Samsung F490

General Information

• Colors:
• Black

• SAR:
• 0.19 W/kg (head)     0.26 W/kg (body)    

• SAR EU:
• 0.40 W/kg (head)    

• Price:
• About 150 EUR

Network/Bearer

• Technology:
• GSM / HSPA

• 2G bands:
• GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900

• 3G bands:
• HSDPA 2100

• Speed:
• HSPA 3.6/0.384 Mbps

Launch

• Announced:
• 2008, January. Released 2008, March

• Status:
• Discontinued

Physical Specifications

• Dimensions:
• 115 x 53.5 x 11.8 mm (4.53 x 2.11 x 0.46 in)

• Weight:
• 102 g (3.60 oz)

• SIM:
• Mini-SIM

Display

• Type:
• TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors

• Size:
• 3.3 inches, 29.8 cm2 (~48.5% screen-to-body ratio)

• Resolution:
• 240 x 432 pixels (~150 ppi density)

Memory

• Card slot:
• microSD (dedicated slot)

• Phonebook:
• 1000 entries, Photocall

• Call records:
• 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls

• Internal:
• 130MB

Main Camera

• Single:
• 5 MP, AF

• Features:
• LED flash

• Video:
• 320p@15fps

Selfie Camera

• Single:
• Videocall camera

Sound

• Loudspeaker:
• Yes

• Alert types:
• Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones

• 3.5mm jack:
• Yes

Connectivity

• WLAN:
• No

• Bluetooth:
• 2.0, A2DP

• GPS:
• No

• Radio:
• No

• USB:
• 2.0

Features

• Messaging:
• SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging

• Browser:
• WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (NetFront 3.4)

• Games:
• Yes

• Java:
• Yes, MIDP 2.0, WMV/MP4/H.264 player (VGA@30fps), MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA player, Voice recorder, Organizer, Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)

Battery

• Java:
• Yes, MIDP 2.0, Removable Li-Ion 880 mAh battery

• Stand-by:
• Up to 220 h

• Talk time:
• Up to 6 h

Tests

• Loudspeaker:
• Voice 73dB / Noise 69dB / Ring 74dB

• Audio quality:
• Noise -81.1dB / Crosstalk -81.7dB