| The current market isnt too impressive, with a sense | | | | letdowns... |
| of monotony in the phones that are on offer. In the | | | | Considering Samsung confirmed that the Tocco Ultra |
| current day and age, it seems that they all have touch | | | | was to be flagship phone for 2009, there are some |
| screens! Reviewing the new Samsung S8300 Tocco | | | | hiccups. Sure, it looks the part of a top-spec phone |
| Ultra is like a breath of fresh air as it isnt scared to | | | | and with most aspects, it certainly plays the part, but it |
| deviate from the tried and tested touch-screen appeal. | | | | is missing some of the practical elements that would |
| So what do I mean? Well, the Tocco Ultra makes an | | | | allow you to take full advantage of the phones |
| interesting take on the touch-screen concept with a | | | | capabilities. |
| slide-out numerical keypad! It is an incredible surprise | | | | A good example of this is the FM radio and music |
| considering how slim the phone actually is. | | | | player. Together, they would have been the perfect |
| The best of both worlds | | | | way to integrate audio capabilities into the phone but |
| Its brilliant really that the Tocco Ultra has incorporated | | | | the lack of a standard headphone jack means that |
| a keypad that slides out. Even though it is a very old | | | | you have to use the Samsungs headphones, which is |
| school input method, it is excellent that the keypad | | | | a bit of a letdown. |
| hasnt affected on the modern look of the phone. Plus, | | | | Also, it can be pretty hard to store all of the music you |
| with the impractical nature of some typing methods on | | | | have on the disappointing 75MB of memory which |
| touch screens it is a breath of fresh air. | | | | equates to around 10 songs (and that is without the |
| Its a phone to boast about | | | | rest of your stuff!) You are more than likely to have to |
| Just reading through the specs which are in the | | | | fork out for a microSD card which unusually isnt |
| instructions, you can see that Samsung built this phone | | | | included in the phone. This particular phone can have |
| with flagship in mind the fact that it has an 8MP | | | | the memory expanded by this type of card by up to |
| camera confirms this. It has video recording too, and | | | | 16GB. |
| the fact that you can edit the video on the phone adds | | | | Lastly, it can be difficult to get the best use of email |
| Brownie Points. | | | | without the WiFi capabilities. But considering the phone |
| What makes this phone stick out from the rest is the | | | | has a 7.2Mbps capability when it comes to 3G |
| anti-reflection touch screen. It uses AMOLED | | | | connectivity, it isnt that much of an issue. |
| technology which makes it a lot easier to see when | | | | Its a good phone with more or less everything you |
| you are out in the sunshine for example. | | | | would expect, as well as some nice extra features. |
| Not only does the Tocco Ultra have these definitive | | | | However, these features cannot be used very well at |
| features and your standard stuff like GPS navigation, | | | | times because of the lack of some key features. |
| Bluetooth and email but it also boasts a | | | | Its a great phone and the mix between touch-screen |
| scratch-resistant screen and metal casing which can | | | | and traditional keypad is genius and doesnt impact on |
| really come in handy. The phone is durable which is | | | | the sassy look the Tocco Ultra has. The UI is good, as |
| brilliant because it prevents it from looking battered and | | | | you would expect from a Samsung but there are |
| bruised over time. | | | | some gaping holes in the phones capability which let |
| For a top-of-the-range phone, there are some | | | | down the practicality of the rest of the phone. |