Samsung F400 (SGH-F400)
Discontinued 13th February 2008
Is the Samsung F400 just another glossy
looking Samsung slider phone? Not exactly, because the
Samsung SGH-F400 incorporates technology from
Bang & Olufsen and has a dual-slide arrangement
that reveals a loudspeaker for optimum music playback.
There's a lot more to the F400 than
its musical capabilities, but as they set the handset
apart then it will be worth looking at them first. One
immediately obvious feature is the large stereo speaker
that slides up from the top of the handset, in a similar
manner to the Samsung
Serenata and the Samsung
i450. This means that the SGH-F400 should be loud
enough to actually hear your music tracks or the FM
radio properly.
The sound system uses Bang & Olufsen's
ICEpower amplification system, it also comes with music
recognition, a comprehensive audio library function,
Samsung's Digital Natural Sound Engine and other music
related goodies. The SGH-F400 takes a standard 3.5mm
headphone plug, and it also comes with an FM radio with
RDS.
As
we said, there's more to the Samsung F400 than just
music. This is an HSDPA capable 3.5G device with a maximum
download speed of 3.6 Mbps. The F400 also supports GPRS
and EDGE data, plus 2100 MHz UMTS and tri-band GSM.
From this, we can tell that the Samsung F400 is aimed
primarily at the European market.
On the back of the Samsung F300 is a
3 megapixel CMOS camera. From the press photographs
we can see that it does appear to have a flash, but
we don't know if the camera is an autofocus or fixed-focus
unit.
The
2.2 inch 240 x 320 pixel TFT display is semi-concealed
behind the F400's glossy surface. Overall, this is an
attractive looking handset, but it isn't terribly distinctive.
The B&O labelling on the SGH-F400 is very discrete.
The Samsung SGH-F400 measures 103 x
48 x 17mm, and it supports USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.0.
There's a microSD slot to the left of the keypad, although
Samsung have not stated the maximum capacity that the
F400 can take.
We don't know the exact launch date
of the Samsung F400, but we do know that Nordic countries
are expecting the phone in August of this year. It is possible
that some markets may have the F400 earlier than that.
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Samsung
F400 (SGH-F400) at a glance
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Available:
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(Q2?)
Q3
2004
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Network:
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GSM
900 / 1800 / 1900 + UMTS
2100
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE + UMTS (3G) + HSDPA
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Screen:
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240
x 320 pixels
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Camera:
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3
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
slider 103
x 48 x 17mm
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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microSD
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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GPS:
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No
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Battery
life:
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Not
specified
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