The compact touch-operated handset has every chance of becoming the next best thing since sliced bread. It is extremely pocket-friendly but its own pocket is bulging - so to say - the little fella has it all. Plus, the looks are fantastic, so only one important question remains - is the performance on par with the marvelous specs?

Key features
Ample 2.8″ 262K touchscreen color display of QVGA resolution
Touch-operated flash UI
5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash
Camera comes with face detection and wide dynamic range
3G with HSDPA
Great design and high quality construction
228MB of internal memory
microSD card slot
Widgets
Excellent haptics
FM radio with RDS
Great camera interface
EDGE, Bluetooth and USB connectivity
Great web browser
Main disadvantages
Tri-band only
Display legibility suffers under direct sunlight
No landscape mode and no virtual QWERTY keyboard
Fingerprint magnet
Inadequate flash for the camera
Video recording capabilities max out at QVGA resolution
The place on the market Samsung F480 is aiming at is far from vacant. There is a number of touch-operated Flash UI devices out there and, accidentally or not, most of them are made by Samsung.
Samsung F490 is also taking part in this race but despite that its name suggests higher class than the F480, its functionality is not speaking of anything like that. The Croix interface may be an award winner, but is not nearly as nice to use as the flash UI of Samsung F480. Besides, the F480 definitely looks better and is more compact.

Expected:
19th May 2008

The LG KU990 Viewty is another similar handset in terms of functionality but of a significantly larger size. Still, it may seem as a good alternative for those who insist on good camera and video recording capabilities in their handsets.

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