Samsung F480
Release year: 2008
Launch price: 399 € May 2008
Samsung F480 is a Tri-band HSDPA phone, a technology for mobile wireless transmissions with significantly superior performance compared to UMTS. The transmission speed achievable with HSDPA technology is in fact similar to current ADSL transmission on fixed networks. Compact, powerful and functional with the possibility of exploiting Bluetooth connectivity for short-range data transmission and HTML technology. It has expandable memory and a TFT touchscreen display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and 256K colors. Samsung F480 is also equipped with voice memo, Image viewer (jpeg/gif/bmp/png), MP3/AAC/AAC+ player, Java MIDP 2.0, H.264/H.263/MPEG4 player, Email, polyphonic ringtones and USB connectivity. It has an integrated 5 MP camera with zoom, flash, the ability to record video and to see the person you are talking to. Furthermore, the user has the possibility to customize images, sounds, wallpapers and applications and to view documents (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, PDF viewer).
Technical specifications
| Networks | Tri-band Dual Mode / HSDPA |
| Dimensions | 95.9 x 55 x 11.5 mm |
| Weight with battery | 91 g |
| Battery | Lithium |
| Standby time | 240 h |
| Talk time | 4 h |
In the box: Battery, user manual, charger
Messaging
| SMS |  |
| MMS | |
| Predictive text (T9) | |
| Video messaging | |
| Chat |  |
Design and display
| Display | TFT touchscreen, 256K colors and 240 x 320 pixels |
| Adjustable contrast | |
| Multi-line display | |
| Display color | 256K |
| Display size | 240 x 320 pixels |
| Backlit keypad | |
| Keypad lock | |
| One-touch phonebook access | |
| Antenna | internal |
| Vibration | |
| Headphone jack | |
Features
| SIM Application Toolkit | |
| Built-in speakerphone | |
| J2ME support | |
| Conference calling | |
| Phonebook entries | 1000 |
| Memory | Expandable with microSD (TransFlash) |
Connectivity
| UMTS | |
| GPRS | |
| EDGE | |
| WAP | |
| IrDA (infrared) | |
| Built-in modem | |
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| Bluetooth | |
| USB | |
Personalization
| MP3 player | |
| Custom ringtones | |
| Silent mode | |
| Downloadable ringtones | |
| Polyphonic ringtones | |
| Downloadable images and logos | |
| AM/FM stereo radio | |
| Games | |
| Downloadable games | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Calculator | |
Camera
| Camera | |
| Sensor | 5 MP |
| Image resolution | 2592 x 1944 pixels |
| Zoom | Yes |
| Flash | Yes |
| Photo phonebook | |
| Image editor | |
| Self-timer | |
| Contrast and brightness adjustment | |
Video
| Video recording | |
| Quality settings | |
| Brightness adjustment | |
| Maximum resolution | |
| Video calling | |
Price history
399 € → 104 € (-74%) · minimum 16 €, maximum 399 € · 87 readings, May 2008 – Jul 2015