Samsung Tocco Lite

CantGetNoSleep

Just wondering if anyone has this phone and what they think of it?

Seems fairly cheap for a touch screen (€119.99) on Meteor PAYG upgrade - are there any real problems with it?

Currently using a SE we910i (until I went swimming with it) and that suits me perfectly for what I use (calls, texts, the odd photo and google maps/facebook). Ideally I would like a phone with wifi, but they all seem too expensive

Can anyone suggest a better phone for similar money - need to stay on Meteor prepay

CantGetNoSleep

Ok so I'm going to order either this or the LG Cookie, anyone have any preference for either?

Davy

Personally i would prefer the samsung. The tocco has a better battery life, other than that i dont think much difference between them.

StopNotWorking

My dad got one for €10 as an upgrade from vodafone and I thought it was great. I would love if I had that phone but I just spent €100 on a sony ericson.

CantGetNoSleep

Thanks for the replies

daveyboy_1ie

I got a tocca free on vodafone upgrade and I have it about a month now, the first few weeks were awful as the touchscreen element was hard to get used to and I think half the problem was the fact I used Nokia for years so was used to their layouts. It does take a lot of practice to get used to it.

However I am now a lot more used to it and I think its a viable cheaper alternative to the iphone and I really have taken to it. I think its a decent phone and will even look at Samsung in future for an upgrade rather than the usual Nokia which was ALWAYS my first choice.

drunkmonkey

the Viewty has also dropped in price, it's well worth the extra few quid..

CantGetNoSleep

drunkmonkey wrote: »

the Viewty has also dropped in price, it's well worth the extra few quid..

Is it really? What is better about it, all that I can see is it has a good camera?

drunkmonkey

It's 3G so the internet will be a lot quicker, the 5mp camera also shoots slow motion video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzAXxf5FhIU&feature=related , it's also a pretty hardy phone, it can survive the odd knock, i've had one for about a year and a half and it's still going strong...

I'd compare the Tocco lite to the cookie and the Viewty to the iphone..

CantGetNoSleep

drunkmonkey wrote: »

It's 3G so the internet will be a lot quicker, the 5mp camera also shoots slow motion video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzAXxf5FhIU&feature=related , it's also a pretty hardy phone, it can survive the odd knock, i've had one for about a year and a half and it's still going strong...

I'd compare the Tocco lite to the cookie and the Viewty to the iphone..

What is the user interface like on it? Is it slow or anything?

drunkmonkey

it's no too slow, i've never had a complaints, it's not as quick as the iphone but it's a 1/4 of the price, and has some better features... for €150 you can't really go 2 wrong...

CantGetNoSleep

I think i'm going to buy the Viewty so, would everyone agree that it is the best of these 3 phones?

Blue_Wolf

Agree, not a fan of LG tbh

Davy wrote: »

Personally i would prefer the samsung. The tocco has a better battery life, other than that i dont think much difference between them.

Dozen Wicked Words

Only couple of minor grumbles with my Tocco. The fact you cant delete sms contacts that you have sent to, and the fact when the battery gets down to the last bar, it takes no time at all before its no bars and off! Particularly annoying when finally finishing off an epic length text. Saying that, the battery is one of the best I have had.

CantGetNoSleep

Blue_Wolf wrote: »

Agree, not a fan of LG tbh

Was never a fan of LG either, but only ever had their budget phones, Viewty seems to get good reviews everywhere

CantGetNoSleep

Got to use both these phones and went for the Tocco in the end, main reasons were it was smaller, battery is apparently better, cheaper and it supports a bigger memory card. Also the usb cable and headphones come in the box but don't with the Viewty, making it fairly useless as an mp3 player. Preferred the interface too

Only advantages of the Viewty were a better camera and 3g

pd101

I'm thinking of getting a new phone and I like the look of the Tocco Lite. I was just wondering though, how durable is it. I'd be outdoors a lot with dirty hands etc, would that damage a touch screen phone much or are they easy enough to clean if they do get dirty.

chrislad

I've sold about 70 of the Tocco Lites in the last month and not one has come back with any issues yet. Seems to be very reliable and very good spec for the price. Much more responsive touch screen, and better widgets, than the LG Viewty/Cookie.

Plus it's borderline insulting to compare the Viewty to the iPhone. There's no comparison in terms of software.

Fallen Seraph

I'm considering getting one of these, so I had a bit of a look see at one of these chaps in a shop, and tried to write a text with predictive dictionary on; it was pretty damn laggy to type stuff in. Does anyone have any experience with this? Is it possible to make it lag less by fiddling with any settings? The non-predictive texting seemed to be fine.

conflusstered

dooferoaks wrote: »

Only couple of minor grumbles with my Tocco. The fact you cant delete sms contacts that you have sent to, and the fact when the battery gets down to the last bar, it takes no time at all before its no bars and off! Particularly annoying when finally finishing off an epic length text. Saying that, the battery is one of the best I have had.

I bought the samsung tocco light the other day, i was in the same predicament and didnt know wat fone to go for. I love it. Except for the fact that you cant see smiley faces in ur texts. U can use and view them as brackets and dots etc but not as little yellow cartoon heads makin an expresion, would any1 know if you can download this onto ur phone or am i pretty much stuck with this non-smiley face phone...?

Zonda999

Lads, was texting away on my tocco lite last night when all of a sudden, when reading a new text, the writing size went way bigger. Very odd seeing as i had'nt been messing with any settings or anything! Not so much of a problem but I prefered it when the writing was smaller. Anyone else noticed this? Maybe just an update from meteor or something?

Abelloid

Zonda999 wrote: »

Lads, was texting away on my tocco lite last night when all of a sudden, when reading a new text, the writing size went way bigger. Very odd seeing as i had'nt been messing with any settings or anything! Not so much of a problem but I prefered it when the writing was smaller. Anyone else noticed this? Maybe just an update from meteor or something?

If it's the same as the Ultra you've accidentally pressed volume up key while reading.

Abelloid

conflusstered wrote: »

I bought the samsung tocco light the other day, i was in the same predicament and didnt know wat fone to go for. I love it. Except for the fact that you cant see smiley faces in ur texts. U can use and view them as brackets and dots etc but not as little yellow cartoon heads makin an expresion, would any1 know if you can download this onto ur phone or am i pretty much stuck with this non-smiley face phone...?

Your stuck, unless you want to start using MMS.

Zonda999

JustinOval wrote: »

If it's the same as the Ultra you've accidentally pressed volume up key while reading.

Thanks a million, i must have done. Already back to normal!:D

BTW, that could be handy reading messages when i'm drunk!:)

Abelloid

Zonda999 wrote: »

Thanks a million, i must have done. Already back to normal!:D

BTW, that could be handy reading messages when i'm drunk!:)

Reading messages when drunk is fine, replying should be blocked somehow.

OutlawPete

Hi,

Thinking about getting one of these - have a few questions.

I had the Ultra Touch & sold it as the screen was not wide enough to be a touch screen in my opinion, had to keep tapping to get a message etc.

Is this wider screen any easier to use?

Also, my favorite feature on a phone is FM Radio Recording as I like to record a song off the radio if one comes on that I like or even sometimes record FM 104 chat show and listen to it the next day

So can anyone tell me if the Tocco Lite has FM Radio Recording.

The last three Samsungs I had did .. (Ultra Touch, G600, J700i)

Cheers,

Nic

happyoutish

Hey everyone,

I bought the Tocco lite the other day and i have to say i've really falling in love with it!! I was Nokia all the way.. but decided to try something else and i really really like this phone.. I have one likkle problem though... if anyone can help I'd really appreaciate it.. i've been through the phone inside out (at least i think i have!!) but for the life of me i can't find how the hell to turn off my caller id!!! Anyone???

Zonda999

Nico22 wrote: »

Also, my favorite feature on a phone is FM Radio Recording as I like to record a song off the radio if one comes on that I like or even sometimes record FM 104 chat show and listen to it the next day

So can anyone tell me if the Tocco Lite has FM Radio Recording.

The last three Samsungs I had did .. (Ultra Touch, G600, J700i)

Cheers,

Nic

Had a look earlier and i couldnt find any recording option to be honest!

Atavan-Halen

I presume these can be unlocked fairly easily? I'm with meteor but I much prefer the white one on vodafone.

OutlawPete

Zonda999 wrote: »

Had a look earlier and i couldnt find any recording option to be honest!

Hi,

The record option on the Ultra Touch, G600 and J700 etc only appears when you have the headset attached and are tuned to a station - then it in would be when you select options at that stage.

Cheers for checking though ..

The Samsung Jet also has it so may wait and get that ..

Nic

Zonda999

atavan-halen wrote: »

I presume these can be unlocked fairly easily? I'm with meteor but I much prefer the white one on vodafone.

Me too! Too late now though!:)

Nico22 wrote: »

Hi,

The record option on the Ultra Touch, G600 and J700 etc only appears when you have the headset attached and are tuned to a station - then in would be in options.

Cheers for checking though ..

In the Tocco Lite, the radio only works when the headset is attached. Had another look and still no sign of a recording option!. I'll give the manual a look!

OutlawPete

Zonda999 wrote: »

Me too! Too late now though!:)



In the Tocco Lite, the radio only works when the headset is attached. Had another look and still no sign of a recording option!. I'll give the manual a look!

Hi Zonda,

You won't find it in the manuals as it's dodgy issue with Samsung, Creative and LG as they have ahd trouble from the RIAA over having this feature on their phones / MP3 players. Here's a small article about the RIAA and digital FM radio recording.

RIAA Article

Nokia had included the option on the first batch of N91's but the disabled it.

I'm surprised more people don't rave about the ability to record from the radio. It is my number one feature I look for on a phone. I have no interest in a camera on my phone, have a TZ7 for that

I just love hooking my G600 up to my car stereo and if a song comes on I like then I just hit record. I have a 4gb card with over 2000 songs and i'd say 500 at least are recorded from the radio.

The G600 records to the phone's memory card in MP3 format and you can choose three different levels of quality.

The Samsung Ultra Touch also has excellent quality fm recordings but I just hated the touch screen - I might try the new Samsung Jet when it comes out as it's supposed to be much faster and as it's a little wider might not be as frustrating to use.

The little J700i even has this FM Recording feature but no where near as good as the G600 or Ultra Touch.

I bought a Samsung i8510 for Eur350 last month and sold it with anger for Eur200 a week later as, while it had Fm Radio Recording, the radio reception was useless.

Love the G600 but no way to set T9 Texting as Default and switching is a nightmare while texting in a hurry. Also, there is only four horrible preinstalled sounds for Text Message Alerts on it. The ability to use MP3's seems to be only available on some firmware versions and I've never been able to find one.

I see the O2 centre on Grafton Street now has Jet Black G600's for sale (mine's Ebony Black) and I might just be tempted to see if these new ones have the T9 Text issues and MP3 Message Alert option fixed.

Nic

Abelloid

What are the T9 issues? The Ultra is set to GSM alphabet by default, which is useless for composing an SMS. Maybe other handsets are the same?

OutlawPete

JustinOval wrote: »

What are the T9 issues? The Ultra is set to GSM alphabet by default, which is useless for composing an SMS. Maybe other handsets are the same?

If you add a symbol it goes back to Abc instead of returning to T9. Add a number and it's the same.

Samsung have always had an odd texting setup. They seem to change it around with every phone too. Sony are my favourite phones for texting.

Another thing about the G600 which bugs me is that when you get a delivery report it doesn't say which text the report is for. SO if you sent a few texts then no way to know which one was delivered .. frustrating :mad:

Nic

Abelloid

Oh yeah, that was a problem on the Ultra too - the best thing to do is ditch the operator firmware, which is usually full of bugs,
and go for the latest unbranded - it transformed mine.

Firmware files and guides are all here, easy anough to do if you read through a couple of times.

http://darkforestgroup.com/forum/index.php?board=3.0

Zonda999

Nico22 wrote: »

Hi Zonda,

You won't find it in the manuals as it's dodgy issue with Samsung, Creative and LG as they have ahd trouble from the RIAA over having this feature on their phones / MP3 players. Here's a small article about the RIAA and digital FM radio recording.

RIAA Article

Nokia had included the option on the first batch of N91's but the disabled it.

I'm surprised more people don't rave about the ability to record from the radio. It is my number one feature I look for on a phone. I have no interest in a camera on my phone, have a TZ7 for that

I just love hooking my G600 up to my car stereo and if a song comes on I like then I just hit record. I have a 4gb card with over 2000 songs and i'd say 500 at least are recorded from the radio.

The G600 records to the phone's memory card in MP3 format and you can choose three different levels of quality.

The Samsung Ultra Touch also has excellent quality fm recordings but I just hated the touch screen - I might try the new Samsung Jet when it comes out as it's supposed to be much faster and as it's a little wider might not be as frustrating to use.

The little J700i even has this FM Recording feature but no where near as good as the G600 or Ultra Touch.

I bought a Samsung i8510 for Eur350 last month and sold it with anger for Eur200 a week later as, while it had Fm Radio Recording, the radio reception was useless.

Love the G600 but no way to set T9 Texting as Default and switching is a nightmare while texting in a hurry. Also, there is only four horrible preinstalled sounds for Text Message Alerts on it. The ability to use MP3's seems to be only available on some firmware versions and I've never been able to find one.

I see the O2 centre on Grafton Street now has Jet Black G600's for sale (mine's Ebony Black) and I might just be tempted to see if these new ones have the T9 Text issues and MP3 Message Alert option fixed.

Nic

Hey Nico

Interesting post! It would certainly be useful by the sound of things. Are you then able to take any recordings off the phone and convert to mp3?

Its total BS that the RIAA are stopping this. I mean the same thing is done with dvd recorders recording off the tv but that seems perfectly alright. It doesnt look to be on the tocco lite at all though! Its a shame, i guess samsung are ditching the feature, the tocco lite is prob their latest phone and if it doesnt have it...:(

OutlawPete

Zonda999 wrote: »

Hey Nico

Interesting post! It would certainly be useful by the sound of things. Are you then able to take any recordings off the phone and convert to mp3?

No need to 'convert' as the G600, Ultra Touch and I8510i all recorded and saved the file in MP3 format. That's why I love the feature so much.

You can then use that MP3 as a ringtone if you wish.

I like to record the FM104 chat show and Joe Duffy etc and just listen when to it whenever ..

Zonda999 wrote: »

It doesnt look to be on the tocco lite at all though! Its a shame, i guess samsung are ditching the feature, the tocco lite is prob their latest phone and if it doesnt have it...:(

Well it's on the new Samsung Jet acording to reviews so think they will be sticking with it.

Nic

jnolan

Hey, I bought the Samsung Tocco Lite on Vodafone cause I wanted the white one(only available on Vodafone).
However I am a Meteor customer, so does anyone have any idea how i could go about getting it unlocked?

jnolan

Anyone any idea about getting the Tocco lite unlocked to take a meteor sim card? it currently takes a vodafone sim card
any help would be appreciated

Zonda999

jnolan wrote: »

Anyone any idea about getting the Tocco lite unlocked to take a meteor sim card? it currently takes a vodafone sim card
any help would be appreciated

http://cgi.ebay.ie/VODAFONE-IRELAND-UNLOCK-CODE-FOR-SAMSUNG-TOCCO-LITE_W0QQitemZ260456236404QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090731?IMSfp=TL090731162001r1454

Dont know anything about unlocking phones but a simple search came across this

OutlawPete

Zonda999 wrote: »

http://cgi.ebay.ie/VODAFONE-IRELAND-UNLOCK-CODE-FOR-SAMSUNG-TOCCO-LITE_W0QQitemZ260456236404QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090731?IMSfp=TL090731162001r1454

Dont know anything about unlocking phones but a simple search came across this

Well, apologies to all above who told me that the Samsung Tocco Lite did 'not' record fm radio broadcasts .. but, like a bold child, I went and bought it anyway to make sure.

Of course you were all right but as the GSMArena.com review said it did ..

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.. so naturally I assumed you were all wrong .. you weren't

I just bought it at 5pm got it unlocked (*ahem* on Moore St) for €25 .. quite expensive and thought I'd get it unlocked for €15 as I know a few of the guys .. but they were all saying €25.

One said €20 but don't trust him as he blew a mates phone and only knew I wanted the Tocco Lite unlocked as he was listening outside at the door ..

So now I have a brand new Silver unlocked Tocco Lite and me doesn't want it (just put it on BuyandSell) .. I want the Samsung Jet now :mad:

Nic

AfterDusk

Anybody having issues with in-call quality on Tocco Lite? It's the only thing currently holding me back from buying it..

OutlawPete

neil2304 wrote: »

Anybody having issues with in-call quality on Tocco Lite? It's the only thing currently holding me back from buying it..

No, but when on a call the phone locks if you use the auto lock .. never had a phone before that auto-locked while on a phone call.

If you have to enter a number from the virtual keypad for say a bank account or pin number, then you need to hold down the lock key and then when it unlocks, press keypad on the touchscreen.

No way to have the keypad showing when on a call automatically which is a bit much. Unless you switch off auto-lock totally ..

Wish these 'large screen' phones would have a slide out keypad .. think touch screen keypad's are a nightmare really.

Still want the Jet though

AfterDusk

Yeah, the Jet looks nice alright.. But for me on student budget it's either the Tocco Lite or the Cara

Zonda999

Lads, now i got a problem. My tocco lite's battery life has, pretty much all of a sudden, gone to sh*t

The last two days now, i've charged it overnight, only to find it down to to one bar battery level, the following night. Now, i've barely used the thing during these days, only a few messages. I've checked bluetooth is most certainly turned off and everything. Anyone got any idea what the problem might be or will i be forced to get this?

OutlawPete

Zonda999 wrote: »

Lads, now i got a problem. My tocco lite's battery life has, pretty much all of a sudden, gone to sh*t

The last two days now, i've charged it overnight, only to find it down to to one bar battery level, the following night. Now, i've barely used the thing during these days, only a few messages. I've checked bluetooth is most certainly turned off and everything. Anyone got any idea what the problem might be or will i be forced to get this?

I brought the Tocco Lite back today and got a refund. It started making calls itself - no idea why.

Couldn't afford a Jet myself either at the moment. If Richard Hanon wasn't such a gangster having his longer priced second string beating his more fancied shorter priced ones then I would be sitting here with one now

Anyway, had a play with the Jet on Grafton St as both CarphoneWarhouse & Vodaphone shops there have a plastic-incased Jet to play with.

In seems in a different league to the Tocco Lite, Tocco and even the Ultra Touch.

Don't get me wrong the Tocco Ultra Touch is an excellent phone but the screen is far too narrow for a touch screen. A cross between the Jet and the Ultra Touch would be my ideal phone.

The Ultra Touch records FM Radio to MP3 and the recordings are excellent in quality. You simply can not tell the difference between live stereo broadcast and playback of a recording.

When I had a look at the Jet went into the radio setting and can confirm it too allows FM Radio Recording. It has recording quality settings too if you want a smaller MP3 file size, which is nice. Heard a rumour about the Jet having an FM Transmitter also but couldn't find it in the applications folder at least

I can tell you that the handwriting recognition is 100 times better on the Jet than the Tocco Lite which hardly ever got the letter 'a' right. Loved that you could unlock the Tocco Lite by writing a letter on the screen - the letter ' l ' being the handiest.

However, the fact that if you have the phone on autolock this then means the phone locks when your on a call was a nightmare.

Tim M-U

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

Ok so I'm going to order either this or the LG Cookie, anyone have any preference for either?

the samsung tocco has more battery time to talk, its has more internal memery, its can hold more external memery, its supports mobile internet.

the lg cookie: no mobile internet, has USB.

see for yourself: https://store.meteor.ie/phones/compare/samsung_tocco_lite--lg_cookie .

OutlawPete

Seems the Jet is selling like hot cakes. Hope that means the price comes down to the €250 mark .. then I'll buy. €325 is about the cheapest online right now ..

Samsung Jet Outselling iPhone

Firefox10

I recrntly got a tocco lite and love the touchscreen on it. I wanted to go for the full tocco but I was on a budget. Seems responsive and easy to use. I am also not a fan of the autolock feature but i can live with that.

The only other thing that bugs me is the connector for the headfones is on the side of the phone and the headfones that come with it are pritty crap bog standard ones. Would also like to be able to use headfones with a standard 3.5mm jack on the phone instead of the connector that samsung use.

OutlawPete

Firefox10 wrote: »

Would also like to be able to use headfones with a standard 3.5mm jack on the phone instead of the connector that samsung use.

Yeah, those white ones that come with it are junk.

You can get the following Samsung earphones that have a built in 3.5m jack for €10 .. either in town or on Ebay ..

AfterDusk

I'm torn between the Jet and Cara.. I suppose the Cara is a poor man's (me) Jet, but how long do we have to wait for the Jet to depreciate??