Discontinued 26th July 2009
The
Samsung Gravity 2 (also known as the Samsung T469) is exclusive
to the T-Mobile network in the USA, and it comes with a slide-out
QWERTY keyboard and 3G support.
Primarily designed for messaging, the Samsung Gravity
2 isn't a particularly high-end phone. There's a standard 2.4"
240 x 320 pixel display, a fairly basic 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth,
an MP3 player and support for microSD expandable memory.
Samsung say that the Gravity 2 has "Band
IV" UMTS, which indicates that it only supports 1700 MHz 3G,
which is fine for T-Mobile in the US, but if you want to roam to
Europe then you will need to fall back on the phone's quad-band
GSM. The Gravity 2 does not support WiFi.
The main selling point with the Gravity 2 it its
messaging capabilities, designed to interface with AOL, Yahoo! and
Google mail plus standard internet formats. There's also an RSS
news reader, a web browser and a set of personal information management
tools.
The
slide-out QWERTY keypad has a fairly conventional layout with a
small space bar in the centre (much more convenient than the Nokia
N97, for example). The spacing between keys is good and should help
to prevent more than one key being pressed at a time. There is also
a useful "www./.com" key to make entering web addresses
easier, and perhaps a rather less useful "smiley face"
key.
The Samsung Gravity 2 measures about 4.5 x 2.1 x
0.6 inches and weighs 4.4 ounces (or 114 x 52 x 15mm and 125 grams).
Talktime is up to 5.5 hours with a maximum of 12 days standby time,
we assume that these are GSM-only figures though.
It's not the world's most exciting phone, but it
does manage to squeeze a decent keyboard into something that looks
just like an ordinary cellphone, without making it too bulky.
Samsung say that the Gravity 2 should be available
on T-Mobile USA from August onwards in a variety of colours. No
guidance was given on price, but the original Gravity is around
$30 after subsidy and rebates.
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