Samsung Tocco Ultra S8300: A Stylish Touchscreen And Slider Phone

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With the busy lifestyles of today, people really demand more than just the simple call and SMS features. These days, with people becoming more mobile, it is important that your phone also has the capability to do so much more - which is something that the Samsung Tocco Ultra S8300 mobile phone can do quite adeptly.

The Samsung Tocco Ultra S8300 is a next-generation slide phone from Samsung which has combined the slide design with a full touchscreen driven user interface to give you different text typing experience.

The Tocco's Ultra Edition's updated display looks lovely and can provide lush graphics and images at a resolution of 240 x 40 pixels and 16 million colors. The 2.8-inch display is not the biggest touchscreen in town but it's large for a slide phone. The combination of touchscreen plus numeric keypad does seem to work reasonably well. The Samsung Tocco Ultra S8300 mobile phone is also said to be one sleek and slim phone. The dimensions are 110 x 51.,5mm on the long side and the short side, respectively. The thickness ...
... of the phone stands at about 12.7 mm.. It is also a lightweight phone, for it is only weighs 105 grams. And it comes in sleek brushed metal effect casing with different color selection including Platinum Red, Platinum Blue, Gold, which gives this handset a fashionable appearance to suit its high quality features.

Since people generally love to take photograph, the improvement of the camera is really most appreciated. While the simplest camera phones only feature 2 to 3 megapixel cameras, the Samsung S8300 is equipped with an 8.0 megapixel camera with auto focus. And just like previous Samsung phones, it also supports face and smile detection and image stabilisation. We can imagine that the pictures taken by this cameraphone are definitely crisp and clear. You can keep a record for the memorable moments and share them on your social network with this cameraphone.

The S8300 also comes with a media player that supports all popular music formats such as MP3, AAC & WMA and can play videos in DivX & XviD formats. As well as the media player, an FM radio with RDS is also available. However, There is some issue with the charger and earphone port, which has been merged into one. The absence of a standard 3.5mm audio jack means that you have to use the standard stereo headset offered by Samsung or an optional Bluetooth stereo headset. The 80 MB built-in memory is a bit limited, so if you need to store a large quantity of files, you'd better upgrade this with a microSD memory card. Generally it can be expandable up to 16 GB.

In terms of connectivity, the Samsung Tocco Ultra S8300 , as a 3G phone, supports 3G HSDPA technology which allows you to enjoy high speed Internet experience, multitasking skills and 3G video calling on this stylish mobile phone. It also includes Bluetooth and USB for data transferring, GPRS, EDGE and 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, but Wi Fi is missing in this phone. It is a little disappointing. The S8300 Tocco Ultra also comes with a built in GPS receiver with an A-GPS function which helps you're your way around.

The fitted Li-Ion 880 mAh battery is a rechargeable battery which when fully charged allows the user to enjoy up to four hours of talk time or up to three hundred & fifty hours of standby battery time when the handset is not in use.

In a nutshell, since Samsung add a number pad to touchscreen control, this mobile phone will extend its appeal to more conventionally-minded mobile users, especially when it is equipped with powerful features.
Jerry Smith, the editor of http://www.mobilephoneonly.co.uk. An expert on mobile phone and an observer of UK telecommunication market. He writes reviews on latest mobile phones, and also suggests promotional deals and special offers from mobile phone retailers in UK.