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T-Mobile Samsung t619 Phone
Pretty good, for awhile
Samsung's bad menu system just got worse
Worst phone I've ever had
Nice phone, some flaws

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Samsung t619 myFaves Phone (T-Mobile)

Manufacturer: T-Mobile
Product Group: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Phone
ASIN: B000ITMSLW

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Amazon.com Product Description

A full-featured, quad-band phone with a 1.3 megapixel VGA camera, advanced voice dialing and speech recognition, and much more, the Samsung t619 makes a powerful, yet affordable, mobile companion. Additionally, with MMS messaging capabilities, Bluetooth, EDGE data, a speakerphone, and wireless Web capabilities, the t619 is the perfect complement to T-Mobile service.

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<small><b>A flip with lots of flair. See an interactive demo (requires Flash).</b> <small></td></tr></table> <B>Design</B>
Inside the t619's sleek clamshell you'll find a large, yet crisp and clear 176 x 220 color LCD display with support for over 262,000 colors. The outside cover of the handset sports a supplementary monochrome (white on black) LCD display that can display time, call information, battery and signal strength, and more. Up and down buttons for volume control are placed on the left side, and camera controls are included on the right side of the phone, while most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's control pad. The phone includes 21 MB of internal memory, and because the t619 has an internal antenna, there's nothing to snag or break off.

<B>Calling Features</B>
The t619's phone book can handle up to 1,000 of your contacts, and you can store up to five numbers per entry, plus an e-mail address, and a note. In addition to having a discreet vibrating alert, the t619 supports both 40-chord polyphonic ringtones, which means you can really jazz up your incoming calls with cool tunes. Custom ringtones in MP3 format are also supported. A number of ringtones come preloaded on the phone, and more ringtones can be downloaded from T-Mobile's t-zones service. You can also assign ringer IDs and picture IDs to your favorite callers, while the voice dialing feature allows for quick, voice activated calling of pre-programmed contacts. Like all T-Mobile phones, the t619 supports voice mail, caller ID, conference calling, call forwarding, call waiting, call hold, built-in paging, and access to T-Mobile's 411 service.

This phone is fully compatible with T-Mobile's My Faves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts--on any network--without using any of your minutes. Learn more about My Faves. Additionally, the t619 is Bluetooth-enabled, allowing you to use a variety of headsets and hands-free kits for total wireless freedom when you're on the go.

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<small><b>Thin and stylish, with the features you need.</b> <small></td></tr></table> <B>Messaging, Internet and Tools</B>
When it comes to messaging and Internet connectivity, the t619 has you covered. The phone features support for Yahoo! and AOL instant messaging applications (T-Mobile messaging charges apply). There's also a built-in WAP 2.0 Web browser for t-zones downloads and mobile Web browsing. T-Mobile's t-zones service lets you receive and send e-mails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more. Traditional text messaging, as well as picture and sound messaging, are also supported by the phone. T9 text entry, which is a predictive text entry technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

A number of handy software tools are bundled with the t619, including a voice memo recorder that allows up to a minute of recording time per memo, a calculator with unit converter, a to-do list, a calendar, and an alarm clock.

<B>Imaging and Entertainment</B>
The t619 is easily customized to suit your style. Screen savers, themes, and wallpapers can be set to your tastes, and you can even browse and download more wallpapers from the t-zones service. The t619 is Java-enabled, meaning it supports games and application downloads written on the Java platform. Games are available via the T-Mobile t-zones service.

The t619 also sports a flight mode feature, which allows the user to safely use the non-wireless functions of a phone (such as music, games or organizer functions) on an airplane during flight.

As mentioned, the phone sports a powerful 1.3 megapixel camera. The camera also features support for video capture. You can capture and play back short video clips, and store as many videos as you like, as long as there is available memory.

<B>Vital Statistics</B>
The Samsung t619 weighs 2.80 ounces and measures 3.70 x 1.80 x 0.66 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of digital talk time, and up to 8 days of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews:

T-Mobile Samsung t619 Phone.......2007-05-24

This phone was free with the "My Favs" plan. The phone is OK. Not great, not super duper, just OK. It is a tiny phone that weighs next to nothing and has a rather cheap feel to it. The camera button is pushed everytime I pick-up the phone because it is very flimsy and practically pushes itself.

You have to jump through way too many hoops to get this phone setup the way you want it. The ringtones provided with the phone really suck, as do the Fav icons. But not to worry, T-Mobile sells ringtones and Fav icons, which is why they give you the crappy ones. Thanks, T-Mobile!!!

I really like the My Favs plan, but if I had it to do over again, I would spend some money to get a decent phone along with the plan.

Can you figure out why the phone was free??? Gosh, Batman, you're so-oooo smart!

Pretty good, for awhile.......2007-01-03

I liked the key pad, the t9 messaging functionality, and generally the layout of the keys and buttons (the navigation arrows are a little small so I have to use my thumbnail instead of thumb). The pictures are good, but a little softer than better (more expensive) cam phones. The customization is kind of weird--I'm stuck with a ping background in phonebook that I can't get rid of (not bad if I were a 13 year old girl, of course), and the "rainbow" option for text only works for direct dialing, which I virtually NEVER do. But the worst thing was that after having it for less than 10 days, it got a "burned out" section in the bottom left hand portion of the screen. It affects all the screens, covering roughly the bottom 1/9th of the screen, and is only about half as bright as the rest of the screen. I liked it, but have to return it. Bottom line is that if they're discounting it so deeply they're giving it away, there's always a reason (usually cheapness in the mix somewhere)--there's no such thing as a free lunch, so I'm returning it for a better phone. Probably the 6133, but we had problems with that also (supposedly because of an older, 32Kb SIM card, but I'm dubious) and had replaced.

Samsung's bad menu system just got worse.......2006-12-26

ok, this is a sturdy phone, and I loved my e635 very much but didn't like how the slider phone screen gets scratched so I opted for this flip phone. I figured by now they would have the menu system flaws worked out, but it's only gotten worse (did Samsung even try using this phone!? They truly are the king of non-intuitive menus and their manual is next to useless):

One of the hot keys for the camera is on the side of the phone. Now, under normal circumstances when the phone is closed I would expect these external keys to be disabled, but that is not the case, so I end up with a bunch of pictures of the inside of my pocket!!! This is an AMAZINGLY stupid design flaw, and I can't find any way around it! A note for another reviewer, you can clear your default picture location (go to camera-left soft key-6 go to my photos-options-5 set default destination) so at least it won't upload them and charge you and will only save them to memory, I had to do this on my e635 as well.

There are two soft-keys on this phone at the top, the one on the left is for the menu which makes sense, now the one on the right should be for the phone book as it is on the e635, however instead it is used to access ... t-zones?! What the heck? I don't know about you, but I go to my phone book infinitely more often than t-zones. At the very least they could have at least made this key programmable. The phone book however is directly accessible via the down key when you first open the phone.

One cool thing about t-mobile is after 3 months you can call them and get your phone unlocked.

Is t-mobile so hard up for cash that they use phone TRICKS to nickel and dime you out of your money?

Worst phone I've ever had.......2006-12-14

I have to wonder if anyone actually TRIED using this phone before it went into production.
1. The maual leaves a lot out on how to use this non-intuitive phone.
2. In order to see address book you have to press menu, then scroll to phonebook and click,then scroll to contact list and click.
3. The voice recognition never lets you "teach" it your voice. It's less than useless. More often than not, the coversation goes like this.
me: Call Jane
it: Do you mean Jane Doe?
me: Yes
it: Do you want home or mobile?
me: Mobile.
it: Did you want home or mobile?
me: MOBILE
it: I'm sorry, that is not a valid listing.

The camera button is on the outside--clever if you WANT it on, but often I end up taking pictures of my chin or my pocket. Then, before you can go to the main screen, it asks if you want to send it to My Album (at an additional cost). On that screen, you have the choice of clicking on My Album or Yes or Option. When you click Option you are given a new menu, which you will have to scroll to the next page of to find Delete! Now you're ready to make a phone call--if you can find the number!

In many parts of my town there is little or no signal, even though T-Mo says there should be.

This phone is a nice looking piece of garbage. Too bad it took me more than two weeks to figure that out, with their lousey manual. It's mine now.

Nice phone, some flaws.......2006-12-01

I've had this phone for about a week. I've used Samsung phones before, but my last phone was my first Nokia.

When compared to the Nokia, this phone is...

...smaller, slimmer, lighter, prettier
...not as battery efficient

This is the first phone I've had with Bluetooth and I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to transfer contacts from Microsoft Outlook. One glich was that the phone didn't display the numbers correctly on all screens. I had to open each of the contacts on the phone and click "save" to get them in the right order.

As previously mentioned, the four way button isn't programmable so there's no way to change the right button from voice recording to anything else. I used the calendar on my Nokia often and was able to access it in one click. The Samsung requires five clicks.

The voice dialing is okay, but you've really got to enunciate. For instance, it has trouble with the difference between Sarah and Karen. Using last names helps.

The Samsung is a media player which is great, except that the memory is not expandable. You'll only be able to add a few songs to the phone.

One feature this phone supports that I've never seen before is the ability to use one of your voice recordings as a ring tone. That's fun because I had my girlfriend record her own ring tone.

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