Samsung Tocco Lite 2 review

Will Samsung's budget handset see the same success as the original Tocco Lite?

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By James Rogerson
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Samsung Tocco Lite 2
Take 2... can Samsung get it right second time round?

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Camera

The camera on the Samsung Tocco Lite 2 is a 3.2-megapixel affair with no flash and very few settings options.

You can change the quality, megapixel count and white balance of the pictures, put the camera in night mode or add a cheesy effect but that's it.

There's no auto focus and no editing tools. It also takes several seconds to save each photo taken so it's not possible to fire off multiple shots in quick succession.

In short it's about as basic a snapper as you're likely to find, but while it won't be replacing your compact it's actually not too bad considering the price tag of the phone it's attached to.

Samsung Tocco Lite 2 review

Landscapes lack detail in both the foreground and background and colours appear dull

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Objects that are closer to the lens fare better, with greater detail and more natural colours

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Samsung Tocco Lite 2 review

Extreme close ups aren't quite so successful, with unnatural colours and blurred images making a return

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Turning on the 'grey' filter avoids the problem of warped colours but still suffers from blurring

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Taking a photo a metre or two from the subject seems to create the best results

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Night mode brightens up dark images considerably but poor lighting conditions leave the camera completely unable to focus

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Video

Video on the Samsung Tocco Lite 2 is even more basic, shooting in 176 × 144 at 15fps. The results are incredibly poor and suggest that its inclusion at all was intended as little more than a bullet point on the box.

James Rogerson
James Rogerson

James is a freelance phones, tablets and wearables writer and sub-editor at TechRadar. He has a love for everything ‘smart’, from watches to lights, and can often be found arguing with AI assistants or drowning in the latest apps. James also contributes to 3G.co.uk, 4G.co.uk and 5G.co.uk and has written for T3, Digital Camera World, Clarity Media and others, with work on the web, in print and on TV.