In a nutshell: The Samsung F400 is a superb music phone.
Its novel dual-slide design enables the Bang & Olufsen external
speakers to blast out your music, and the iPod-like MusicWheel is
an excellent way of controlling the music player. You can plug in
your own headphones with the 3.5mm jack for the best possible music
experience. Plus, with a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, 3G HSDPA,
Bluetooth, and a microSD memory card slot, there's no need to make
compromises with this phone. Did we mention the outstanding battery
life?
Review:
July 2008.
The
Samsung F400 is a dual slider phone.
Slide it up to access the keypad, just like a conventional slide
phone. Slide it down to reveal an external speaker located at the
top of the phone (see picture on the right.) Its obvious that the
F400 is intended as a music phone, and it really does deliver on
its promise.
The
music capabilities of the F400 are truly outstanding. The external
stereo speakers add significantly to the volume, and the Bang &
Olufsen ICEpower technology means that audio quality is 100%. The
Smart Bass feature pumps out extra bass too. Audio quality is superb
both when using the external speakers, or through headphones, and
with a standard 3.5mm headphone jack you can use any set of headphones
that you choose - a feature that's surprisingly rare amongst other
mobiles. The music player supports all common digital formats, including
MP3 and WMA, and also supports OMA Digital Rights Management 1.0.
You can set an MP3 track as a ringtone, or use 72-voice MIDI ringtones.
As you'd expect, an FM radio is built in too.
The
music controls are excellent too, with an iPod-like MusicWheel and
a music hotkey. Using these controls you can easily access the music
player with the slide closed and just the external speakers showing
at the top. The F400 also comes with a music recognition feature
similar to Sony Ericsson's TrackID™ - find out the track and
artist information by recording part of any song.
The
F400 is a compact phone, although not superslim, and fits snugly
into the hand. The keypad slides open smoothly and the keys shouldn't
cause any problems, as they are nicely sized with positive feedback.
One advantage of not being superslim is that a larger capacity
battery can be fitted inside, and in fact the F400 has outstandingly
good battery life, which is very useful in a phone that doubles
as a music player!
The
phone is 3G and supports fast music downloads via HSDPA 3.6 Mbps.
It also supports full Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity. SMS
and MMS messaging are available, as well as email. A handy document
viewer is installed for viewing attachments.
The
camera is a good mid-ranger with 3 megapixels, autofocus and an
LED flash. The camera can also record video in MPEG4 or 3GPP formats,
and there's a second camera for video calling too. The display is
typical for this kind of phone, with a standard resolution of 320
x 240 pixels and 262k colours.
There's
just one thing that niggles us about the F400, and that's the measly
20 Mbytes of internal memory. However, you can add a microSD card
up to 8 Gbytes for storing up to 2,000 MP3 tracks, so this is something
that we are prepared to live with. We rate the phone 9 out of 10.
Features
of the Samsung F400 include:
3 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and
3x digital zoom
Video recorder (MPEG4 / 3GPP / H.263) &
3G video calling
Display: TFT, 240 x 320 pixels (2.2 inches),
262,144 colours
Music player (MP3 / ACC / ACC+ / eAAC+ / WMA
formats) plus FM radio
Music Recognition (Shazam)
72-voice polyphonic ringtones / MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone
Voice memo recorder
Messaging: SMS, MMS, email
Document viewer
Java games
Memory: 20 Mbytes plus microSD memory card slot
(up to 8 Gbytes)
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Average
rating from 65 reviews:
Reviewed by Cameron H from Bolton on
1st Jan 2010
This is an absolutly outstanding phone. I've had mine for a year
and I can do nothing more than sing it's praises - a truely brilliant
phone with which I would be lost. I've just turned away from several
new phones, this is just the best phone and I will continue to use
it for years to come. Rating:
Reviewed by Rosie C from Staffordshire
on 31st Dec 2009
I have had this phone for just over a year now and I am one of the
clumsiest people you will ever meet but this phone is brilliant!!
I drop my phone all of the time and this phone still works! Its
been in water which caused it to turn itself off but once it dried
it it was like new! Love this phone!! Rating:
Reviewed by steven y from S''PORE on
20th Dec 2009
yes i love the f400 compare with nokia 6500s it''s look classis
than the 6500s. Rating:
Reviewed by steve from worcs.england
on 18th Sep 2009
had this phone 9 months. you can store straight to memory card.
saw review about screen scratching easily so put new thicker plastic
screen saver on.put keys in wrong pocket resulting in two scratches
on screen saver which i can replace any time. it still looks brand
new and the speaker on music player is brilliant.cannot find fault
with this phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Jackson from Essex on
29th Aug 2009
I bought this phone based on reviews which were (at the time of
purchase)all reasonably good, what a let down. I previously owned
a samsung d500 but needed more memory for my music, so i bought
a sony ericsson k800i both phones were great. Unfortunatly my k800i
was eaten by my dog, so i went looking for a phone which would hold
my music and be user friendly. I found the samsung f400 and thought
it would be ideal, thinking back to my d500 and how easy the menu's
were to use i figured this would be to how wrong i was. The memory
on the phone is very small so when blutooth'ing pic's or music you
can only transfer a few at a time before you have to transfer the
pic's or mp3's over to your memory card because the phone does not
give you the option of saving directly on to the memory card they
are automatically stored on the phones memory. Then you have to
figure out how to navigate the menu's to be able to play your music
or view pic's there are so many folders it can be confusing it seems
like nothing is straight forward as it was with the d500. I found
this phone to be very time consuming, it wasnt what i hoped it would
be, i wont mention all the other negative points as other reviewer's
have done that for me ie the phone scratches easy and show's up
every finger print, etc etc so i would not recomend this phone.
I have since been able to purchase another sony ericsson k800i after
trying a lg viewty which i found to be easy to use but not as good
sound quality as the k800i . Rating:
Reviewed by adam from england on
20th Aug 2009
i love the phone but i disagree with the statemnt of battery life,
i have to charge my phone everyday and just using the camera a few
times will sap the battery. Rating:
Reviewed by Aaron from Scotland on
6th Aug 2009
My F400 is also turning itself on and off continuously. And I haven't
even had it for 6 months, I like the design and the useful spinning
directional buttons, but unless you're prepared to live with a phone
which turns itself off when it feels like it, and also has one of
the most shaky, unstable and weak slider mechanisms, please do not
thinking about dishing out over £130 like I did for it! Rating:
Reviewed by Natasha from uk on
5th Aug 2009
when i first got this phone i loved it everything was fine (apart
from the screen scratching so easy) .. 6 months down the line everythings
wrong with it! the sound doesnt work because of the slide - beeping
all through phone calls saying something about the headphone jack
- its turning itself on & off constantly - and even the bluetooths
not working! thats a phone that hasnt been water damaged or dropped! Rating:
Reviewed by luke from england on
6th Jul 2009
best phone eva Rating:
Reviewed by Ian Donald from UK on
7th Apr 2009
I got this phone in response to my Sony Ericson giving up the ghost,
and overall i am happy with it. 1:Design/build quality Although
attractive enough from the front, things get quite bulky and plasticky
when you turn it on its side. It feels generally a little cheap,
and the slide mechanism isnt as smooth as onther samsungs i have
had. This is probably something to do with the phones main selling
point, its secret mini B&O speaker (ill mention this later) The
screen is a decent size although it scratches really easily, so
be careful! Mine already looks like a cat has been phoning home.
2: software The menu system is quick and easy to use and anyone
who has had a samsung before will find it easy to pick up. Everything
has a mysic/purple theme, which ties in well to the phones USP.
3:music and camera The music system can be accesed via sliding out
the mini speaker, by pressing a button on the side or accesing it
through the media menu. As an mp3 player i think it doeas a great
job... not perfect, but quite usable as a daily music device. The
only major gripe is that you cant shuffle your whole library without
including the UNDELETABLE ringtone files! The slide out speaker
system is a nice touch, and when set to POP eq, it produces enough
bass for it to be not too annoying. Its never going to beat a set
of decent travel speakers, and in fairness its probably only a bit
better than most other phone speakers, but it does make a less tinny
noise than most and can get quite loud whilst remaining clear. Obviously
the best point about this phones music capabilities is that in has
a 3.5mm headphone jack!!! The camera is also quite good, it takes
a photo quickly and focuses well, althhough its a shame that its
not protected by the slide. It does tend to take fairly poor contrast
shots though, but plenty good enough for the occasional candid photo.
4: Conclusion With the 4gb memory card in it it will suit my needs
as an mp3 player/phone for some time. My only concern is the build
quality, i wish it was metal bodied with a better screen, i would
be very pleased with it if that was the case and i would have probably
given it 5 stars. Otherwise its a great phone/mp3 player which i
can genuinly recommend. Rating:
Reviewed by kristian thorpe from england
on 13th Mar 2009
i think this phone is amazing it is easy to use i've had lots of
phones before and none of them compare to this one i recomend this
to any people who likes to listen to music aloud and likes to take
lots of pictures with the 3 megapixel camera so do buy this phone
it isnt expensive i got it for £127.00 from my local o2 store. Rating:
Reviewed by priya from birmingham. UK
on 6th Mar 2009
i reali lovve dis fone bcuz its gud for music, style is kool toooo.
i give dis fon 10/10 all round. no1 fone to buy. priya ;-))) xxxxxxxxx Rating:
Reviewed by kev from uk on 16th
Feb 2009
i am happy with this phone except the memory as i use to have a
different ringtone for each of my friends and also a message tone
and a ringtone and alarm tones but as i only have 20 mb of memory
i cant do that now and i cant save to memory card as it says phone
memory full also i cant beleive u cant delete ur preset ring tones
that are taking memory up but are rubbish and i want to delete them Rating:
Reviewed by Ian from England on
5th Feb 2009
I bought this phone for the music player and I'm delighted. All
of the issues mentioned by other people are easily sorted - you
really need to read the manual and go through it to personalise
every setting. The camera quality is fine for what I want, and the
video is acceptable for clips. The phone works, what more is there
to say. I'm not bothered about internet, skins or games. The menus
are intuitive and comprehensive, and the music is excellent. Rating:
Reviewed by royU from ksa on
2nd Feb 2009
Just got this one last week, sound quality is good, camera not that
much and the battery easily wears out, I have to charge it daily..
Over all this phone is good. Rating:
Reviewed by robbie from uk on
1st Feb 2009
i love this phone but it boring now i dont like the way you can
only chouse between 2 thems lol but i love it it is the best phone
i have evere had Rating:
Reviewed by Gibby from UK on
26th Jan 2009
This phone screams quality!!! The sound of this phone has to be
the best out there. My last two phones were both SonyEricsson Walkman
phones but the F400 blows them away in terms of sound quality, especially
with the built in speakers... Superb phone! Rating:
Reviewed by Sam from England on
16th Jan 2009
I love this phone. I've had it for a few weeks and i have already
got used to the phone! The camra is good and the music quality is
amazing. Just one little thing bugs me though. Only Lilac and White
skins are avalable for the phone and it doent rearly apeal to male
users. But apart from that, its outstanding. Rating:
Reviewed by C.S from UK on 14th
Jan 2009
Got this phone for xmas and so far I cannot falut it, the camera
is very good quality and the screen is very bright. i do have one
downside however, the screen tends to scratch extremly easily, especially
if you have it in your pocket. Rating:
Reviewed by Matt from UK on 25th
Dec 2008
Just had a Samsung F400 for Christmas and have been very impressed
with the phone so far. The speaker quality is excellent and the
build and feel of the phone feels great in the hand, I love the
scrolling wheel, it's really fun to use! If your after a great,
stylish music phone this is one I recommend. Rating:
Reviewed by tyrone from Land of OZ on
24th Dec 2008
Over all i'm pretty happy with this phone the sound quality on it
is great and with 8 gig its more then enough to replace my mp3 player.
camera quality is also great just as good as all the sony ericsson
phone's i had. the people who cry about this phone should pull there
head in or stop being tight ass's and pay for a high end phone Rating:
Reviewed by Ribs from uk on 23rd
Dec 2008
hey this phone is quite good the music sound and quality is good
and you can plug your own headphones suites me :) Rating:
Reviewed by f400 is the best from uk
on 20th Dec 2008
this phone is the best phone i have ever had it isnt awful i would
advise everyone to get this phone because it has brilliant quailty
as what you expect from samsung. the speakers are brilliant i dont
no how you could go wrong with this phone i have had mine for ages
and have had no promblems with it at all so if you want a superb
phone this it the phone for you the phone has a sleek style it isnt
a bulky brick like phone but the keypad is simple like all phones
. i love this phone and it is the phone for music lovers . so i
rate this phone as outstanding. Rating:
Reviewed by Kim from UK on 18th
Dec 2008
Have had this phone for about a month now and still cant decide
whether i like it or not. Its much bigger than i expected it to
be would have prefered it smaller but overall it works fine. Only
problems i have with it is that the vibration in silent mode is
nearly as loud as having a ringtone on,the camera isnt very good
and when opening texts the page opens really slowly. I do regret
getting this phone sometimes..would recomend researching and trying
this phone before buying it. Rating:
Reviewed by Cravena from uk on
18th Dec 2008
This phone is one of the best...great sound,nice and loud!! at last
can personalise message tones on a samsung! i got 2gb with adapter
included in mine so look around because some dont include it!! Rating:
Reviewed by Adam from Wales on
18th Dec 2008
I cant wait to get rid of this phone, I had it as an upgrade, the
music player is good but thats about it, its quite a big and bulky
phone, there are little or no decent features on it, the predictive
text is a nightmare as it does not add a word to the dictionary,
or if it does it lasts about a day. The silent mode is awful, the
vibrate function is way to powerful, you cant personalise as you
can only have one ringtone at a time...uch I hate this phone, keeps
cutting out on me, line is crackley. Stay away from it!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Dee from NI on 17th
Dec 2008
Awful phone, I have had it 3 months and as of today no one can actually
hear me speak....DO NOT BUY.. Rating:
Reviewed by Kate from au on 7th
Dec 2008
BEST FONE EVA! WAY BETTA THEN THE NOKIA PHONES I LOVE THIS FONE!
BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BEST FONE EVA!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Sheryl from Singapore on
10th Nov 2008
Proud of my phone :) I can blast my music LOUD AND CLEAR! YAYYY! Rating:
Reviewed by brodie from au on
14th Oct 2008
love this phone great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dont no what every one else saids but its the BEST!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Michael Moran from England,
UK on 5th Oct 2008
Great phone so far, having a little trouble with transferring songs
over from my PC onto it though. It keeps issuing 'could not be performed
because of an I/O error' when I attempt to put a song on the phone.
Any help? Another thing... does it cost to use the Music Recognition
feature? :S Rating:
Reviewed by Ribs from uk on 4th
Oct 2008
i hate this phone i have had it for half an year and i made an wrong
choice trust me DONT BUY THIS LOAD OF JUNK Rating:
Reviewed by Chris from UK on
25th Sep 2008
Changed my mind, I got a new unit and haven't had any of the problems
I had previously. Rating:
Reviewed by Joe from England, UK on
22nd Sep 2008
For a Samsung phone, i was quite impressed. The sound quality is
very good, but i think the headphones are a little weak. The camera
is also not up to scratch. However, i love the 2 way slide and the
general design of the phone, and the battery life is definately
an improvement on most Samsung phones i have had, which is a fair
few. Rating:
Reviewed by Ryan from Wiltshire on
14th Sep 2008
Amazing fone! battery life is a bit rubbish! especially listening
to music, that just eats the battery! Good looks! Screen gets dirty
really easy tho! Rating:
Reviewed by Naomii from england on
13th Sep 2008
I bought this phone about a month ago now and i have found no problems
what so ever! I love it and wouldnbt change it! I got it for my
birthday and i had been looking at so many other phones.l But i
dont think any of them wulda lievd up to this F400 standards ! The
speakers sounds are incredible and its really easy to use. I just
wish it came with games ! But apart from that its a SUPER phone
lol ! x Rating:
Reviewed by Alix from UK on 4th
Sep 2008
I bought the Samsung F400 recently and found the speaker quality
outstanding. I love the dual slide feature and also the 3.5mm headphone
jack is very handy. I love the feel of it and the keypad is easy
to use unlike my previous Sony Ericsson W880i which had very fiddly
keys. All in all it's a very smart looking mobile and i am really
impressed with it! Rating:
Reviewed by Chris from UK on
3rd Sep 2008
Fairly dreadful phone. The screen quality is not good, and though
the phone purports to take 3mb images, it has such difficulty with
large files it is not practical to use except in special circumstances.
Ugly unwieldy menus, awkward texting and counter-intuitive buttons
are hardly a selling point. There are a myriad of other niggling
flaws, from the unreliable alarm to the fact it can quite easily
come off silent mode when it's in your bag. Finally, the software
is utterly useless making the music player little more then a joke.
All of this wrapped in a bulky tacky scratch magnet. Rating:
Reviewed by michelle from uk on
29th Aug 2008
loving the phone,memery on phone needs sorting ous i have problems
reciving files when i have enough memery Rating:
Reviewed by Little C from UK on
27th Aug 2008
Update, now I've had this for a few weeks. Loving the camera. Absolutely
loving it. On holiday last week, took loads of pics both with a
normal digital camera and my phone camera. On indoor pics where
we couldn't use the flash, the phone camera came out on top. It
is excellent at dealing with low light conditions. I was also impressed
with the quality of the images - no obvious pixilation when displayed
on a 42" TV screen. Battery life has also proved to be quite good,
except when using the music player. 4 days away, over 100 photos
taken, 30+ min phone call, web surfing, and listened to music, and
my phone still had power. This phone is growing on me. Still don't
think it's very user friendly (like not being able to find how to
change the text message tone, despite reading the manual several
times - thanks Superhoops for the answer on this), but once you
get the hang of it it's quite fun! Rating:
Reviewed by Milo from UK on 14th
Aug 2008
Outstanding phone and definitely stands out from the crowd. Speaker
quality is fantastic and is the best sounding phone that I have
had. Came with 2GB Micro SD card which is allowing me to put approx
500 songs on the phone which is a fantastic amount but if 2GB wasn't
enough, you're able to put a memory card of up to 8GB in allowing
you to have approx 2000 songs on your mobile! When you slide the
phone down it reveals its music player which I think is equally
as good as the Walkman players found on SE phones. The 3.5mm headphone
jack is very useful and is rare on many mobiles. The FM radio is
very useful and is of high quality! The scroll wheel is very handy
and allows easy scrolling through your music collection. Camera
quality is good, it's better than my previous phone's camera anyway
and that was the Sony Ericsson w880i. My only moan is that is scatches
VERY easily. I've been extremely careful since I got it on the 9th
and I've already got a few marks on the screen! The on board memory
is also very poor limiting you to very few personalised ringtones.
Overall it does a fantastic job of being a super music phone, makes
and receives calls faultlessly and takes great photos! Rating:
Reviewed by Neil from UK on 14th
Aug 2008
I'm soo glad i bought this phone. I've wanted it for ages and ive
had my hopes up; now ive got it, it certainly has not let me down.
My main worry before getting it was the it was a bit brick-ish and
heavy but it is surpisingly light! I prefer a chunkier phone as
apposed to these flimsey little ones that you feel like you could
break in half if you touched it. Very user friendly, great wheel
like on an iPod. Cameras absolutely fine - just make sure you remove
the protective film from it first or pictures may look bulry for
that reason. Top Knotch phone, definitely gets my vote!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Superhoops from UK on
12th Aug 2008
Sorry Little C you are wrong that you can't choose your own text
message tone. Just go to settings, phone profiles, choose a profile
from, the list, options and edit, the 2nd icon on the right at the
top is the text message choices. Rating:
Reviewed by Little C from UK on
8th Aug 2008
I am very disappointed with this phone. I spent hours researching
the best handset, and really thought I had found it in this one,
but poor usability lets it down. Never before have I needed to refer
to the handbook so much. Pros: Looks cool, like the dual slide,
wheel is useful, takes 3.5mm standard headphones, reasonable music
quality, very easy to transfer music and files (3 methods, I love
the Windows Media Player sync). Call quality is good. Buttons are
user friendly. Cons: Camera could be better, need a steady hand,
location of lense could be better. Music player doesn't remember
where you paused, unless you have it in background mode which then
means shortcut buttons don't work. Fingerprint magnet - not just
the screen but also surrounding the screen. Doesn't play wma files
(at least gives me an error when I try). Can't choose your own text
message tone. Doesn't appear to display anything on standby - my
previous phones displayed the time. Doesn't have "flight mode" like
the Sony Ericssons. Only comes with demo games that time out after
5 mins. Vibrate is a bit vicious - the whole office knows when I
get a text. All in all, having just come from a Sony Ericsson I
expect the same or better, and the Samsung just doesn't come up
to scratch. If you want a music player, then this phone is fine.
If you want anything else, then look elsewhere. [Editor's comment:
The F400 *should* play WMA files, and there *is* an offline or flight
mode.] Rating:
Reviewed by Superhoops from UK on
7th Aug 2008
Screen scratches very easily. Have had the phone about a month and
have 6 scratches already. The screen cannot be seen in bright sunlight.
Doesn't support video streaming(except youtube) despite the advertising
and specs saying it does (Samsung have confirmed this to me). You
can tell the phone to always reject a number that has rung but then
there is no way to unreject the number so be careful if you use
this feature. Photos are v good outside but inside they are quite
poor with or without the flash. Audio is better than the average
mobile but not as good as they make out, still a bit "phone-like".
The sound sent to a bluetooth headset is too quiet. My Nokia 6300
is much louder. When you are driving it is very difficult to hear
anything. I bought this phone so I could g rid of my LG Viewty,
which incidentally was the worst phone I have ever had. Despite
the problems listed above the F400 is far superior. Rating:
Reviewed by declan from england on
6th Aug 2008
i cant belive you people are praising this phone, this phone is
a lump of plastic , i work in a phone shop and can do countless
comparisons so i know this phone is made rubbish feels rubbish and
the music player isnt even loud , the earphones are pathetic, the
cameras not acceptable , i would sell this phone if you paid me
and coincedently i get paid to sell phones!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Stephen from England on
31st Jul 2008
I've found one very irritating problem with this phone. The keypad
autolock cannot be disabled. This makes changing tracks a 4 button
operation. This can be avoided by having the speaker slid out when
it is in your pocket, though this is somewhat unwieldy. Rating:
Reviewed by Eiein from Scotland on
27th Jul 2008
Absolutely outstanding phone!! I've got an 8gb card in it with my
bose headphones and its so much better than my ipod nano! My only
problem with the f400 is the keypad; I keep hitting the switch application
button while texting and the backlight is a rather feminine purple
colour. Is there any way of changing this?! Overall though totally
cracking piece of kit. Rating:
Reviewed by Katy from uk on 27th
Jul 2008
this phone is the best phone ever i think its gorgeous and stylish
i love the scroll button you use to go down a list its like an ipod
and the speakers are fab its a fittttttttt phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Roslyn from Scotland on
26th Jul 2008
i've had this phone for a few days now and i have to say so far
so good. the screen is nice and big and the colours are great. The
slide down function to operate the music player is really good with
a clear sound. the keypad is easy to use and makes texting really
quick. nothing bad to say about it. Rating:
Reviewed by Laura from UK on
24th Jul 2008
Wrote a review on the 30th of June and STILL love the phone, found
one slight problem with it though, its scratches very easily when
i am on the phone cos of my earrings. :( Rating:
Reviewed by Tony from UK on 22nd
Jul 2008
Bought the phone as a birthday present for my daughter and am very
impressed and more importantly, so is she. Only gripe would be that
the user manual is completely useless and doesn't really tell you
anything. This is ok for experienced mobile phone users but for
relative novices like me it means spending hours trying to download
music and organise files, when clearer and more detailed user instructions
would have made it much quicker and easier. Rating:
Reviewed by AL from UK on 21st
Jul 2008
Very pleased with the F400. After having a couple of samsungs, most
recently the U600, the F400 does not dissapoint. Very well put together
with a lovely solid slide mechanism. for a 3 megapixel, the camera
is very good, with the video capture being the best I have seen
on any of the phones I have used - Very smooth with no jerky or
pixelated movements at all (Under normal indoor lighting). Excellent!
The B&O speaker is awesome. nice and loud considering it is running
of the phones battery and the sound quality is amazing. Dissapointed
that the phone did not come with any pre installed games, even though
I very rarely play them, they are nice to have. Agree with Paulette
about the memory - Transferring tracks from the PC for example,
fills up the phones memory with 3 or 4 songs which you then have
to "Move" to the SD card, in-phone. Might be easier to stick the
card in a card reader if you have one and drop all of the track
straight on to it? Also, can only have caller Images from within
the phones memory, not off the SD card? Menus are similar to my
old U600 so quite quick to get used to. The thumb wheel is nice,
though could scroll quicker TBH. Living world wall paper is nice
- Anyone know if you can download others? All in, a very nice phone.
Samsung have won me over yet again... Rating:
Reviewed by Lewiss from Uk on
17th Jul 2008
AWFUL AWFUL PHONE. Stay well away from it. The camera for a 3mp
was very very poor and worse than some vga phone cameras that ive
had in the past and the flash when using it in low light just turnes
the captured image all a sky blue led colour so you can barely make
out the image and the ipod like music wheel can be tricky to use.
If you want a phone that can hold a good number of mp3's and just
want to txt and call then the phones fine but if you want to take
pictures and have a mid ranged camera phone avoid it like the plague. Rating:
Reviewed by Paulette from UK on
16th Jul 2008
I've had this phone for about a week now and I love it; fab sound
quality from the music player, and the call sound is great. Also,
the phone looks and feels just fine. There is only one thing I don't
like about this handset and that's the tiny internal memory. It
causes three problems that are niggling me a lot: 1. The almost
non-existant internal memory doesn't allow you to select more than
three different ring-tones for different callers if you use your
own downloaded tracks for your ring tones, and 2. There isn't the
option of saving blue-toothed tracks directly to the memory card,
so with the tiny phone memory you can only send 2 or 3 tracks over
at a time. You then you have to move them manually to the memory
card before you're able to receive more. This is really time consuming
if you're sending 120-ish tracks from an old phone like I did, but
since I'll only do this once with the initial phone set-up it's
not a major problem. 3. Because I'm using my own tracks for my ring
tones - and therefore using up all the internal phone memory - I'll
have to make room to receive any new blue-tooth tracks by deleting
at least one ringtone first. I can reinstate it later on, but it's
quite a nuisance to have to do this at all. On the whole I love
the phone but the internal memory is a big, big let down and is
pretty unusual for Samsung. What on earth were they thinking of?! Rating:
Reviewed by lewis scott from england
on 12th Jul 2008
this phone is amazing buy one if ur in to music buy one if u love
a good trendy phone Rating:
Reviewed by F400 Lover from India on
11th Jul 2008
F400 is a great phone ...... Definetely gonna buy one !!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Graham from UK on
8th Jul 2008
Bought my f400 on virgin mobile contract to day and so far i am
very impressed. The sound quality is much better than the average
phone and louder too. The screen is clear and bright and it is fantastic
for watching videos. The camera is good to and the video quality
is amazingly good. Also the spinning scroll wheel is really good
and makes scrolling through menus easy and fun. The build quality
is good too, it feels solid. The only bad points is the shiny front
of the phone is a bit of a fingerprint magnet. And when you receive
a file via bluetooth you can't save it directly to the memory card.
You have to manually move it. Apart from that its a fantastic phone,
I give it 5 stars Rating:
Reviewed by Beeshmerse Colbur Kebia-Rownap
from UK on 8th Jul 2008
Got it yesterday and love the loudspeaker! I love it! Rating:
Reviewed by Maria from uk on
7th Jul 2008
Got the Samsung F400 in the o2 shop on the 28th of june, it wasnt
in display yet but still got it as it was in the office. Cool, cool,
cool. love this phone. Miss the vivid mode in the txt section just
like the U600 had, yet again no sliding sound, sigh not in PINK,
(thats me being fussy) But still a very good phone. Love the extra
speaker. One word SUPERB. Rating:
Reviewed by David Stevenson from Scotland
on 5th Jul 2008
Overall this phone is good not excellent but still a good quality
good priced phone from samsung. I like how the phone is a dual slider
push it downword to reveal a bang and olfsen speaker for playing
ll your favorite music. It has a good quality 3 megapixel camera
with built in flash and autofocus. Unlike the samsung sould which
has the toch sensitive keypad the f400 has a klick wheel like you
would find on your ipod which make going throgh the menus quick
and easy. The phone is built for storing lot of music with a large
memory capacity and wit the option to add a micro sd card to store
thousands. Overall this phone geta a 4 out of 5 from me because
it is simple to use and the sound quality and screen uality are
outstanding as in all samsung phones. Rating:
Reviewed by Missy from UK on
1st Jul 2008
Awesome! Got this phone today and its outstanding. Classy looks,
sleek design and sounds top! crystal clear speakers and the music
recognition application is cool! I had a Nokia 6500 slide but retured
it as it was faulty, it was the second i had returned. i usually
use samsung and wont be using anything else again. Above all samsung
phones are best for people who actually use there phones for more
than a gadget its for people that talk and text and need something
reliable! You can't go wrong! Rating:
Reviewed by Laura from UK on
30th Jun 2008
Love it, Love it, Love it, Love it! Great phone! Not much else i
can say. Was lookin at the Soul as well but SO glad i went for this
one. AMAZING! Great for music, speakers are excellent and the sound
quality is super! Camera is MORE than adequate. Had SE's and samsung
D900 in the past. This phone is idiot proof but so classy. Love
the circular 'swivle - thingy' in the middle. Not sure its going
to be used that much but a cool gimick all the same. No stupid touch
screen (why start adding things that serve no real purpose other
than to break). Feels really sturdy, nice smooth slide both up and
down for the music player. Great size, fits confortably in the hand.
(Not HUGE like some on the market at the mo. Looked at a few other
review websites and a few people said it could be a bit quiet, noticed
a few songs are while others are REALLY loud, i think thats down
to the different downloads rather than the phone itself. Really
cant fault it. If your looking for a phone that looks the part and
does exactly what it says on the tin, this is the one for you. Its
what i expected from samsung and more. Well done. Rating:
Reviewed by Steve from England on
21st Jun 2008
Got one of these a few days ago. Nearly every phone has a few minor
niggles, ive never found anything to be completely perfect. That
all changed with this phone. It is truly faultless. Every single
thing about this phone is perfect. The main feature of the phone
is the music player, and the sound quality is truly outstanding,
easily beating my ipod nano which is now on ebay, both with the
headphones and loudspeaker. Camera wise the photos are excellent
for saying its only a 3megapixel, however you do have to change
the setting to high as low quality is the default. Well done to
Samsung, this phone has truly blown me away and has to be the best
device i have ever purchased. Rating:
Reviewed by Martyn from UK on
20th Jun 2008
Amazingly managed to get one already (sim free as well!) from O2
for £209, even though it's not yet in store. I think this is 'the
special one'. I have an N95 8GB, but got this to replace my wife's
aging D900 (which has been very good, but now getting a bit tired).
The B&O sound is good, not quite up to the amazing speakers in the
N95, but Samsung have managed it from a much slimer phone. Of course
it's 3G so I will now be able to video phone her! Fortunately there's
no touch sensetive keys to annoy her (She threw away a U600 that
I had previously got her as an 'upgrade' for the D900!) Only minus
points (on first impression): A bit plasticy, esp. the keys. A new
power connector yet again! (compared to D900)with a flimsy plastic
lid over it. Not a proper flash, just LED. Good points include a
top entry 3.5mm jack for third party headphones. Rating:
The
Samsung F400 is a dual slider phone.
Slide it up to access the keypad, just like a conventional slide
phone. Slide it down to reveal an external speaker located at the
top of the phone (see picture on the right.) Its obvious that the
F400 is intended as a music phone, and it really does deliver on
its promise.
