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While smartphones grab the headlines and an ever-increasing slice of the market, cheap 'n' cheerful feature phones that focus on the basic job of communicating have had to raise their game. Indeed, the Tocco Icon builds on Samsung’s Tocco Lite, upgradi...
The Tocco Icon is a perfectly adequate feature phone that looks a bit pricier than it is and includes a decent media player and camera. Web browsing is painless so long as you can get Wi-Fi access, given the lack of 3G, it’s painfully slow without. It...
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fonehome.co.uk Updated: 2011-10-27 13:00:52
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The Samsung Tocco Icon is the follow-up to the Samsung Tocco Lite feature phone, which proved popular back when ‘smartphone’ meant ‘expensive phone’. How does the Tocco Icon fare now that smartphones can be had for a smart price?...
A decent follow up to the Tocco Lite, but the arrival of affordable Android phones make the Tocco Icon less appealing...
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The Samsung Tocco Icon GT-S5260 is an updated version of the brand's popular Tocco Lite and looks fairly similar, although it does throw a few extras into the mix - with the key update being the step up from a resistive touchscreen to a capacitive dis...
Compact, slick design, good call quality, affordable, easy to use, large screen...
Poor screen resolution, tiny memory, basic apps, small onscreen keys...
A very affordable entry-level touchscreen phone that's easy to use, but there is no 3G and web browsing capability is basic...
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3g.co.uk Updated: 2011-10-27 13:00:52
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The Tocco Icon manages to do all the basic tasks, plus you can listen to a bit of music and do a bit of tweeting. And if you haven’t had a smartphone before, it’s a good enough choice, especially at less than £100. If you like to do a lot of net sur...
Battery life is long, so you won’t be stressing about where and when you need to charge the handset...
Without 3G, going online is a slow experience, unless you can connect to WiFi...
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The first Samsung mobile handset I reviewed was a clamshell unit that could automatically open and close itself at the press of a button. It also came with two battery packs. Neither of these features can be found with this next Samsung handset...
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Fewer and fewer phones suffer by offering style over substance these days, because it's just so easy to pack advanced functionality into affordable devices. The Tocco Icon is part of Samsung's series of budget touchscreen phones, originally targeted at th...
Capacitive touch layer, Strong design...
Unreliable touchscreen performance, Terrible app/games support, Limited widget library...
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wired.co.uk Updated: 2011-11-25 01:37:34
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High-end smartphones are all the rage right now, but sometimes all you really want is a good quality phone that focuses on the business of communicating. At least, that's the purpose of Samsung's Tocco Icon, a good looking, compact slice of tech that e...
Svelte good looks, okay camera...
Limited functionality compared to an entry level smartphone...
The Samsung Tocco Icon has some good things going for it, but at a price that's getting close to a budget smart phone, you'll really need to love the way it looks to part with your cash for it. SpecificationsDisplay : 3-inch 240x400 pixels capacitive M...
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recombu.com Updated: 2014-04-04 02:41:08
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The Tocco Icon is a tiny phone aimed at social networkers. With a chrome trim and back back (which is rather fingerprint prone) it's quite attractive. Hardly a surprise at this price are the cheap-feeling volume and power buttons feel a little ch...
Online the Tocco Icon retails for around £80 - a relatively low price considering you get WiFi and some useful - and has some really interesting features for anyone keen on social networking. Although this puts this in the same category as the Vodafone...
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The Tocco Icon is a tiny phone aimed at social networkers. With a chrome trim and back back (which is rather fingerprint prone) it's quite attractive. Hardly a surprise at this price are the cheap-feeling volume and power buttons feel a little ch...
Online the Tocco Icon retails for around £80 - a relatively low price considering you get WiFi and some useful - and has some really interesting features for anyone keen on social networking. Although this puts this in the same category as the Vodafone...
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mobilechoiceuk.com Updated: 2011-10-27 13:00:52
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For under £100 it’s difficult to be too harsh, but the Samsung Tocco Icon suffers from some laggy software Related links News Samsung Galaxy S II sells three million Samsung Galaxy S II to launch with Windows Phone 7? Samsung Galaxy Z phone leaks Samsu...
An impressive battery life means you won’t have too many concerns about where your nearest electrical outlet is...
The lack of 3G means you’ll have a sluggish online experience unless you find yourself in a Wi-Fi zoneLook and Feel...
For under £100 it’s difficult to be too harsh, but the Samsung Tocco Icon suffers from some laggy software...
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Today we review a long awaited phone, the Samsung Star 2, sequel to the original Samsung Star. With over 30 million units sold and probably one of the finest low-end feature phones ever made, the Star 2 has a prestigious reputation to live up to.Once...
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Contents: Package: Positioning In the time when the touchscreen phones market was being born Samsung decided to play big. The strategy was simple: to produce as many phones as possible and with a €50 price step occupy all the price range from the c...
The quality of connection is above criticism. The ringtone is loud, but the vibro is not always felt. The model costs €130, which is an impressive value for money. You have not many alternatives. Nokia has Nokia 5228 with better screen, more software...
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In the tradition of the first , which was great success with its 30 million units sold, the is a cute and affordable touchscreen feature phone, with a few enhancements over its predecessor where it counts. The original Star brought a 3.0-inch resistiv...
Inexpensive, Decent camera quality...
Laggy interface, No 3G or GPS...
Call quality with the Samsung Star II is quite satisfying. We heard the voices in the earpiece rather clear, and its volume is enough too. On the other end our friends could hear us well, too, with no weird distortions.The 1000mAh battery doesn't have...
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Samsung have long been trying to recapture the best-selling magic of the original Star. A sequel is now official but we’d be wrong to call two of a kind. Samsung have a full house of Star clones already. Anyway, when we heard the Star II was coming we...
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Star was a real breakthrough for Samsung and according to its press release the company sold 30 million items. Think about this staggering amount. Many Star owners had never tried a touchscreen model before, because it was the first accessible phone...
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