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Talk time: 3.3, standby time: 300, Camera: Yes, Integrated, 99 gram, WAP, GPRS, MP3 More product info

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Based on 12 expert reviews, the average rating for Samsung SGH-F490 is 3.7/5. Expert Reviews for Mobile Phones are gathered from magazines and web sites around the world. Read summaries of the English reviews below.

 
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alaTest Title:

Review summary of Samsung SGH-F490

(12/10/08)
Summary: Read the full review
Verdict: Experts rate this product 76/100 and users 84/100. Comparing these reviews to 252104 other Cellular Phones reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 92/100 = Excellent.
Country: US
92.0 / 100.0
IT Reviews Title:

Samsung - F490

(04/08/08)
Summary: The F490 from Samsung is another of those all-front-screen mobile phones that seem to be gathering momentum at the moment thanks to Apple's iPhone. It measures 115mm tall, 53mm wide and 12mm thick and weighs 102g, ... Read the full review
Country: UK
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Testseek US Title:

Samsung SGH-F490

(04/08/08)
Summary: 22 experts have reviewed this product and the average expert score is 73 of 100. Read the full review
Country: US
73.0 / 100.0
Testwinner 26/07/08
Summary: 2 experts have reviewed the , giving it an average score of 69 out of 100... Read the full review
Country: UK
69.0 / 100.0
Testwinner US 26/07/08
Summary: 2 experts have reviewed the , giving it an average score of 69 out of 100... Read the full review
Country: US
69.0 / 100.0
Register Hardware Title:

Samsung SGH-F490 cameraphone

(28/05/08)
Summary: The first two devices to run the "Croix" touchscreen UI didn't float our boat. Thewas high on style, low on ability, thetried to be some sort of smartphone all-things-to-all-men. Read the full review
Verdict: Nice looking, easy enough to use and with a decent 5 megapixel camera, but the excellent screen is criminally underutilised
Country: UK
75.0 / 100.0
MobileArsenal - review Title:

Samsung F490 - button it up!

(21/02/08)
Summary: There are no buttons on the front of the F490. Go for the touch-sensitive universe!... Read the full review
Country: US
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Mobile Gazette Title:

Samsung F490 (SGH-F490) Preview

(18/01/08)
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Verdict: Another touchscreen from Samsung, theSGH-F490is a 3.5G HSDPA device with a large 3.2 inch screen with an unusual 240 x 432 pixel resolution. This is roughly a 16:9 ratio, indicating that the F490 is optimised for widescreen video playback if rotated by ninety degrees.
Country: US
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TrustedReviews Title:

Samsung SGH-F490


Summary: Read the full review
Verdict: Samsung's SGH-F490 throws away the F700's sliding keyboard and goes pure touchscreen.
Country: UK
7.0 / 10.0
Techradar Title:

Samsung SGH-F490


Summary: The iPhone may not have sold as many units as Steve Jobs had hoped, but it certainly made the more traditional mobile phone manufacturers sit up and take notice. And in a Korean lab, Samsung’s engineers came up with the F490 – it’s got a really big touch screen like an iPhone, it’s quite slim like an iPhone, but oh dear, it’s... Read the full review
Pros: ; >Stylish design> Handy touch screen> 5 megapixel camera> HSDPA high speed data
Cons: ; >Touch screen is difficult to use> Average pictures> Poor video quality> No Wi-Fi
Country: UK
3.5 / 5.0
Mobile Phones UK Title:

Samsung F490 Nerva


Summary: 3.5G touchscreen-operated phone with 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, video calling, music player, memory card & Bluetooth™. Read the full review
Country: UK
4.0 / 5.0
CNET.co.uk Title:

Samsung F490 review


Summary: : It looks the part but its interface and features don't deliver... Read the full review
Verdict: It's great to see Samsung enter yet another market with a phone that looks to be an iPhone killer. The problem with the Samsung F490, though, is that its interface isn't the best and it lacks a star feature relative to other phones in its category
Pros: ; Large screen; 3.5mm headphone jack
Cons: ; Interface doesn't work as well as it could
Country: UK
6.8 / 10.0
PhoneArena Title:

Samsung SGH-F490 Preview


Summary: In this preview, we will take a look at the newest family member– SGH F490. At first look, we can say that it is a high-class multimedia phone, targeting the high-tech oriented audience. ...... Read the full review
Country: US
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