It seems that Samsung comes out with a different model phone each month. Not that gadget freaks are complaining, Samsung is responsible for some of the most innovative mobile devices in the industry. This new product is no different. The Samsung Tocco Lite S5230, also known as the Samsung Tocco Lite, is a full touchscreen phone that the company is marketing to middle to low range consumers.
Although there isn’t any information yet as to how much the device will cost, prices are expected to be somewhere around £160 – around the same range as the LG Cookie, which is considered as a direct competitor of the Tocco Lite.
The friendly price isn’t the only thing that is appealing about this phone. Whilst the price is mid-range, Samsung certainly didn’t hold back on the features that they put into this phone. The Samsung Tocco Lite utilizes the TouchWiz UI which enables users to make use of widgets to personalize the homescreen. Another ingenious feature is that the homescreen is scrollable so that you get three standby screens. Each screen can be personalized differently and independently of each other. The Tocco Lite also features Gesture Lock technology where you only have to draw a single letter on the screen to unlock the phone and at the same time open a pre-determined application that you have assigned to that letter.
The Samsung Tocco Lite doesn’t have 3G connectivity but you get a respectable Internet connectivity through Bluetooth, GPRS and EDGE. The unit has a 3MP camera with autofocus and Smile Shot technology. Smile Shot is a clever feature as the phone only captures the picture once the person being photographed is smiling. Video recording is also possible with this camera.
Samsung has also released another mid-range touchscreen phone along with the Tocco Lite, the Samsung S5600. They look very similar except the S5600 is equipped with 3G. The Tocco Lite is expected to hit the market around May this year.
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