whatmobile.net Updated: 2013-11-15 23:01:02
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Samsung’s newest style icon actually made its first appearance at the Mobile World Conference way back in February and it looked good back then – now it’s been tweaked and tuned, the F400 remains a top class music phone.The F400 isn’t touchscreen in an...
Although the Samsung F400 was announced in February, it hasn’t been left behind the times. The operating system is better than on the Samsung Tocco, and with extra music features including a slide out speaker and scroll wheel, it’s a sweet dea...
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igizmo.co.uk Updated: 2013-11-15 23:01:02
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Samsung's dual slider may not be great in the hands of music-loving teenagers without Superb audio; nice design; UI Public transport-unfriendly; little bulky; weird headphones Orsino of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night once said “If music be the food of lov...
Superb audio; nice design; UI...
Public transportunfriendly; little bulky; weird headphones...
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gadgetshow.channel5.com Updated: 2013-11-15 23:01:02
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Samsung F400 is a mobile phone from Samsung that has great music features. The dual slide enables external speakers to play music and its navigation is through an iPod-looking MusicWheel. It has a 3.15 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, it weig...
Like the Queen, music phones are popular but unsexy (no disrespect your Majesty). But not the stylish and elegant F400. It boasts a dual-slider action - slip it one way to reveal the keypad, slide it the other to display a front-facing speaker. Don't...
Although this looks stylish, it is a bit chunky around the midriff. Also there's no significant amount of integrated storage space for your music collection, so you have to fork out extra for a microSD card. That said it does support 8GB cards - so yo...
Employing Bang & Olufsen to create the built-in speaker was a masterstroke. Throw in bullet-speed 3G Internet skills and 3.2-megapixel camera, and you've got a great music phone with some impressive all-rounder talents in tow.Samsung F400 is tagged wi...
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After all the hype surrounding the groovily-monikered likes of Samsungs Soul and Tocco, its almost a relief to get back to a more modestly-titled, almost demure little music phone like the Samsung F400.Its dressed in more restrained fashion than som...
Pop-up Bang & Olufsen loudspeaker, 3-megapixel camera, HSDPA high-speed data, Decent music player quality, 3.5mm headphone socket, Good earphones supplied, Music scroll wheel, FM radio, MicroSD card expansion...
Music controls could have been better thought out, Internal memory small for music phone...
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It should be no surprise that style and design have clearly been given plenty of thought when we tell you that has teamed-up with Bang & Olufsen for this, the F400 phone. Admittedly B&O is on board only to provide ‘ICEpower' audio technology but never...
Clever dual slider, open, airy sound, decent specs and usability.
SD card required, sound could be more detailed.
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3g.co.uk Updated: 2013-11-15 23:01:02
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Music wise, the Samsung F400 ticks all the boxes. The Bang & Olufsen speaker guarantees a cracking audio experience, and Samsung has recognised the demand for people to be able to use their own headphones, even allowing you to share your experience wi...
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The Samsung handset is fairly standard to look at, with silvered sides and a glossy black front. At 17mm thick, its chunky, but then it feels a little lighter than it looks - its 108g. Despite this, it doesnt feel cheap – its a respectably-built m...
Samsungs F400 is a bad music-centred phone with a nice N95-esque dual slide action, plus FM radio and a fairly good three-megapixel camera. Its music chops are a little way behind the best of Sony Ericssons Walkman series or Apples iPhone, but at l...
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If the kids on the back of the bus are going to annoy you with their breakbeat tunes, at least this way they are going to do it with a sound you can appreciate...
Built-in stereo speaker from Bang & Olusfen, HSDPA, 3-megapixel camera...
Not much on the music front...
If the kids on the back of the bus are going to annoy you with their breakbeat tunes, at least this way they are going to do it with a sound you can appreciate...
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Now, phones aren’t usually my forte, but when Samsung asked if I wanted to review their new MP3 spouting mini-boom box of a phone, I couldn’t really say no. The real clincher was the Bang & Olufsen speakers embedded in the phone, which appeale...
A problem I encountered with browsing images stored on my miniSD card was that sometimes the phone would stall while accessing and producing thumbnails for the images. This can be solved again with a firmware upgrade, implementing tighter coding for...
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Samsung’s music phones have often proved too crazy for our taste. Remember the F300 with its schizoid dual face arrangement? We’re being kind when we say it was an ergonomic faux pas. Or perhaps its collaboration with Bang & Olufsen on the Ser...
Powerful built-in sliding speaker. Audio technology to boost the sound. Built-in 3.5mm headphone socket. Fast HSDPA download speeds...
Thickset design. Overly glossy finger smear attracting fascia...
At last, a user-friendly Samsung music phone with the licks to deliver a big audio performance...
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Samsung is notorious for its fanciful designs when it comes to music phones. The two-faced F300 was an example of design daring, but not even an endorsement from Beyonce could stop it from being a dud and a pain to use. Thankfully, it looks like Samsun...
Music player sounds impressive, Built in speaker is surprisingly powerful, Integrated 3.5mm headphone jack, Brisk HSDPA download speeds...
Chassis is a little overweight, Sliding speaker design provokes antisocial behaviour...
The F400 ticks all the right boxes for a mid-range music phone and is undoubtedly Samsungs most tuneful effort so far...
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