Photo quality settings while shooting still pictures. The camera is also equipped with face detection function, autodetect smile, and panaroma shot. Additionally the camera is equipped with some more advanced features like image stabilizer (still and video capture) and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR).

The Stylish Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone is also capable of recording up to an hour of video with sound in QCIF resolution at 15fps offers quality images. Video recording and decoding formats in H.263, 3GPP and MPEG4 video formats. The Samsung SGH-U900 video playback supports MPEG4, 3GPP and H.263 Video Formats.

The Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile handset is armed with mobile tracker feature that helps users track their phone in case they happen to lose it. In an event of being lost, stolen or misplaced, the Mobile Tracker feature sends an SMS prompt to a pre-determined number whenever the SIM card is changed thus improving chances of recovering the handset.

In addition, the Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobilephone has a powerful speakerphone is included to give users a hands-free comfort.

samsung touchwiz f480 mobile phone

Widgets with ‘drag and drop’ technology enabled Samsung F480 Phone

The Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone also sports a built-in MP3 media player which which supports MP3, ACC, ACC+, eAAC+, WAV, MIDI, XMF, SMAF, and WMA music formats. Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) Bluetooth for stereo sound allows listening to music on bluetooth compatible headset absolutely wire-free.

The new Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone also features integrated FM stereo radio with Visual Radio feature and is capable of playing streaming video (3GPP). The FM radio allows 87.5 - 108 MHz frequency range and handset is also equipped with 2.5 mm AV connector supporting custom Samsung headphones.

The Samsung Touchwiz F480 allows downloading JAVA-enabled games, pictures, ringtones and other sounds, as well as text files using WAP 2.0 browse over GPRS internet connection.

Supporting Polyphonic (72 channels) ringtones and MP3 ringtones, Samsung U900 mobile phone offers upto 1000 entries phonebook with Photo call and 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls records.

The Touch Sensitive screen equipped Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobilephone offers range of connectivity including GPRS Class 10 - with upto 48 kbps speed, EDGE Class 10 - with upto 236.8 kbps speed and 3G HSDPA functionality with upto 7.2 Mbps data speed.

With 7.2 Mpbs High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) connectivity in Samsung F480 mobile phone, users can enjoy super-fast Internet access and share high-resolution images and even heavy video taken with the mobile phone. The 7.2 Mpbs HSDPA connection also allows downloading songs at a faster speed in comparison to standard 3G networks.

In addition, Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone also offers built-in Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP connection. The wireless Bluetooth v2.0 connection with Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) feature allows listening to music on bluetooth compatible headset absolutely wire-free and in full stereo.

EDGE network connection allows ultra fast data transmissions, and faster downloads and file transfers. Bluetooth technology enables communication with other Bluetooth compatible devices and gadgets such as color printers, PDAs and laptops for instant sync-ups, data transfer and print jobs in a flash.

For wired access, Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone handset offers USB v2.0/v1.1 for conventional hook-ups. MMS and EMS is a breeze with JAVA technology and WAP 2.0 providing easy access to a wide range of content and applications. The user can send & receive emails using built-in email client which supports POP3, SMTP & IMAP4 email protocols.

Available in black and blue colors, the Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone is equipped with offers range of applications including Microsoft Document Viewers for word, excel and powerpoint, Calendar, Scheduler, To do list, Clock, World time, Alarms, Currency Converter, Calculator, Memo Book, Stop Watch, and Count Down Timer.

The mobile phone comes with Standard Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery which allows upto 250 hours of stand-by time and incredible 3 hours of talk time on full charge.

samsung touchwiz f480 mobile phone

Samsung Touchwiz F480 Mobile Phone Features

  • Tri-band: GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
  • 3G HSDPA 2100 MHz
  • 256K Colors, 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8-inch QVGA TFT screen
  • 232-MB internal memory (shared)
  • microSD memory card (upto 8-GB), hot-swap functionality
  • 1000 entries phonebook with Photo call
  • 500 SMS Memory
  • 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls records
  • 5.0 Megapixel camera, 2592 x 1944 pixels resolution, 4x digital zoom, Autofocus, Image Stabilizer, LED flash, Face Detection, Photo Effects
  • Video recording, MPEG4, 3GPP and H.263 Video Formats
  • Video Player, Supports MPEG4, 3GPP and H.263 Video Formats
  • Media Player supporting MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WAV, MIDI, XMF, SMAF, and WMA audio file formats
  • Polyphonic (72 channels) ringtones / MP3 ringtones
  • FM Radio with RDS
  • GPRS Class 10, 32 - 48 kbps speed
  • EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps speed
  • 3G, HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps speed
  • Bluetooth v2.0 + A2DP
  • USB v2.0 port
  • WAP 2.0, HTML (PocketIE)
  • SMS, MMS, EMS, Messenger, Email, RSS Feed Reader
  • WAP 2.0 Browser
  • Built-in handsfree speakphone
  • Java MIDP 2.0
  • Voice Memo
  • Colors - Silver, Black
  • Applications - Calendar, Scheduler, To do list, Clock, World time, Alarms, Currency Converter, Calculator, Memo Book, Stop Watch, Count Down Timer
  • Document Viewers - MS Office, MS Power Point
  • Li-Ion 1000 mAh standard battery
    Stand-by: Up to 250 hours
    Talk time: Up to 3 hours
  • Dimension: 98.4 x 55 x 11.6 mm
  • Weight: 101 gms

The Samsung Touchwiz F480 mobile phone with 5.0 MP camera, MP3 player along with Bluetooth v2.0+A2DP wireless connectivity is available for Rs. 20,599 plus local taxes. Visit www.samsung.com/in for more details.


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