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Expert Reviews from other websites (1 review)Samsung Tocco Ultra Review at Mobile Phones UK (1 March 2009)  Samsung Tocco Ultra Consumer Reviews (81 reviews)Write a review of the Samsung Tocco Ultra! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Reviewed by Samantha on 09/03/2010This phone is brilliant, I was in 2 minds about the Nokia 5800 or this i had the original tocco at first and loved that phone so i thought whats the harm in getting the upgraded version, after reading both reviews i saw there was more bad comments about this phone than the nokia, so i went with the nokia 5800. That phone is a piece of rubbish, very slow you HAVE to use the stick otherwise the phone is really unresponsive, not so good if you're in a rush to find something, camera isn't great nothing spectacular on there, and the main reason i got it was for wifi and maps. Which are both absolute rubbish. So I took it back and got the Tocco Ultra, I was worried at first as I put it on charge and the phone was very slow at responding and the screen stopped working for a second. This got me annoyed, there was no way I could take another phone back again. Then when it had charged I took it off to have a play, and then it worked perfectly responded well to everything, i love everything about it. You can change the font of your writing which is pretty cool as I get bored of staring at the same writing after a while. Camera amazing, I love the panorama shots you can get, and the texting is good, could be better but thats where the keypad comes in handy, only thing that i dislike about the phone is you have to slide the phone up to use the camera, and everytime am taking a picture i end up pressing the side buttons so it zooms in, but i've figured out a new way of taking pictures! The internet is good, its just as good as the original tocco so no faults there, and there are so many widgets which i like to play with, especially the stop smoking one, Genius, 5 stars from me :) Rating: Reviewed by Jeff Mills on 07/03/2010 Personally I don't like this phone. There are are few things in particular why i dislike it. The battery life is shocking, on average I have to charge it every other night. If a call lasts more than 10mins it drains the battery & so does browsing the internet. The vibrate funcution is not strong enough, i some times miss calls even when it's in my jeans pocket. For me the keypad buttons is poorly designed and too small. The camera button and the lock button are too close together. The only decent thing is the camera. Rating: Reviewed by sue durnall on 04/03/2010 i have only had this phone a couple of days so still gettin to know it.... but like it so far few teething problems but i will get their no doubt the only thing i would like to know is can u change the tx message ringtone and if so how???? look forward to an answer get me on my email address suedurnall@aol.com thanks Rating: Reviewed by Nokia User on 03/03/2010 I tested several devices looking good photo&video recorder. And this is it. Better than any Nokia, better than Omnia HD, better than Pixon12. So I sold it once because of really weak battery and after allmost 2 months of looking, bought new one. Sms writing for Nokia user can make them mad.But with T9 it works, but carefull with deleting. For me is a second device. E52 as workhorse. S8300 for multimedia. Why Nokia can't make so well balanced camera for their mobiles??? Rating: Reviewed by roshni makwana on 28/02/2010 i hav the samsung tocco ultra 4 my birthday and as soon as i fully charge it i turnd the phne onn nd it turnd bck offf nd it keeps on doing that so nw i hav 2 leave my phne on at all tmes until the baterry dies. Rating: Reviewed by Darran From Leeds on 28/02/2010 This is the first touch phone that I have bought!.. The only problem that I have with it, is the Battery life. Not known anything like it. After 6 hours I need to charge the phone again! That’s without any talk time! Very, very poor battery life! HELP!!!! If the battery life was better, it would have got 4 stars! Rating: Reviewed by jackie on 26/02/2010 realy hate this phone drops calls battery life rubbish camera crap just could go on........numbers disapear off phone terrible dnt buy Rating: Reviewed by Kirsty on 24/02/2010 Nice looking Phone. However cameras nit that good blurs a lot, editing words on messeges nearly impossible, always crashes, goes really really slow, cant use own ringing tones (on messeges) downloaded two games - thats the memory limit. looking through pictures constantly crashes, accidently tilt phone and its goes through pictures really fast, but never responds when trying to slide to the next picture. Its got nothing really interesting on it got bored within a day. when i first got the phone it wouldn't charge. Overall a Worthless phone. And definatly would not reccomend!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by ananomous on 24/02/2010 The battery life is shocking, mine has been back 3 times and still doesnt work correctly. this time a complete failiure of ALL the buttons and it constantly dials the number 18888. WASTE of MONEY and TIME, swapping for a more robust nokia model. Rating: Reviewed by Katrina on 21/02/2010 Oh god I am so glad other people have found this phone to be as awful as I have. The stupid event thing that comes up on the screen is so annoying and I have no idea how to get rid of it. You cant change the screen saver have to have the stupid pictures they have put on which are awful. The biggest issue for me is the battery life it is just a joke a few text messages and a couple of phone calls and the battery is drained. I'm sick of having to charge it up twice a day. This isn't always possible when I'm out . I've had this phone now for 7 months and cant wait to get rid of it, but have yet another 16 months left on the contract. In the time I have had it I have had to have the keypad repaired as 3 of the keys cracked and became un-usable. My advice to anyone thinking of getting this phone would be DON'T its the worst phone I have ever had. Rating: Reviewed by Sue Lupton on 17/02/2010 Firstly it has Google maps but this does not work with gps and the maps on Vodafone find and go are only ok if you only want roads (I enjoy walking in the countryside and mountains). Emails often say 'message too large' - very frustrating. screen size too small and won't work with a stylus, so frequently get wrong touch screen position. It won't read email attachments. The camera is not a touch on the Sony Ericsson so rather dissapointed Rating: Reviewed by irishlass on 15/02/2010 hate this phone with the passion, it has done nothing but break on me! Rating: Reviewed by Nat Cole on 07/02/2010 I had a Tocco Ultra for about 3 months when it got nicked on a train journey. I must say the phone is an attractive number and the thing that appealed to me was the slide out keypad. The touch screen is capacitive so you can't use any kind of pointing device and although the clarity of the screen is amazing, unless you have fingers like needles, you can't use most of the features properly. Texting is a pain and the menu system is not very well planned out. After my first one was stolen, I had 4 replacement handsets from "Policy Admin" phone insurance, all of which were duff. This was the final straw for me and an otherwise reasonable phone was abandoned for an LG slider. Good points: Nice looker, good daylight camera. Nice screen. Good call clarity. Keypad. Bad points. Rubbish menu, Internet experience useless. Dire battery life. (GPS will get you to the end of the street if lucky on a full charge). Conclusion: A good phone ruined through lack of attention to functiona lity. Rating: Reviewed by Jess on 04/02/2010 Thank you for solving the apostrophe issue!! Amazing - this has been annoying me for 6 months, and now works like a dream, it's amazing! I agree with most of the reviews on here - this phone looks and feels good, and has a great camera, but is pretty rubbish at being a phone. Mine quite often doesn't make outgoing calls as it says network busy, but when I put my sim into a different phone it's fine. That's pretty annoying. My battery life is pretty good though I have to say - normally lasts a week and I use it a lot. Rating: Reviewed by Phil P on 03/02/2010 I have had this phone for 3 months, bought it because of its keyboard & touch screen. I have had no trouble with it at all, the screen is a little unresponsive sometimes but i have a works phone where you use a pen/pick/probe thing and thats just as bad so cant critisise the ultra for that. Texting is fine , not brilliant but i dont text at 100mph like kids these days. Camera is as good if not better than the vast majority of mobile phone camera's , it certainly makes the I-Phones camera look crappy. All in all i am very happy with this phone, £75 recon unit on Pay As You Go :) Rating: Reviewed by Sarah on 02/02/2010 I'm afraid that I must agree with most of the negative reviews of this phone. Absolutely awesome phone, feels very expensive, great build quality, fantastic camera etc etc BUT COMPLETELY UNUSABLE!!! Dan Searle's review is totally accurate, texting is hell on Earth, no wonder my calling rates have spiralled since buying this phone. I cannot be bothered to spend 10mins trying to type with dictionary, add in new words and attempt to use correct English grammer in my texts. Fantastic features but you can't use half of them and it's so slow! Battery life is appalling if you want to make more than one call per day (i.e most of the population)so my phone lives attached to it's charger. Not very "mobile" then! Am stuck on a 24month contract with this monsterous thing so it's going on ebay and i'm going back to Sony Ericsson. Horrendous mistake, please just don't bother buying one!! Rating: Reviewed by emma on 01/02/2010 Bad. Terrible. Waste of space. Dreadful. Appalling. Horrible. Abysmal. Awful. Get the picture? Rating: Reviewed by Paul on 31/01/2010 To include apostrophes, go to messages, settings, text messages, sending options, character support and change from gsm alphabet to automatic. Rating: Reviewed by John on 29/01/2010 Fantastic very easy to use, I can not understand the negative reviews. Texting easy. photo's great, ring tones as most,you need to download one but they all seem to be the same. What this about the battery (hardly lasting a day) I find the that it will last me over a week before a recharge, after heavy use. A good solid feel, smooth sliding action, a clear display. definitely well worth considering. Rating: Reviewed by SIlver on 29/01/2010 Utter garbage; avoid this phone at all costs. Read Dan Searles review below for more in depth reasons but it really does have to be one of the worst phones I have ever used. I think my first ever Nokia, 13years ago had more useability than this. If I had an alternative I would take great pleasure in smashing this phone to pieces! Don't be fooled by the fact that it is pretty, I would rather have a brick than this! Rating: Reviewed by Sophie on 26/01/2010 I love this phone. Had some issues with the texting to start with but have discovered (from here among other places) the solutions. The movement around texts by touching until the arrows appear is great. Also, with the annoying lack of apostrophe in T9, you can set it to work by going to Messages/Settings/Text Messages/Sending Options then changing the 'character support' to 'automatic'. Works like a dream now. The phone is back in the good books and I won't be throwing it out of the window! I like the widgets, have customised for one touch access to create message and inbox. I've rearranged them so they are ordered by my prefence. No issues with calling. I checked out the functionality before buying and it's just what I wanted. Rating: Reviewed by kaycee on 24/01/2010 I've had this phone for two weeks now, and am still having fun in finding out all the fab features and how they work. I'm not one for reading manuals but this time I had to!!! But found it simple to understand. I love this phone; OK the battery life isn't the best,but with all the techy stuff on it, and the fact I've been using it alot, it will drain quickly. I usually charge my phones every night anyway. I've now set up all my personal ringtones and message/alarm tones using the Samsung Studio software that came with it. And my organiser/calendar/contact lists are now all installed and working. It's now "my" phone. I find the dual input for texts very handy, although yes the keypad is somewhat easier than the touchscreen, but then again I found out exactly where and how firm to touch the screen in order to get the best response. I'm glad I got this phone, as the other models I tried in the shop didn't have all the features I wanted, and my other choices were found to have software problems. Rating: Reviewed by G-star on 23/01/2010 got this phone for xmas 2k9 lush it so much ,. the best i've ever had. Much better than previous sony ericsons. However i have found the touch can be extra sensitive with my stubby fingers. Think i will be back to my nokia 3310 Rating: Reviewed by Andy ward on 21/01/2010 I have to agree with a lot of people about this phone I have just wasted 18 months of my life on this phone any other person on these reviews that says it's easy to text is wrong after going to this phone from a sony ericcson what a mistake camera is good but so damn slow flash is rubbish touch screen is a complete pain unless you have got the smallest fingers in the world I could go on but all i can say is don't get one theres much better out there than this phone Rating: Reviewed by adam on 20/01/2010 The phone is rubish Rating: Reviewed by paula robinson on 19/01/2010 video camera sound is terrible,also phone resets itself after a while. Rating: Reviewed by paula robinson on 19/01/2010 i loved this phone as soon as i saw it,it looks fantastic.however after having this phone for only six months i am now onto my third handset and it has been repaired twice as well.the main problems seem to be the software that goes wrong,it resets ringtones and message alerts after a while.everything else is fabulous on this phone,it's very easy to use the touch screen to text on and is very easy to navigate around the phone. the one big let down of this phone is that using the video camera in a loud enviroment,ie a concert or karaoke,is not advised due to the speaker being too sensitive.the sound will be distorted to the point where you can't understand what has been recorded. for general everyday use as a phone for calls and texts this phone is fine but for the media side of things i found it a huge let down for its price. Rating: Reviewed by Claire on 19/01/2010 Can someone please help me.. This phone is driving me crazy.. When my battery is low it keeps vibrating to let me no and if I turn the vibrate off for my incoming calls and messages it then makes a noise and it is so annoying. There isn't a alert sounds settings so I can't seem to find anyway to turn the damn thing off. Can anyone please help me. Rating: Reviewed by Harley on 18/01/2010 I've had this phone for a couple of weeks now and find it incredibly frustrating. I may yet take it back, which is a pity because I've been using Samsung phones for a few years now and have always loved them. Apart from everything people have said already about texting, moving the cursor and so on, which are all things I have experienced too, today I found a new difficulty - deactivating Bluetooth. It may be an obvious thing for some, but it took me ages to work out. I couldn't find how to deactivate Bluetooth in the manual (the paper copy and the downloaded version) and trawled through the internet, including this forum. In the end, only found out how quite by accident (madly tapping on any little thing I could see!!) To deactivate Bluetooth, go to Menu, then Applications, then Bluetooth. Alternatively, just hit the bluetooth icon on the Widgets bar on the left hand side of the screen. At the top and to the left of the heading "Bluetooth", you'll see a small grey box with horizontal lines on it. Tap that and it will come up with "Activation on". Tap that, and it should turn blue and tell you that it's been deactivated. It's also a quick way of activating it, when you want it. Rating: Reviewed by Kristina on 18/01/2010 Just got this phone - there are some issues with not being able to scroll through texts to correct or add/delete words, but in predictive text where you want to use an "apostrophe" you just type the word as it would appear without an apostrophe and it puts it in automatically, may need to scroll through word options to get right one, eg "it's" (just type in i-t-s)comes up as "its" then scroll down a couple of words and you get "it's". Also frustrating as haven't worked out when adding new word, how to get first letter into lower case, other than typing the word after the first letter, then getting the cursor back to the right of the first (capital) letter and deleting the capital letter !!!! Also can't get some punctuation on the "add word" facility in particular an apostrophe to add "I'm" !! How do I get to use the "keyboard" facility as can't actually see it on the screen, but have seen in bottom left of screen on some demos I've watched ??? On my previous Sam sung you could get a blank message by using a shortcut button, is there this possibility on the Tocco or do I have to go to Menu, Messaging, Create Message, Message every time ?? Rating: Reviewed by sharon on 17/01/2010 although the tocco ultra is a great phone im having trouble with my alarm,orange have sent me two phones , i set the alarm and it works but after a couple of weeks it stops going off,has anyone else had this problem and fixed it? Rating: Reviewed by Bobby on 16/01/2010 I think that the key pad is not that good. The camera is great though. The sound is ok i guess Rating: Reviewed by Cole McLister on 15/01/2010 Love this phone but the battery is pants! I have had this phone since July 2009 and Ive had two batteries already. Really awful battery life! Rating: Reviewed by gman on 15/01/2010 this phone in the end is awesome. i previously had a sony erricsson aino but within 25 days traded it in for a tocco ultra and i now will never use a sony ericsson as long as i live because it is dissapointing for it to have a 3 inch screen with only touchscreen 'CAPABILITIES'also the tocco ultra's photo editing software is far superior as you can warp images, blur out faces and add frames. all in all it is dissapointing for it not to have wifi but if you are choosing between the aino and the tocco ultra NEVER CHOOSE THE AINO choose the tocco (ps if my polite hidden wasnt clear enough i was trying to say that the aino looks good but is actually a total piece of $#!+ never buy it, i got mine repaired twice for the 1/2 of a touchscreen failing and then realised that it was a piece of $#!+ it only last ed 10 days and then broke) Rating: Reviewed by Alison, Doncaster on 14/01/2010 DO NOT GO NEAR THIS PHONE!!!! Horrible horrible horrible! I have had this phone for 3 months and I've had enough. Going back to Sony Ericsson. Texting hard even when using keys. ANNOYING. Worst phone in my 10 year career of using them Its really hard to delete what you have written... It doesn't come with one of those pen things so I got one for it and no it doesnt work. And heaven forbid if you want to move the cursor in a text message to edit a previous word! You have to take hideous steps to include apostrophes or maintain the word you have just selected.You type the word, select the one you want then if you put a full stop after it changes your selected word to the original one. I absolutely agree with every negative review on here. This is the worst phone I have every owned.I will never buy a Samsung again because of this phone. Rating: Reviewed by Joe on 13/01/2010 I find the samsung s8300 to be really good in every aspect however I damned if I can get it to geo tag my pictures, which was one of the main reasons for buying it. Rating: Reviewed by emily on 13/01/2010 i got my phone in august and its an alright phone but not the best when you tap on something it dosnt always come up and you have to keep pressing it and i hate were the capture button is for the camara!. to be honest im sticking with my sony erricsons in future not the best idea samsung!! Rating: Reviewed by claiireeeee on 12/01/2010 had this phone for a few months now, i was sick of faulty sony ericssons so i changed to a samsung for the very first time and so far i think its one of the best phones ive had. it took alot of getting used to. texting is easy once you get the hang of it.. don't even need to use the keypad. only thing is battery life and memory -have to delete messages all the time because i text constantly!.. other than that i'd defo recomend it! :D Rating: Reviewed by tom shep on 09/01/2010 the fone is amzing but the only problem with mine is that i had it for about 3 mounths an the when i woke up the next day when someone text me the virbration had stop working but its saying its on from tom shep Rating: Reviewed by kingrainman on 08/01/2010 i love this phone i have had lots of phones over the years.This is the frist samsung for me and it is out of this world. well done 10/10 Rating: Reviewed by Kate Plenty on 07/01/2010 I have to say... when I first recieved this phone I was very impressed with the ease of use. Although I kept on getting with held number calls... which I put down to either a wrong number or something. As time went on I got to the end of my tether with this. I asked my service provider what these were... but there was no record of any calls being made to me at all. It was the function called fake call on the phone, which had gone off whilst the phone was in my pocket... hmm well anyways... other than this annoyance the phone's camera is fantastic 8 mega pixel... more than enough for a descent photo. I would recommend locking the keypad when the phone is closed though. Rating: Reviewed by Zac on 06/01/2010 My wife has had this phone from vodafone on contract for about 12 months, so I am only an ocassional user, but I absolute HATE the UI with a vengenance. It is most illogical device I have ever used and what possessed anyone to make a mobile with a predictive text system which is unable to construct a text message containing "I'm". I wouldn't recommend this to anyone - try a HTC HD 2 it will save you a lot of heartache! Rating: Reviewed by Ben on 05/01/2010 this is a very rubbish phone touch screen is very slow and delayed, whats the ponint of a toich screen with a keypad??. had the phone for about 2months send it back. GOT A NOKIA 5800 Xpressmusic Awsome phone Rating: Reviewed by Morter S on 05/01/2010 You can infact change the tone for new messages!!!! To change message alerts, go into settings, phone profiles, click the arrow to the right of the profile you are using, On top of screen click the down arrow and go to new message, here you can change your message alert tone to one of the ones given or click sounds to change it to one you have put on the phone yourself. Whilst this is not the best phone I have had (that was the Nokia N95) I am slowly finding that it does do some of the things I want it to do but it's never that straight forward. I am thinking of the blackberry pearl next time - sensible buttons for texting! Rating: Reviewed by Rob on 04/01/2010 this phone by far is fantastic. paid £420 for it back in june, and i believe it was worth every penny. who recommend it to anyone. in reply to danielle below, to move the cursor in atext message press the screen and hold it the arrows will come up allowing you move the cursor. Well done samsung for producing a fantastic phone Rating: Reviewed by Emma on 30/12/2009 Never reviewed a phone before but I feel the need to save other people from this hideous phone. Was a nokia lover for years then with trepidation I allowed myself to be talked in this as an upgrade...AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! What a mistake. WHY is there no key to move the cursor around..... makes having the keypad bit almost a complete waste of time as if u make a mistake when texting u have to try n stab at your text on the touch screen to get the cursor back where u want... really hard to do accurately. If I had a pound for every time my ear has turned the fone to "mute" on answering by hitting the touch screen button by mistake I would be a very rich lady...it makes you want to SCREAM. But no... I am using all my minutes up calling back the people who called me but then hung up coz they thought I'd gone. Those are my 2 main but major gripes... but I also completely agree with Dan Searles review below. This was my first samsung and even tho apparently they used to be ok. ... I am heading back to nokia as fast as my 18 month blimmin comtract will allow. Be warned... stay away from this phone. Rating: Reviewed by arthur job on 28/12/2009 great phone , not as good as motown !!!!!!! errrrrrrrrrr Rating: Reviewed by katie on 27/12/2009 ive had this phone since yesterday and ive already had poblems with it ie texting i gotta text at 5oclock and only just received it and its ten past 1 :S and theres problems with the internet aswell and cant get on it just says connection error Rating: Reviewed by dave on 26/12/2009 when i receive messages the text is tiny cant seem to sort this out anyone any ideas Rating: Reviewed by TolenTino on 23/12/2009 I bought this phone knowing about the lack of wifi, what swung it was that it was touch screen but still had the option of the slide-down keypad. It all took a little getting used to as some user functions are not as user friendly (obvious) as they should be. the phone has many features, some of which i just cant figure out why they bothered if there is no software installed to support the feature; namely GPS? surely samsung is a big enough company to provide a sat-nav, even a basic one on their GPS phones. Also the phone is motion/shake sensitive but the only thing this is good for is the dice rolling application!!! you will find also that the back of the phone is easily scratched and scuffed this is because of a couple of things, 1. there are no raised corner points to protect the rest of the back and secondly this phone spends an awful lot of its time like a cheap hooker, laying on its back & charging! you'll find a full charge lasts only a day. the only way around this is to get get a 'skin' to protect your phone and maybe a spare battery. the phone comes with the basics, but little or no extras installed. not really any nice surprises; nothing to make you say ' hey i was right to buy this phone' the pop-out application panel on the home screen is a nice idea although the user has limited control over what appears on it. go to the samsung web site and there is no free applications or even wallpapers.. everything has a price tag attached to it.. unlike sony for example. i tried to download some games and applications onto this phone just so it actually had something on it - the majority of the apps, on startup, said "java error, insufficient memory". on googleing this, it appears to be a common problem and quite rediculous that a phone of this stature cannot run installed applications.. some apps would run after following a long drawn-out procedure: "Updating the Java's database. On your mobile phone click on the 'Dial' button, than dial '*#6984125*#' go to 'Internals' enter the following Master Key '*#9072641*#' Go to 'Storage Settings' and click on 'Update Java DB'." why the heck should an end user have to do this to get an app to work? the joke is, if you install any further apps you have to do the same again! ha you gotta laugh :) apart from that it's a great phone. Rating: Reviewed by George Kronfli on 23/12/2009 I have had this phone for just over a week, and I almost sent it back! I am so glad I didn't. Coming to it from Nokia needed a complete culture readjustment, but was well worth it. The voice quality is superb, the camera is excellent, producing sharp and contrasty photos, certainly enlargeable to 8"X10", at least those taken in daylight. The SATNAV/GPS is superb and works very well with Google maps, which are incorporated. The texting is fine, but try not to use the key pad and stick to the touch screen and T9 which I found at least as reliable and faster than my previous Nokia. Message for Danielle, to get rid of the annoying Events widget, just move it with your finger tip back into the left hand part of the screen, where it will disappear. You can also move the cursor back to correct mistakes while texting by using your finger tip and placing it on the part of the message you need correcting, of course you have to use the touch screen for that. I think the keypad was included for people like me who never used a touch screen before, just to make them feel comfortable. Now I rarely use it. Also the software DVD that came with it is very good and works well; do read the online instructions carefully. The batterry lasts at least all day, using all the above features, which really isn't bad, certanly no worse than previous phones I have had, which had less features than the Tocco Ultra. A highly recommended phone all round. Rating: Reviewed by Amiee on 23/12/2009 ive had this phone for a while and the only negative thing about is their is no shortcut button apart from that this phone is fab its light easily put in your pocket and stylish :) Rating: Reviewed by Wlekoz on 21/12/2009 The team that designed this phone, especially the touch screen should be fired!!! At least they should have included a srow down button because the touch screen just doesen't work. And the screen scratches so easily. Poor research and development I must say!!!! Shame to u guys.. Rating: Reviewed by Lisa on 20/12/2009 i had it, it was excelent for a while. after 4months approximately the screen just stopped working. Rating: Reviewed by jane on 19/12/2009 just read some of the reviews i've just had this phone the only problem i have had is the battery life is not very gd i had g600 before every1 goes on about sony erricson both my kids had these fones now that is a rubbish make my daughter got 12 months 2 go on her contract and has had 2 go out and buy another fone cos hres kept breakin.. Rating: Reviewed by Rachel on 17/12/2009 Bought this phone, why do adverts lie? The camera may say its 8 megapixel but its really rubbish.. blurry photos? Thanks Samsung! Rating: Reviewed by thari bear on 16/12/2009 The phone is quite good tbh. It lacks in plenty of places though. Firstly its very unresponsive at time which is annoyin... then there the speakers off the phone, even the old nokia 6230 and others are louder than this phone. The gps is complicated to use so i aint bothered. The only real good feature is the 8mp camera... Rating: Reviewed by Peeved! on 11/12/2009 It can be hard to review a phone and be objective, there are so many negative reviews around but potential users need to be aware of possible issues. I got this phone on an upgrade. Coming from a history of SE's it took a day or two to get used to the touch screen interface. Long story short, the phone looks nice, photos are amazing but i have to echo the reviews of previous posters. Texting is made longer than needed due to difficulty in correcting mistakes, predictive text needs to be improved, wodgets seem to float form the bar to the main screen which can be annoying (t mobile line drifts all over the screen!, ring tone starts off quiet, screensavers are annoying (after 6 months!) and my biggest gripe is 2 days ago all the darn buttons stopped working! The touch works but the lock button, camera button, on off button and all the buttons in the slider will not respond. Tried resetting etc...nothing...phone has gone into repair but i am adamant that when it comes back, i am off to get a simpler "does what it says on the tin" type of phone. Rating: Reviewed by oscar reed on 06/12/2009 i have had the phone for about 4 months now and at first it was great but now its turned slow and the touchscreen is rubbish, im going to go back to my nokia n95 which is so much better. the tocco ultra has let its slef down and even the tocco lite is better. on the up side the internet is great but youtube is rubbish. the camera is excelent but slow and videos are like a 1.3 mega pixel camera. i wouldnt recomend it to anyone who likes a fast phone ! Rating: Reviewed by Jules on 03/12/2009 Having now had a few samsungs which I have been more that happy with, I was offered the Tocco ultra on my last upgrade oh how I wish Id looked into it a bit more, its not a patch on my previous phone, its been knocked in my bag and rung someone by mistake, Ive been logged onto the internet for 3 hours as the keys have locked themselves and I hadnt logged of the internet properly, ( the locking keys I find most annoying especially when part way though texts, hate it hate it hate it , going back to old samsung phone. Just read other reviews before making your own mind up, Rating: Reviewed by Phoebe on 21/11/2009 Hubby was adamant that he wanted the Tocco Ultra. I never liked it but guess that point is irrelevant! However, we have recently been forced into getting a different handsfree kit in one of our cars which replaced one that was written off. Hubby is now suggesting that I get a new phone to replace my Motorola Razr (which I love and have NO PROBLEMS with) as his Tocco Ultra is useless with the new ultra up to date car kit! In my opinion the Tocco Ultra is a complete waste of space, time and effort! Rating: Reviewed by Sophinda on 17/11/2009 I find this phone really annoying ! its too large and its a bit awkward to use, i find the battery life really poor and the touchscreen can be slow too! hopefully getting a blackberry in a couple of weeks :) Rating: Reviewed by Nay on 17/11/2009 Loved this phone when I first got it, now a month down the line, I can't get a signal at all, battery life is very poor. The widgets are pointless. the phone is slow and sometimes hangs. I gotta go out and buy a new phone now. Rating: Reviewed by In tha c*** on 03/11/2009 Lol Legend fone Worth every penny Rating: Reviewed by Samuel Perry on 03/11/2009 I like the Ultra a lot! It's 8mp camera, the feel of it, and the internet is quick and efficient. Well done Samsung!!! Rating: Reviewed by Carol on 20/10/2009 Got the I can hear them they cant hear me problem - now on second handset about to get third... The touch screen when texting is not good - very diffucult to go backwards. Also menu navigation re moving stuff to memory card etc not good (I know this as my 15 year old niece had trouble so it wasnt just me!) Dissapointing - will probably go back to sony erricson Rating: Reviewed by Lucy on 18/10/2009 I have had the tocco ultra since April when I think it first came out (but could be wrong) I am on a vodaphone contract. The phone has never worked properly. My problem does not happen with every phone call but enough to be really frustrating. When people call me or I call them, I can hear them, but they can not hear me. It is sooooo annoying. I have had a new handset, sim card, messed around with it for hours with Vodaphone staff directing me what to do on the phone but to no avail! In my most recent call to vodaphone last week they told me this is not an isolated problem and that Samsung have just brought out some new software I need to to get put onto my phone to get rid of this problem. I am at the end of my tether has anyone else experienced this? Apart from this the phone is ok, I wouldnt get another samsung though, its the worst phone I have ever had and the first time I have had a samsung. I am not into all the gadgets, internet etc but really liked the look of the phone and was taken in by the camera! The widgets are really annoying and slide all over the place and I can not stop the phone answering if it is in my pocket and I try to get it out it will answer a call because of the sensitive touch screen even if the keypad is locked when it rings it seems to activate the touch screen, any ideas on how to prevent this? Rating: Reviewed by Tom Hickman on 12/10/2009 The Samsung tocco ultra, it’s pretty and that’s about it, the internet browsing really isn’t that good. The music quality is awful it doesn’t support a 3.5mm jack which is terrible for music lovers. The speaker for calling is disappointing. Scrolling on this phone is no good I had to keep pressing the volume rockers to scroll because the touch screen was annoying because it didn’t have the flick screen like LG Renoir or IPhoneL. The paint job is awful the back to very, very easy to scratch so if you want to keep in good condition you have to spend extra amount of money to keep is clean. The camera is okay, a times it went dull and i had to reset all the setting, I just got so annoyed with this phone I literally had to go back to my Nokia n95. It really isn’t as good as people have made it out to be! In my opinion if you have the money get an Iphone, if not then look at some reviews on phone, im not exaggerating about this I had it for 4 months. Please consider what I have said, because i am telling the truth Rating: Reviewed by caroilne on 01/10/2009 Had the samsung tocco ultra for my upgrade,which ive had to return 3 times as when you take a call the other person cant hear,this is an intimitant problem but is a complete pain in the backside,You cant beat a sony erricson!!! Rating: Reviewed by carl from Derby on 21/09/2009 Had the Samsung S8300 Tocco Ultra phone as an alternative after sending the Samsung Pixon back due to poor battery life. Seems as though things haven't changed with this phone as well, great looking phone but thats about it. Texting is a bit tricky, camera is a bit slow to respond, and when you lock the screen there are some pictures that you cannot change or get rid of, and as mentioned earlier battery life is appauling. After two Samsung phones I will never have another Samsung again, (Steer Clear). Rating: Reviewed by worthy on 15/09/2009 piece of junk - i'm hating this phone. no thought has gone into the design of this and it's really just jumping onto the iphone touch screen bandwagon. the predictive text is terrible. if you even text a little do not bother with this as it does a million annoying things. the widgets are mostly rubbish and useless. the web browser is painful with no facility to remember passwords/usernames. the camera IS pretty good as it happens... new software are downloaded into the games folder and can't be moved so it takes several menu clicks to get to them. including low battery life, this is a real let down. it's a gimmick with nothing powerful under the hood. stick with something functional. Rating: Reviewed by george on 11/09/2009 rip off, 8meg pics ... no.. try them with a comparison with say a 3.2mp sony ericsson..the ericssons pics are at least printable... oh an by the way did anyone forget to mention....the software dont work with vista to well .. an not with 64bit versions,can cause a serious screw up if you try t use it. if you DO want to tranfer files to your pc.. first open file to be tranferred, copy to a new named folder,destination + memory card then copy said file to comp... this dont work with ANY details in your phone book/contacts to or from computer or organiser. its a piece of crap. cheap phone do much more and are WAY faster on the browser side of things too. Rating: Reviewed by manor naved on 09/09/2009 this is the phone i was dispret to buy i got it now i hate to have it im regreting.bettery life is the worse thing in this phone dont long last even for 8hours please please please lesson to me do not buy this phone its peace of rubbish Rating: Reviewed by nazoo norr on 09/09/2009 hate hate hate this phone bettery life 0 out of 10 Rating: Reviewed by shirley on 25/08/2009 What can i say other than i hated this phone. had it for three days and sent it back.texting is a nightmare no back space,no emotions,poor battery life.Good looking on the out side horrible on the inside dont buy!!!!!!do your home work...read reviews Rating: Reviewed by cfgvhbjnkm on 26/07/2009 i dont know what your all talking about i got this phone for my birthday 3 weeks ago its the most amazing phone i've ever had it looks great the camera is just something else!! i cant fault it apart from the price..but it reli is worth it!! LUV IT SOO MUCH! buy this phone if u want to be cool lol luv ya xxxxxxxxxxxx Rating: Reviewed by Siquo on 12/07/2009 Had it for 5 weeks sold it on ebay.Horrible to use it's sooo sloooow.Touch screen rubbish keeps dropping calls can't get a good signal.Never again am i buying a Samsung.Got a gorgeous iphone 3gs now thats how to do a touch screen phone.!! Rating: Reviewed by John Sheppard on 04/07/2009 A pile of rubbish....I had this phone as an upgrade from my G600, I thought i was the problem just geting used to the touch screen etc. so i persivered. Texting is a nightmare and trying to correct the text you can erase all the message just by touching the screen accidently. Why did they get rid of the speed dial, it was so easy to make a quick call but now every time you touch the screen the widget rubbish gets in the way. Unfortunately i persivered too long with it and could not send it back so now it sits in my draw and i'm back using my G600 a much better phone. Rating: Reviewed by andrew on 19/05/2009 horrible.... texting is a complete nightmare as there's no back space key so you have to delete the entire text if you make a mistake.... everything is just so long winded... just to write a text involves four touches.... thats before you even start typing it.... screen unreponsive... usually have to hit it twice to make it work.... if your left handed dont buy it as the lock key on the side is designed for right handed people finally, if you get a text or a call the arrow button for your widgets gets in the way.... so everytime you press view you end up displaying the widgets... now gone back.... a nice looking phone, but the basics have been thrown out the window by samsung Rating: Reviewed by tom on 25/04/2009 well at first i thaught i loved this phone but well now im actually despiseing it its just to hard to handle the camera function is so fiddeley when taking a photo because i keep getting my finger in the way of the lens . also im finding i make a a phonecall on full bars and it drops imediatley to two bars i ve only had it a week and three are saying it has to go in for repair well see about that onne mr three when io bring out mr trading standars act 1979 Rating: Reviewed by Sharon on 13/04/2009 I have had this phone for just over a week now. Main problems I have found is that it has re-started about 4 times when I have been half way through texting, going to receive a call and when just sat by the side of me...strange. I hate having to slide the phone open to use the camera, when everything else can be used and accessed with the phone closed. This makes it very fiddly and the settings have to be adjusted using the touch screen icons before you take a photo, needless to say when on a night out it is NOT something quick and instant which is easy to hold. On a plus side the touch screen is quite responsive and I found texting more speedy and the widgets can be changed for easier access to apps you use more frequently. Internet usage quite speedy, I use face book and found this to be easy to view on the larger screen and navigate. 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