What is it: Touchscreen fashion phone with a 5-megapixel camera
What we think: It looks the part but its interface and features don't deliver
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 29 April 2008
Tags: samsung, megapixel, iphone, jack
We like:
Large screen; 3.5mm headphone jack
We don't like:
Interface doesn't work as well as it could
CNET UK judgement:
It's great to see Samsung enter yet another market with a phone that looks to be an iPhone killer. The problem with the Samsung F490, though, is that its interface isn't the best and it lacks a star feature relative to other phones in its category
Samsung F490 History
22 Apr 2008 in Crave
Samsung F490: Hands-on with an iPhone wannabe
There's always a kid who tries to copy the coolest kid in class but fails miserably, heaping ridicule and wedgies upon himself. Will the Samsung F490 have his lunch money stolen?
Latest user reviews
July 6, 2008
Posted by: tgw6017
"Best thing ever"
July 6, 2008
Posted by: tgw6017
"Cooler than a polar bear in a refrigerator"
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