Samsung Tocco Lite. WAPtastic?

Martin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:00:13 +0000

In our humble opinion, Samsung really have stolen the lead in the touchscreen markets recently. With numerous handsets announced one after the other, from the i7500 to the new iterations of the Jet and Omnia handsets, we’ve seen a lot of quality indeed. The Samsung Tocco Lite seems to be the exception to prove the rule though, because there’s just about nothing that sets this phone apart from the crowd. But that, though, is part of the point really, because the Samsung Tocco Lite is all about being budget (and more specifically, all about going head-to-head with the LG Cookie).

So, what are you getting for your not-a-lot-of money? Full touch: check. The popular (because it’s great) TouchWiz interface: check. Half decent camera: check. A complete lack of 3G or Wifi… erm… check. And this is where we think this thing might stumble a little bit. Fair enough, if you don’t want or need all that much internet connectivity and just want a bit of a flashy run of the mill phone, this might be alright, but as things such as the official page seem to suggest, Samsung seem to think that their customers here are all about being connected, about updating their Facebook, checking their Myspace, blogging the bloggable parts of their lives. And doesn’t it just seem that trying to do all that view the ‘power’ of WAP is just a little daft.

Anyway, maybe we’re being a but harsh. As we said, this is a more than competent, truly full-touch-screen phone and if you want a little bit of that in your life, then the Tocco Lite could be just what the doctor ordered. Check out this Samsung Tocco Lite review for some more stats and figures, or have a little look at th is TV ad we found (Star is what this phone’s called in India):

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Samsung Tocco Lite. WAPtastic?