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, Optus, and O2 mobile carriers under both contract and prepaid plans. Models without a SIM lock are also available. It comes in three colours: black, pink, and gold. In Asian markets it was sold under model number SGH-488. the U.S. the Samsung T919 Behold was sold which is mostly the same but has a 3.0-inch display, an accelerometer, and

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support.

Features

The devices uses a haptic TFT touch screen that can render 256,000 colors. Software-wise it uses Samsung's proprietary " TouchWiz UI" which was made as the replacement of the previous "Croix UI" that appeared on phones such as the F700. The device has a slimline and compact hardware design with a metallic back and sides. Compared to the F490 introduced at the same time, the F480 lacks a 3.5 mm headphone jack and is smaller in size. Samsung SGH-F480V-4881

The phone operates on the GSM and EDGE standards at 900, 1800, and 1900

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bands. The F480 supports 3G HSDPA data at 7.2 megabits per second on the 850 MHz band. It offers a

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-compliant web browser, and uses MIDP 2.0 as its

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support platform. This allows installing the Opera Mini browser, which is more up-to-date and advanced than the native browser. The latter is still good for quick access to the mobile Internet. The phone features a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, auto-focus,

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, smile mode, 4× digital zoom, and video recording capability. It allows users to edit photos and videos, and add effects to photos. The device also contains music-recognition software. With up-to-date firmware, it can support 16-gigabyte

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cards. Bluetooth support is included. The F480 uses a 1,000

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that provides up to three hours of talk time or 250 hours of standby time.

Reception

The F480 Tocco was a considerable success for Samsung. Samsung claimed that the F480 Tocco was the best-selling contract mobile phone in the UK in the second quarter of 2008. A slightly improved version called SGH-F480i was introduced in February 2009. Other devices would also be launched extending the Tocco name: the full-touch budget

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("Tocco Lite" or "Star") and the sliding touch Samsung S8300 ("Tocco Ultra" or "UltraTOUCH").

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