| Samsung F400 Opus is a wonderful phone for music | | | | sound settings as needed. The music player also tends |
| lovers of all sorts. However, this mobile is not just a | | | | to use up an awful lot of battery life. |
| music phone-with a speedy internet connection, an | | | | Camera: |
| awesome camera, and lots of memory, it has features | | | | Packing 3 megapixels and LED flash, the Opus's |
| that will satisfy everyone. | | | | camera also includes photo settings and an easy to |
| Appearance: | | | | use picture editing program that allows you to adjust |
| The Opus has taken its musical theme and ran with | | | | and add effects to your pictures before sending them |
| it-the phone's exterior closely resembles an ipod, with | | | | out to show the world. Its video player and recorder is |
| its silvery music wheel and 2.2 inch TFT 262k colour | | | | pretty snazzy too, with smooth, clear footage. The |
| screen. One of its more attractive features would | | | | recorder also comes with a number of settings you |
| have to be the speakers. Slide the screen down and a | | | | can use to edit your clips. You're also able to make |
| set of speakers rises majestically from the phone, | | | | screensavers and wallpaper. |
| giving the impression of holding a miniature concert hall | | | | Connectivity: |
| in the palm of your hand. Slide the screen up, and you'll | | | | With 3G HSDPA, USB, EDGE, and Bluetooth with |
| find a wonderfully finger friendly keypad that makes | | | | A2DP, the Opus is lightning fast when it comes to |
| for easy thumbing. At 105g, it's not the lightest phone | | | | internet connectivity. Also included are SMS, EMS, and |
| on the market, nor is it the slenderest, but the amazing | | | | MMS, with predictive text to make texting easier and |
| speakers more than make up for it. | | | | quicker. Its email interface is also simple to use, though |
| Sound: | | | | it's a little bare bones. Be sure to check out the neat |
| With its Bang & Olufsen ICE Power external | | | | embedded games as well as the usual Java games. |
| speakers, it goes without saying that the Opus's sound | | | | Downloading games from the internet should be a |
| quality is top notch-crisp and clear. Add a high quality | | | | relatively quick and simple task as well. |
| music player, Shazam music recognition software, a | | | | Memory: |
| music library, and an FM Radio RDS and you have a | | | | The only thing about the Opus that made our noses |
| truly magnificent sound system. Best of all, the 3.5 mm | | | | wrinkle would have to be its memory. It only has 24 |
| headphone jack allows you to use whatever | | | | measly megabytes, though you can add up to eight |
| headphones you like, a feature you won't find on many | | | | gigabytes with a MicroSD memory card. With 4.5 |
| other music phones. Polyphonic and MP3 ringtones are | | | | hours of talk time and 620 hours of standby time, even |
| also available. The only downside are a few | | | | frequent users shouldn't have trouble with excessive |
| complaints of slight sound distortion, particularly with the | | | | battery charging. |
| bass, but much of this can be avoided by adjusting the | | | | |