Samsung S8300 Tocco Ultra Edition deals & review

Another stand-out feature is its high definition video recording with D1 (720 x 480) resolution as well as VGA resolution both at 30fps. You also get D1 time lapse and QVGA slow motion video recording. There’s also a front-facing secondary camera for 3g video calls.

Mobile entertainment starts with stereo FM radio with RDS and FM broadcast recording. Then there are the usual media players that can decode audio files in the MP3, AAC and WMA format and video files in the MP4, H.263/ H.264 and WMV9 formats, including DivX and XviD codecs in the AVI container file.

You get a speakerphone but no 3.5mm headphone jack but you can go wireless with its A2DP profile for stereo Bluetooth earphones or use the earphones supplied using the proprietary USB connection.

High End Features

The S8300 is a 3G phone on the dual band UMTS with HSDPA data connectivity speeds at 7.2 Mbps and a quad band GMS with Class 12 GPRS.EDGE radio on 2G. There’s no WiFi but you get local data connectivity option via Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0 for wireless and wired data synchronization and transfers, respectively. SatNav functionality is served by its integrated GPS receiver with A-GPS support.

The Tocco Ultra Edition comes preloaded with a document viewer from the common MS Office and PDF files as well the HTML browser and Email client support. You get a decent 80 MB onboard memory with up to 2,000 phonebook contact entries. A microSD memory expansion slot gets you to up to 16 GB. With an 830 mAh Li-Ion battery that’s fully charged, your talk times can go up to a modest 4 hours and standby times of up to 350 hours. SAR EU gets 0.55 watts per kilo.