Samsung
Tocco Lite Review
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In a nutshell: The Tocco Lite is
Samsung's answer to the LG Cookie. Available in black, gold, pink
or silver, it's a bargain touchscreen phone. Although it lacks 3G,
it offers a fabulous fun user interface with easy access to Facebook
and YouTube, plus all the features that you'd expect: a 3.2 megapixel
camera, video recording, music player, FM radio with RDS, memory card
slot and Bluetooth.
Best buy: *Free* from the Carphone
Warehouse; or £49.89 on Pay as you Go from Dialaphone
(Black or White).
Review: May 2009. Updated July 2009.
The best-selling phone in the first half of 2009 has
probably been the LG Cookie. The secret to
the Cookie's success is simple: it's a touchscreen phone with loads
of gadgets for just £100. So now Samsung have released the Tocco
Lite to go head to head against the Cookie for best budget touchscreen
phone. Which phone will win in the Cookie vs Tocco Lite battle?
Physically, the two devices are exactly the same size,
to within a millimetre! The screens are identical in type, size, colour
definition and pixels. With a good size screen (3 inches) and high resolution,
Samsung's TouchWiz user interface works well on the Tocco Lite. TouchWiz
can now be regarded as a mature technology, and it seems to be pretty
much universally popular. Mobile widgets let you customise your home
screen and give easy access to apps such as the clock, weather forecast,
etc. There are also widgets for popular web apps such as MySpace, Facebook
and YouTube. The built-in accelerometer sensor will automatically rotate
the screen when you turn the phone on its side, so you can easily switch
between portrait and landscape modes. The virtual QWERTY keyboard is
easy to use, and we think that you'll have no problems using the touchscreen.
The addition of "real" keys for call, send and select make
it even easier to use than a full touchphone. The user interface also
supports handwriting recognition and gesture lock.
The spec of the Tocco Lite is virtually identical to
the Cookie's. There's a 3.2 megapixel camera with digital zoom. Samsung's
"Smile Shot" feature lets you take a photo when the camera
thinks your subject is smiling. You can also edit your photos on the
camera itself. A basic camcorder is available too. There's a music player,
FM radio with RDS, and support for downloadable MP3 ringtones. Audio
quality is good, with a virtual 3D surround effect, an equaliser and
support for DNSe. The memory is similar to the Cookie's, and is expandable
to 16GB with a microSD card. When it comes to connectivity, the Tocco
Lite supports Bluetooth and USB. Like the Cookie, there's no WiFi and
no 3G, which means that features like YouTube are going to be on the
slow and jerky side. But remember that this is a budget phone - you
can't have everything, and this seems like a reasonable compromise.
The web browser is very good, making excellent use
of the large screen and with easy access to RSS feeds, Google Mail,
Google Search and Google Maps. The lack of 3G does hamper the web browser
though in terms of download speed.
Battery life seems to be pretty good. The Tocco Lite
doesn't have the heavy duty battery of its big brothers, the Tocco
or Omnia, but it has fewer gadgets
to power, so it seems to be up to the job. Just don't expect it to last
as long as your ancient Nokia and you'll be OK.
Taken on its own terms, the Tocco Lite is a fabulous
phone. Whilst it lacks some of the features of high-end phones (3G,
GPS, 8 MP camera, WiFi, etc), it does offer a lot for your money: a
beautiful touchscreen user interface with 3.2 megapixel camera, stereo
FM radio with RDS, accelerometer sensor, handwriting recognition and
up to 16GB microSD expandable memory. It's available at launch with
some fabulous contract deals: free line rental, or free gifts such as
an XBOX 360, etc, and it comes in a choice of pink or black. The big
question for many will be whether to choose the Tocco Lite or the LG
Cookie. We have struggled to find a real reason to prefer one over
the other, and frankly we can't. It seems that Samsung have made a phone
so similar to the Cookie that there's virtually nothing to choose between
them. But don't get the impression that we dislike the Tocco Lite -
quite the reverse. It's an excellent phone offering outstanding value.
Whether you choose the Tocco Lite or the Cookie you'll be getting one
of the best phone bargains of 2009. On balance, our user reviews seem
to be giving a slightly higher score to the Tocco Lite.
Update: a minority of users have reported a problem
with the audio cutting out every few seconds, so that you can't hear
the caller. As far as we can tell this happens on O2 only. Mike B has
a possible fix for this problem for O2 users: Try going to Menu - Applications
- O2 - Get Settings. Install the settings you are sent and reset the
phone. Since I did that, and received the settings for PAYG from O2
I haven't had any problems with calls, (at least for the last 2 days).
Hope it helps ! Thanks to Mike B, and if you have tried this, please
write a review to let us know how it worked. Please also report this
problem if you experience it on any other network. John L has an alternative
fix for O2 users: go to settings, network settings and for network mode
select GSM 900/1800.
Features of the Samsung Tocco Lite include:
- 3.2 megapixel camera with digital zoom
- Video recording (QVGA 15fps)
- Display: TFT, 262K colours, 240 x 400 pixels (3.0
inches)
- Music player (MP3/AAC/AAC+/AAC++/WMA formats)
- Stereo FM radio RDS
- 64-voice polyphonic ringtones / MP3 ringtones
- Integrated handsfree speakerphone
- Personal organiser functions
- Memory: MicroSD memory card slot (up to 16GB)
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0
- WAP 2.0, GPRS Class 10, EDGE
- Quadband GSM
- Size: 106 x 54 x 12 mm
- Weight: 94g
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Samsung Tocco Lite Consumer Reviews
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Average rating from 156 reviews: 
Reviewed by Kerri from UK on 4th Feb 2012
I've had mine for 2 years problem free! It may not be the latest or
most technologically advanced phone but overall it is great! You will
never find a phone free from little annoying things such as the headphones
being necessary to listen to the radio and the headphones and charger
using the same slot, the unlock button taking a few seconds to unlock
and it is easily scratched and dented. Sure, these things are a pain
but you could pay £100s and no phone would be perfect. It does what
it says on the tin and more. Reasonably good camera, texts and phones
well, pretty good touchscreen I've found, easy to customise, has lots
of useful little features such as a measurement converter and world
clock. Overall a pretty good phone if you're looking for something simple
to text & call with. I'm now hoping to replace mine with a HTC Wildfire
as it is more Internet-friendly and has access to apps, whereas this
phone lacks both of these. But if good Internet isn't vital to you,
then the Tocco Lite is a fantastic,fashionable, simple, durable phone.
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Reviewed by madison from england on 3rd Feb 2012
i looooovvvvveeeee this phone, it is very reliable and works amazingly
well for the price, its simple to use and basically its a great phone,
i have had mine for 2 years and it still works amazingly well!
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Reviewed by Jim from UK on 1st Feb 2012
My wife hated this phone after she bought it a few weeks ago in early
January 2012 so I had it off her instead and love it. She now has LG
C360 which she loves. Bought my grandaughter a Toco Lite two years ago
and she give me that phone when she upgraded to HTC Wildfire S so I
have a spare phone/battery but the pink colour doesn't suit me. The
Toco Lite is my first camera phone and will not use that function nor
the radio. Why don't mobile phone manufactures just make a dual/triple
sim (useful function) mobile phone and keep the rest of that useless
camera/radio stuff off it. But an outstanding phone and find it easy
to text. age sixty-seven and three quaters.
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Reviewed by Kayleigh from England on 29th Jan
2012
The Tocco Lite is a very handy phone with brilliant battery life. After
about a year or so the touch starts going though. The camera and camcorder
are not bad. The fm radio is very good but you have to plug the speakers
in to get it to work. I have also realized that a fault in the phone
is that the speakers and battery charger go into the same slot. This
phone is lightweight and a brilliant first phone, but it lacks 3G. If
you are looking for a very technical smartphone don't go for this as
it is quite basic. The facebook and social networking is very slow and
a let down but if you are looking for a long lasting battery, not too
technical small handy phone without android this it for you.
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Reviewed by ME! from ME on 29th Jan 2012
AMAZING FIRST PHONE!! everyone i no has got one!
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Reviewed by Henry Havins-Caddick from uk on 27th
Jan 2012
nice phone but how do i set the time and date ,the manual does not tell
me?
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Reviewed by Lucio from France on 27th Jan 2012
Bought this phone in Italy, not so much a bargain. I hate it's touchscreen
features, nothing works properly. Almost everything in the interface
is clumsy (like, you can easily record a video, but try erasing afterwards
to free memory when you need to take a picture). The PC software is
another disgrace.
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Reviewed by glo from uk on 25th Jan 2012
Didnt like it the first day i got it, but after i had worked it out
i thought it was ok. Yes i really like this phone. I think its real
value for money. Its nice to look at and feels nice because its not
heavy.If you want a phone that does loads of things then this one is
not for you. It has a nice camera that takes good pictures and good
videos. Im a bit fussy with phones but due to not having the money for
an expensive phone i am happy with the tacco lite.
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Reviewed by Jess from UK on 24th Jan 2012
This phone is quite good. Cant use my music for incoming texts. Why????
The internet is so slow and is confusing. All i wanted is to go onto
google, i waited for at least 10mins and gave up waiting anymore. The
texting is good and is clear to understand. The camera is ok but when
you want to record a video when its dark you cnt as it doesnt have night
mode. It does for pictures but not videos. This phone holds a lot of
music, photos and videos ( depening how much your memory card can hold).
Overall i would recommend this phone for people who just want to text,
make phone calls and take the odd pictures now and again. This phone
looks good and is not expensive.
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Reviewed by Cindy from UK on 23rd Jan 2012
I've had this for only 4 days and it's going back to the shop! The touchscreen
is really unresponsive, it turns itself off and then won't switch back
on and it's so flimsy I'm scared I might break it just by touching it.
I know it was cheap but it would be good if it at least worked.
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Reviewed by Frankie Lane from UK on 23rd Jan 2012
Sorry I dont like this phone, it locks automatically every few seconds
and its really difficult to get off, you dont have to touch more like
push. Dont know what may happen in an emergency if you panicked.
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Reviewed by Delikat from Ulster on 16th Jan 2012
Can't use MY music for incoming texts - why not? Can for incoming calls.
Can't get nice shutter click for camera - silence. Also when composing
texts if I want to insert or change a previous word, I have to tap screen
at point where I want to make the change, a backward arrow for cursor
would be more effective and faster.
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Reviewed by Jihan from United Kingdom on 14th
Jan 2012
i have the samsung tocco lite and it is fabulous. i think it is a reasonable
price aswell. you can lock it and you can put songs on it. but one of
my dislikes is that there is a limit of how much songs you can put on
their which makes me think should have i got the wrong phone.
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Reviewed by Canny Lad from UK on 14th Jan 2012
I thought this phone was the bees knees when I first got it. I suppose
it all depends on what you are using it for! You want to ring people
and send messages...it's the phone for you. You want to surf the internet
and watch Youtube, forget it. I also had a hard time downloading games
without having the PC Studio CD
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Reviewed by mack from LA on 14th Jan 2012
this is an OK fone it has bright colours n looks cool, i love the bbm
it is amazin but as i said its not the best fone it snap easily all
bb do dat
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Reviewed by mevish from england on 14th Jan 2012
I really like this phone ive had it since about a month and a half but
the only problem with it is that the back cover is loose...
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Reviewed by andrea from uk on 12th Jan 2012
I love my phone!! ive had mine for 2 yrs and have NEVER had a problem
with it! :)
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Reviewed by Becky from scottland on 12th Jan 2012
Well my mum AND my sister have a samsung tocco lite and they said it
is wonderful. So now i would really like to have one however I have
to find one cheap which is hard because they are great phones. You can`t
really complain about them! I`ve desided I will get one for shour.
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Reviewed by Jess from UK on 10th Jan 2012
I've had this phone for 2 years and hated it from the minute I got it.
Maybe I'm just stuck in the dark ages, but as my first touch screen
phone, I really couldn't get to grips with it. Whilst composing a message,
it makes words up, doesn't respond very well and is highly frustrating.
I also had problems with my photos, taking them was easy but if you
wanted to edit them or make one your wallpaper, I struggled adjusting
the size. I've been put off touchscreen phones now, so have just treated
myself to a Blackberry. My advise would be to avoid this phone!
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Reviewed by charlotte from england on 8th Jan
2012
my friend gave me this phone as i was always messing around with it
the phone is a samsunggt-s5230 not as commonly known as a blackberry
it is very easy to use! The phone is a touch screen and unlike many
others it is not to sensetive the camera is FANTASTIC much better than
the poor quality blackberry. No it hasnt got bbm but it has got many
connections on the internet like: my space, facebook, youtube, flickr,
photo bucket, picasa, friendster, google , im , the home page and bookmarks.
It has got brilliant memory and a very easy to use setting systm i give
this phone a ***** five star rating!
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Reviewed by Thomas from Japan on 8th Jan 2012
this phone is great!
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Reviewed by Julia from Uk on 7th Jan 2012
I had this phone a few years ago, and wanted another phone, I bought
a andriod phone, could not get on with it, used up all my tesco credit
in 4 days!! kept going on internet by accident, so when I saw this Tocco
phone for £39-99 at carphone warehouse I could not say no! and was pleased
the new Tocco lite, have three more apps pages, facebook already installed,
and Gmail installed too, google maps, lots of good games, bought it
O2 ,and they set up Gmail and music all up for me, I think a great little
phone, and cheap! does what I want email, facebook, music, browse the
web! and now downloaded more games, ringtones, and msn, what else could
I want!! and all for £39-99!! brill .
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Reviewed by king from england on 6th Jan 2012
i had this phone for a year before it got nicked. i was upset i'd had
something stolen but i was happy to say goodbye to it. it was drut.
texting was bad. the screen was scratched by anything and even though
i have delicate fingers, i needed a prodder to text otherwise the texts
were nonsensical. cheap but bad.
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Reviewed by **** from **** on 6th Jan 2012
I have had this phone for quite a while now. it is OK but the touch
screen is rubbish, VERY unresponsive The camera is OK but the keypad
on messages isn't very good cause you always type the wrong letter.
It's a good bargain but doesn't sell for much. I don't like the locking
and unlocking system also. And I don't like the 3 screens.
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Reviewed by Lauryn from England on 6th Jan 2012
This is my first phone. I don't mind about the calls - I won't use them
- but when I go onto O2 it doesn't say settings. However, it is really
simple and doesn't run out of charge that quickly. I hope this helps
people!
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Reviewed by Linda from England on 5th Jan 2012
I have had this phone for nearly a year.Never had any problems i.e switching
its self on and off.I purchased case and screen protecter.Even after
all this time only need to charge once a week and phone is on 24,7.
Looks good (without the case)Think me and my Samsung Tocco Lite are
going to be together a long time.
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Reviewed by Honor from England on 2nd Jan 2012
I have had this phone for nearly a year! It looks very smart, but is
VERY easy to scratch the touchscreen! Anyway, it's quite a good phone.
Very, very basic, and simple, but also quite nice in a way! I would
rate 4/5!
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Reviewed by kasie from scotland on 2nd Jan 2012
Well it is an amazing phone!! Alough it does take quite a wee minute
to load things. :-( But apart from that it is a pretty good and lite
phone for a person who is looking for a good in date and easy to use!!
:-)
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Reviewed by Zayn Wahid from England on 1st Jan
2012
Well, I have to say im only 17 and im actually quite impressed with
the features of the samsung tocco lite. I have three bb's but i end
to use he samsung more often. The phone is really good but compared
to the bb torch its kinda SLOW.... if your new to 'THE WHOLE MOBILE
PHONE GENERATION' then i advise you to buy a simpler phone but i recommend
the samsung mobile phone mainly for both pre teens and teens! :D
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Reviewed by Warren from Northern Ireland on 1st
Jan 2012
I have gave up my HTC Wildfire to get this phone back. Brilliant
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Reviewed by Rosie from England on 1st Jan 2012
Not a Very good phone, Breaks easily and does things itself. It switches
on and off on its own and rings people when you don't know about it.
Internet very slow and apps don't all ways work. Touch screen isn't
very good either
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Reviewed by Jake from England on 31st Dec 2011
The phone has a mind of its own! It turns off when the battery aint
even that low, the internet is very slow and sometimes when someone
rings you cant even hear the ringtone!
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Reviewed by Lloyd from England on 31st Dec 2011
It's laggyand not very user friendly... But on the upper hand its screen
is very clear with the perfect resolution. But it does have a cheap
and nasty resistive touchscreen (unlike most touchscreen mobiles with
a much nicer and more responsive capacitive touchscreen).
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Reviewed by alan hawkins from england on 29th
Dec 2011
best phone i have ever bought
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Reviewed by Jack from United Kingdom on 28th Dec
2011
This phone is excellent as an entry level touchscreen. I have had it
for a good 2 years and I can't report any problems, despite dropping
it on numerous occasions, leaving it in washing machines, running over
it on tennis courts - it is a solid, well made phone. I am upgrading
soon to get all the features of the new smartphones (time moves quickly
in technology!), but this is still a fantastic buy.. texting is easy,
the battery life is long, the music player is excellent.. I'm still
discovering new features (such as photo contacts). For £40, it is brilliant.
Cheers!
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Reviewed by kebbabs from uk on 26th Dec 2011
this phone is soooo good man!!!! it's very cheap but very good. it's
got all sorts of things
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Reviewed by Gaby from uk on 26th Dec 2011
It is quite a good phone i must say, it is a very good phone for the
younger generation so its a good basic phone,But it has its downsides..For
example the touch screen sometimes freezes and the battery runs low
quickly and easily, But it is a very low price it is what most people
look for in a phone!
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Reviewed by Karins from US on 23rd Dec 2011
If you are a constant texter: DON'T BUY IT. The keyboard SUCKS. Matter
of fact, it doesn't even have a keyboard.
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Reviewed by Lucy from Uk on 23rd Dec 2011
i have had this phone for nearly a year now and it is nearly at the
end of its life it scratches very very easily and now mine does look
a mess.The touch screen is pathetic,freezes,and doesn't calibrate very
well at all,it also does turn its self of sometimes camera quality is
poor,and slow for internet useage one of the good features is its long
battery life,mine would sometimes last for 5 days on one charge. the
phone does its purpose but its not one i would recommend for long term
use.
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Reviewed by Tamia from usa on 22nd Dec 2011
I have also have the Samsung S5230 Tocco Lite. The functions are great.
Are there any one that can answer my question. Who is expected to buy
this phone? Teens or for all users? If so, can you find a article that
tells it.
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Reply by Mobile Phones UK from UK on
22nd Dec 2011
Tamia, it can be used by people of any age. It's a great choice for
anyone who wants a touchscreen phone with most of the features of a
smartphone for a very low price!
Reviewed by Jim from THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
on 21st Dec 2011
This phone is rubbish! It always freezes, screen goes black and white,
battery always low, internet never works and sometimes it just shuts
down. I am not happy! And now just, my phone has started smoking! This
is bad bad bad! It is on fire! Now it has blown up! GREAT! THANK YOU
VERY MUCH! :(
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Reviewed by Marie from UK on 11th Dec 2011
Bought this phone a year ago on o2 and has never let me down,although
for the past few weeks, i cannot make calls or send texts even though
i have free minutes and unlimited txts and full signal strength it just
says call ended or failed and when people ring me it says my phone is
switched off, which it isnt but sometimes occasionally works. O2 have
said there is nothing wrong with their network so suggested switching
phones, when i put my sim in a spare phone it works. I would not recommend
buying this phone it has no WIFI, no camera flash and scratches very
easily and by reading some other reviews for this phone it looks like
there is some software issues regarding calls dropping out or not even
connecting in my case.
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Reviewed by sara from turkey on 7th Dec 2011
its so cool.this phone is waaaaaaaaaaay betta dan lg cookie times a
million.i love it.i will neva trade it even for blackberry or htc.nevaaaa.
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Reviewed by sam from uk on 5th Dec 2011
a got this phone last x-mas i had it for 5 months then the memory card
kept popping itself out and the back sides of but i got a new tocco
lite and this one is a completely different phone from my old one great
camera good overall cheap phone very sturdy must buy if u want a touch
phone but haven't got a lot of money or if you want to try a touch before
the apple i phone cheap and cheerful.
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Reviewed by Emily from UK on 5th Dec 2011
I have had this phone for about a week now and I can't stand it. Texting
takes ages as it's very easy to switch off/on T9 or change the language
and when using predictive text, you can't type single letters. You have
to switch T9 off and type in the letter manually. The screen is already
terribly scratched even though I always keep my phone in an empty pocket
so I have no idea what's scratching it, it must be super-susceptible
to scratching. Also, every time I switch the camera on, the phone completely
freezes and I have to wait about 10 minutes for it to sort itself out.
Finally, and this is just a personal preference, I love being able to
listen to the radio on my phone but you can only use the samsung headphones
provided and the volume only goes down to certain volume which is way
too loud for me and means I can't listen to music or the radio on the
phone.
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Reviewed by tarzan from usa on 5th Dec 2011
it is such a cool phone i also think it is good value because of the
rotating qwerty keyboard and video camera. i would buy it if i were
you as it is simple and easy to use!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by jghhgf from blahblah on 3rd Dec 2011
i had this phone for about 2 years now. i have not had any problems
with calls or anything. the lock key thing can be easily solved by going
and setting it on to an option so only the lock key unlocks it and lights
it up. my back came off very easily as some said....i got a case for
it and its fine. it gets boring after a while because it has no wifi.
you can go on fb youtube and thinga like that but it takes your credit.
the camera in my opinion is ok but i dont like it too much, it has no
flash. it has and avarage memory but id advise a memory card. i dropped
it a lot of times and a horse kicked it and it still works fine so its
very durable. i love this phone but after 2 year it get boring. but
it is still in perfect condition. hope i helped!
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Reviewed by E from UK on 2nd Dec 2011
I would not recomend this phone at all! The touch screen is completly
out and every time I try to take a photo it freezes which means i have
to take the battery out. I cannot wait to get a new phone and get rid
of this!!!
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Reviewed by HTHFTHFHF from England,Essex,Chelmsford on
29th Nov 2011
DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE IT WASTED 2HOURS OF MY MONEY BECAUSE OF THE TOUCH
SCREEN
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Reviewed by anonymous from anonymous on 27th Nov
2011
This phone is a good phone overall.The camera seems loads better than
3.2 mega and the colour/brightness is great and i love playing music
and putting widgets on my wallpaper. But there are some down falls.
The lock/unlock button is on the side of the phone so when you lock
your phone and put it in your pocket it unlocks its self then when you
take it out you realise you have been calling/texting someone. Also
when you look back at your pictures it take ages getting onto them then
when it does get on to them it goes on to a different picture.Other
than that this phone is fantastic!!!!!
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Reviewed by mev from UK on 25th Nov 2011
Only problem is that the touch screen might stop working after awhile
and you would have to get it replaced Other than that, the phone is
fantastic!!
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Reviewed by Andrew from England on 23rd Nov 2011
The tocco has not got wifi.
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Reviewed by N.phillips from england on 19th Nov
2011
dont buy the tocco lite. i thought it was great at first all my friends
had it so i bought the limited adition gold colour one 6 months from
when i bought it which is now ity is turning its self one and clicking
one things i have not said it to do.
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Reviewed by not telling from uio on 10th Jul 2009
this mobile is mint and it is well class init
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Reviewed by em from england on 9th Jul 2009
i have finally got this phone after struggling with 4 lg cookie's before
carphone agreed to swap it! im luvin this phone. the camera seems way
better than 3.2 and it is sooo touch sensitive. MUCH faster textin than
cookie but same methods. only thing is no stylus but it is no sensitive
you dont really need one! good music player and loving the widgets!
basically a samsung version of lg cookie that works and looks good!
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Reviewed by Hazel from UK on 9th Jul 2009
All the people who have had problems with calls have bought their phones
from the Carphone Warehouse-so don't buy it from there! I'm not sure
though, but it does seem a bit odd that only Carphone Warehouse ones
have the problem! This phone is superb. Brilliant quality, I can text
easily and the widgets are great! Never had any problems with calls
being being cut off. Much better than the LG Cookie (my sister has it)
and I'd recommend it to anyone-you could be any age to enjoy it!!
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Reviewed by London from England on 9th Jul 2009
Same here. Nice little phone, clever user interface and some nice features.
However, I am on my third handset using O2 sim and every single one
so far has had a problem with the microphone. Signal strength is maximum
for both callers, but the Tocco microphone cuts out for about 5 seconds
a number of times during each call. The bundled software also doesn't
allow upgrading - device not recognised, but can do everything else
with the software.
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Reviewed by Mark P from Ni on 8th Jul 2009
Got the phone on monday and so far everything is great! class lookin
phone, got the 4gb memory card with it and have over 200 tracks on it
at the min with out it slowin up one bit! great interface and tetxtin
is suprisingly easy, recomend it to any one!
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Reviewed by arno from uk on 7th Jul 2009
had this phone for 3 days cant hear on it during calls took it back
got a cookie with the new firmware on it v10d no issues
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Reviewed by becci irvine from england on 7th Jul
2009
The tocco light is terrible!!! Mine is continually dropping calls. I'm
exchanging it quick smart!
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Reviewed by Jazz from England on 7th Jul 2009
I Bought this phone on all the recommendations on this site, however
there are several annoying things on it. For a start the lock/unlock
button is on the side of the phone and only needs a single press to
unlock the phone and it also stands 'proud' of the shell. This means
you lock the phone and it accidently becomes unlocked in your pocket
and the next time you look at the phone you find youve been surfing
the net (at expense) for the last 10 minutes. (is there a way of keeping
it locked?). Also when composing a text message it doesnt show how many
messagess it goes over until you finish the message. I Haven't experienced
the 'sound cutting out during calls' like so many other users... but
I dont phone too much so maybe it will rear its ugly head later. The
touchscreen is generally responsive and is a very nicely illuminated
screen... until you go outdoors when (like most other colour phones
on the market) you can hardly see it. (oh the good old days of the monochrome
when you could actually see what you were texting on the screen). Camera
seems to be very good and video quality is very passable. Radio fine.
A Stylish phone let down by one or two design flaws.
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Reviewed by Steve D from UK on 7th Jul 2009
When I tried to buy one from Carphone Warehouse, I was told they had
been instructed not to sell them on O2 as there is a software problem
causing the phone to drop calls. Fine on other networks. Bought an LG
Cookie instead.
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Reviewed by Emma B from UK on 6th Jul 2009
This is a great phone, took some getting used to but I love it. Just
1 problem- there doesn't seem to be any way of adding a word to the
T9 dictionary! It's driving me insane and makes texting so much slower.
If anyone knows how to do this for the tocco lite please share your
knowledge!
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Reviewed by kylaaa from uk on 6th Jul 2009
got diss foneee 2daiiii in pinkk and i absolutleyyy love it!!! bestt
phonee ever in my opinionn!!! =D
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Reviewed by Rachel from UK on 6th Jul 2009
This phone is poor just really awful!! i would advise people not to
buy it! i had my second hanset in the space of the week and had the
same problem many other reviewers on here have had.... the speaker cuts
out in conversations!! :@ Bought from Carphone Warehouse on 02 network.
Swapped it for the LG Cookie which is alot better than the tocco lite!
Buy the LG Cookie!!
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Reviewed by Lisa from Scotland on 6th Jul 2009
I am having the same problem as everone else - conversation cuts out
every 5-10 seconds. I am on my second handset now and the same problem
is occurring. Phones4U will not give out refunds even though it clearly
states that they will on their website. Do not buy this phone and do
not buy from Phones4U.
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Reviewed by Mike B from UK on 5th Jul 2009
I'm experiencing the problem that many have reported about the microphone
cutting out for a few seconds during a conversation. I'm on O2, is it
a network fault or a hardware fault ?
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Reply by nicola from uk on 7th Jul
2009
yep same here mike i am avin same problem i wonder why??? im on o2 aswell!!!!!
Reviewed by Kat from Englandd on 4th Jul 2009
Got this phone wen came out straight away; Brillant phonee bit annoyed
bout wifi but can deal with it. It has so new features and is much better
than samsung tocco. Another point which ids annyoing is tht there is
no stlus
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Reviewed by catherine from england on 4th Jul
2009
amazin lovin iy all da time xxxx never fails me , dose everythin xx
couldent wish 4 a better phone !
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Reviewed by angeltoo1970 from Philippines on 3rd
Jul 2009
Got this phone last month,and so loving it...mine is with stylus they
said its s5233 but everything is identical with 5230 maybe they have
another name for another country ,the phone never failed me as of this
time... Pros: *Clear, bright, big ,fully touch screen *Cute widgets
*User Friendly *Expensive to look due to metallic finish *Mine is Lite
pink (so cool and girly) *It is not heavy *Battery is super * Crisp
sound from music player to calls * Love everything of the phone. Cons:
(doesn,t mind these though cause I have other gadgets for all what's
lacking from this phone) * No wifi (I have E65) * No 3g(I have SE W660
and P1i). Overall ...OUTSTANDING
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Reviewed by Mav from UK on 3rd Jul 2009
Great Phone, but when I receive text messages only the phone number
appears not the name of the person texting, does anyone know how to
change this
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Reviewed by ... from UK on 3rd Jul 2009
I have had 3 handsets of the samsung tacco lite.. From the Carephone
warehouse! Ring their customer care of ur mobile and then they will
c the fault and tell them that u want a refund bcuz its ur rite if its
faulty goods and ur within the 28days.. I did it after going back 2
the shop 7 times and am now going to get my £120 back.. Just keep ringing
a.. Customer care is 0870 0870 168
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Reviewed by mwahh 786 from uk on 2nd Jul 2009
does anyone know how to download msn sum how on my samsung tocco lite
as i dnt know how to and also wen u turn the fone to the side the keypad
goes to the side ...does anyone know hopw to take it off if yess pleasee
reply !!! :) this phone is a brilliant fone i recommend it i was going
to by the lg cookie but then i got the samsung insteadd ive had it for
3 days n its greatt :D ..
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Reviewed by Andy Blake from UK on 2nd Jul 2009
I got this phone a couple of days ago and I love it, I had the LG cookie
but exchanged it for this. The LG cookie has many hardware problems
and was generally a slow phone. BUY THIS PHONE IF YOU WANT A BUDGET
TOUCH SCREEN!
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Reviewed by Don from UK on 30th Jun 2009
I bought this phone after exchanging it for the LG Cookie, the Cookie's
software is incompatible with Vista so you can't download music or ringtones
etc. I contacted LG and they informed me that none of their phones are
compatible with Vista, so why are they still selling them? I found the
Samsung Tocco Lite to be an excellent phone with brilliant software,
I would definitely recommend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Grace from UK on 29th Jun 2009
i got this phone yesterday and i think it is really good! it has brill
graphics and a good quality camera. only thing it that it is a little
slow when viewing images but that doesnt really matter.
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Reviewed by BigBri from UK on 29th Jun 2009
Brilliant phone in every respect and I love it, HOWEVER, this is my
third replacement in 3 weeks and they all have had the same fault with
the mic cutting out during conversation. I have tried a new O2 sim card
to no avail and am now at a loss what to do. I could always return it
for a refund but there is no other phone available of this spec at anywhere
near the price, and besides if it worked as it should it would be an
OUTSTANDING phone. Anyone else found a solution to this problem?
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Reply by Mobile Phones UK from UK on
29th Jun 2009
A small minority of people seem to be experiencing this problem. It
would help if you could tell people what network you are on.
Reviewed by Adrian from UK on 29th Jun 2009
I have owned the Tocco lite for less than a week. I am sad to say that
my experience mirrors that of a number of users in that the phone cuts
out in the middle of conversation for a few seconds and then seems to
work again but only after making the person on the other end think I
have hung up and say 'Hello hello' many times over. There are a couple
of other flaws to the phone, the phonebook listing surnames first instead
of first names, texting can work fine if you are really concentrating
but there is no speed texting like on my old buttons phone as it is
very easy to switch languages and T9 on and off and write a load of
nonsense. However those issues I would have got past as the good points
- the SAR is reasonably low (0.5) the battery life very good, the camera
okay, but one thing a phone has to be good with is taking calls and
this fails on that front...
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Reviewed by jade from uk on 29th Jun 2009
whatever you do, do not buy this phone.ive had 3 different handsets
in 6days. the phone keeps cutting out and people cant hear you,they
think youve put the phone down,very annoying. carphone warehouse will
not give refunds or exchange for another handset so as soon as possible
i will be selling this phone. whats the point in having it if u cant
have a conversation. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE
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Reviewed by Emma from UK on 28th Jun 2009
I brought this phone about a week ago and it is brillant. Although it
lacks 3G. It is dead sharp while you are texting. it is 100% better
than the LG cookie. The LG cookie looks plastic.
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Reviewed by Hasan Sikder from UK on 28th Jun 2009
Buy the Samsung Tocco Lite! You won't regret it. It is by far much better
than the plastic child like LG Cookie, and it's just wonderful.
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Reviewed by Millie from Uk on 28th Jun 2009
My touch screen is non-responsive, i have had the phone for a month
now and it has compleatly stopped working i'm very dissapointed, i havnt
dropped or damaged the phone in any way at all.
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Reviewed by Rachel from UK on 28th Jun 2009
Got my Tocco Lite 3 weeks ago. And my thoughts are really mixed when
it comes to my new phone. It only has a 3.2 camera with NO flash, the
touch screen is fantastic, user manual is rubbish so its really turn
on your phone and click buttons till you find what you're looking for,Texting
is not that easy, i keep turning the T9 off or putting it in to a different
language. AND most importantly when i'm on the phone, the person im
on the phone to tells me that my voice keeps cutting out for about 15
secs quite regularly. If you have the patience of a saint I'd say this
was the phone for you. Overall probably not a fan...i now realise why
my phone company could offer me this phone for 25 a month and not the
Samsung Soul....too good to be true.
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Reviewed by Becky from uk on 27th Jun 2009
I bought this phone about a week ago, its amazing, im really fussy with
mu phones so it has to be good, for the value its absolutley amazing!!
i love facebook and the connection is great! the texting is rally easy
i didnt know if i was going to get on with it but its really easy! i
havent experienced the problem when talking to someone on the phone
touch i wood i dont because i love it!! you should defo get one!
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Reviewed by Callum hanson from uk on 25th Jun
2009
i love my samsung tocco lite. it is ace the touchscreen is quick and
you dont have to worry about it being slow when texting its dead sharp.
just dont turn it sideways as the screen is too small and you would
have to have really small fingers to avoid hitting the wrong button.
the camerasd and the video playback graphics are amazing! without 3g
the internets slow so i would avoid it if your looking a youtube browser.
i love my phone and it looks better put together than the lg cookie
which off many people i have heard are rubbish so buy a smasung tocco
lite!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Eddy from Uk on 24th Jun 2009
I love my Tocco Lite which I have only had for about 10days. I'm fiding
my way around, but am having problem with the voicemail retrieval i.e
how do you press any of the options without a keypad. I know we shouldn't
ask questions but i'm loving my phone and just need this answered to
be totally on love.
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Reply by Tazpro from UK on 8th July
2009
to enable keypad during a call. Make call as normal. After you've got
through. press the middle back button to bring back the main screen.
Press the hold button to enable call options.Ignore call options and
touch the keypad at the bottom of the touchscreen. Does work, keep trying.
I'm on o2(unlocked). No cutting off during calls so far. Neither on
the older voda Sim.
Reviewed by jay from UK on 24th Jun 2009
I bought 2 of these phones on 21st June from Carphone warehouse on virgin..
excellent phone for its money but MAJOR PROBLEM.. the audio whilst on
calls cuts off several times during each call.. each cut off lasts for
2 to 30 seconds.. its like ive pressed the mute button.. its really
really annoying to hear the other person say "HELLO ... HELLO.. ARE
U THERE?" when your speaking cos they cant hear you.
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Reviewed by s.j from uk on 24th Jun 2009
I brought this phone at the start of June, within a few days a fault
developed during calls I could hear the other person but they could
not hear me. I promptly returned the phone and exchanged it for another
one. However the same fault occurred on the second phone and I had to
return it for a refund. very disappointed.
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Reviewed by May from UK on 23rd Jun 2009
I have had exactly the same problems as Dan (and others), during calls
i can always hear the other person, but i cut out randomly and they
end up going hello....hello! Not at all satisfactory. My phone is 72hrs
old and does it on every call i make! Am not keeping it as it sadly
would appear there's a fault with this first batch released. Poor show
Samsung - this product has the same issues as it's senior, the tocco.
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Reviewed by why would i tell u from england on
23rd Jun 2009
absoulutley shocking i bought this phone thinking it was very good but
i was proved wrong
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Reviewed by Allan Sobha Young from England on
22nd Jun 2009
I have owned the occo Lite for two weeks now. I was tempted to go for
the LG Cookie but have heard they are very unreliable. I am very picky
about my phones so I knew I had to be a little easy going on the Tocco
Lite. I was expecting slow menu loading times and maybe the odd second
catch up time, however I have not experienced any of this at all. It
is very quick and efficent its a delight to use. The build quality is
superb and it really feels like a £300 pound phone. I have had no problems
whatsover. The camera does lack flash(The Tocco Lite does not have flash,do
not beleive it!)however the camera picture quality is superb and is
very quick to process not like the slow cybershots. The music is reasonably
loud and clear and beats my freinds W705 for volume and clarity.Th only
thing I have experienced is Images are a little hard to browse but then
again I have not really looked into it as I do not really look at my
images regulary. But I am confident that like the rest of the phone
once you know how it is a pleasure to use. I am very happy with this
handset and it is the best one I have had in terms of quality and reliability
It beats the W910I,NOKIA 5310 the last handsets I had that not surprisingly
went wrong!Typical SE and NOKIA. I think this phone will easily out
class the LG Cookie and would recomend you buy one now before they are
gone. Once the sucess of this handsets leaks out everyone will own one.
Sorry LG but this time SAMSUNG have outclassed you!!!
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Reviewed by tomlebon from uk on 21st Jun 2009
The Samsung Tocco Lite is an excellent phone, I bought an LG Cookie
501 in February and thought that was good, however, this blows that
away! It is very easy to use, extremely responsive, texting is a joy.
The camera does flash but not all the time, strange. The widgets are
very useful and you can switch off the ones you wont use. Internet access
is fairly quick and very accessible. I will recommend this to anyone
who wants a touch screen phone but doesnt want to lay out more than
£100-£150. The battery life is brilliant a full charge can play the
mp3 for around 7 hours on full volume (i tried it). It also has option
for left or right handed operation on certain areas. Buy one if you
dont you'll regret it.
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Reviewed by dan from england on 21st Jun 2009
i got the phone about two weeks ago, at first i was very impressed with
its features and very happy with every aspect of the phone and its functions.
however as i have read lower in these reviews, when speaking during
a phone call you find the person on the other end saying, hello, hello.
i can hear them, they cant hear me. NO GOOD! i took my phone back to
the carphone wearhouse where they kindly renewed my phone for me, no
difference, exactly the same. my sim card works perfectly in other phones
so i know this is not the problem, anyone else experiencing this????
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Reviewed by ???x from England on 21st Jun 2009
I've recently brought this phone and it is Fab, can't really say much
more it is soo good - better than the LG cookie. The LG cookie, well
it always freezes and it looks like a brick. Love this phone would recommend
it to anyone.
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Reviewed by Mike G from UK on 20th Jun 2009
I have just got the Tocco Lite S5230 and I am very pleased with it.
I had read most of the very positive reviews, and the only "fault" that
appeared common was finding how to change the text alert. I found out
how to change the text alert,by changing the "Sound Settings widget!"
Go tothe "Widget Settings" menu and tick ""Sound Settings"..this adds
a purple phone icon on the widget menu. ( This is the "Sound Settings"
widget ) Tap.. Sound settings widget-== drop down menu to == =="New
Messages=="then choose your MP3 from-- "Message Alert Tone " - == then==Save.
This will change the both text message alert tone AND ALSO will set
your email message alert, to the same choice of MP3,if you set your
email settings to auto- download the headers, every hour or so. This
phone has everything I need and it's a better touch sensitive phone
than the Viewty Lite which I sold to get the Tocco Lite. I also use
the hardbuttons for Volume up/down on the phones side to rapidly scroll
the screen one page at a time. So now I think its perfect. Outstanding..!!
.No Kidding !!
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Reviewed by Dec from Wales on 20th Jun 2009
Got this phone yesterday, and it is truly superb. I, like others, hae
been able to work out how to navigate everything in no time. The picture
and sound quality is very good. Camera is great. The fact that is doesn't
have a flash doesn't really bother me as I hardly use a camera anyway.
I was a bit worried about the touch screen to begin with as I've not
used one before, however, it is very responsive and I don't find it
annoying at all. Definitely worth the price. Another great phone from
Samsung!
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Reviewed by Jennifer from England on 20th Jun
2009
Lisa and Johnny I had this probem too! For some reason my voice gets
cuts off too and at worse for about 10 seconds! I got my phone from
Carphone Warehouse and they were kind enough to change it when i told
them i had a problem... but the other one i got does exactly the same
thing :S although it isnt as frequent as the first one but it still
happens now and again :( at first i thought it was the postion i was
holding my phone (for instance blocking the mic) but i've been holding
the phone by only touching the back bit and it still doesnt help :(
From what i've tested if you actualy cover the mic and speak the other
peson can still hear u but quietly - therefore the problem is within
the phone and not how your holding it... Althought i love this phone
i'm thinking of returning it again and getting my money back
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Reviewed by Chloe from UK on 19th Jun 2009
I've been using this phone just over a week, and love it. I was going
to buy the LG Cookie, or the LG KS360 - I kept changing my mind so dad
told me he wouldn't order me one. Then I found this on an 02 contract
(100 mins, unlimited texts), and asked for it. It arrived the next day,
but we didn't set it up for a few days. It took nearly 24 hours to fully
charge the first time! The touch screen is amazingly responsive, even
with the protective stuff on it. The picture is clear. The camera is
ok, if you have a steady hand, but much better than my old U600. I don't
have problems with selecting when trying to scrool, and I don't think
a stylus is at all necessary. All my mates have the LG Cookie, but say
mine looks much more expensive - it feels nicer too! The biggest problem
is getting the back off - it is quite bendy, and looks/feels like it
will snap. Also brilliantly easy for downloading music and stuff onto
it - just USB it without even installing the software. It can also take
some text files, and ebooks. I aboslutely love this phone. Ok, it isn't
the most expensive, so it doesn't have some features - but ITS A PHONE!
I personally won't pay much for phones, because I would be worried about
damaging it. This phone is perfect for me, and I wouldn't change it
for the world! Amazing phone, much better than the LG Cookie!
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Reviewed by Louise from England on 18th Jun 2009
I think this phone is great. my mate has the LG renoir which is more
expensive and is sposed to have better features but i didnt like that
at all, the tocco is really easy to use, i think i looked at the manual
once or twice cos i found it really easy to figure everything out myslef.
i was disappointed it had no flash but i dont use my camera a lot and
in the day it takes pictures fine. I recieved the samsung pc studio
cd with mine it was in the box. Also the vibration thing that someone
mentioned earlier is easy to turn off, that is the one thing i looked
for in the manual. when the phone is unlocked u just press the volume
key and the little menu to turn the vibration comes on then u alter
the intensity. The screen is really responsive i hardly ever have to
toutch twice and the menus and operations are really fast. a great phone
especially for the price!
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Reviewed by Lisa from Dublin on 17th Jun 2009
I just got my phone on saturday and i have to say i love the phone its
brill
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