
It's slim and sleek, the front fascia is notable for its large screen
and there are very few buttons. No, it's not the iPhone; it's Samsung's
latest handset, the F490.
The F490 is a stylish touch-screen
device with only volume buttons on the left side, and a shortcut key, a
camera key and slide control on the right side.
At 12mm thick,
it's much slimmer than the recent Samsung F700 with its slide-out,
QWERTY keypad. It's also noticeably faster and more responsive than the
earlier model, but the lack of a keypad means that the focus is on that
magic touch-screen.