Samsung Gravity 2 Phone, Metallic Pumpkin
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- 3G-enabled messaging phone in metallic pumpkin with slide-out full QWERTY keyboard for easy typing and access to instant messaging and email services, text/picture/video messaging
- Compatible with T-Mobile’s 3G network (available in select markets); T-Mobile’s myFaves service provides unlimited calling to your five most called contacts; GPS-enabled with optional TeleNav service
- 2.0-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth stereo music streaming, MicroSD expansion to 16 GB, organizer with calendar and notepad
- Up to 5.5 hours of talk time, up to 300 hours (12.5 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, battery, charger, wired hands-free headset, quick reference guide, user guide
Amazon.com Product Description
Thinner and sleeker than its predecessor, the Samsung Gravity 2 for T-Mobile also includes an improved slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 3G cellular connectivity, GPS location capabilities, and a higher megapixel camera/camcorder. A great choice for heavy texters, the Gravity 2’s slide-out keyboard makes it easy to send SMS text messages and email as well as keep up with your chat buddies on popular IM services. Enabled for T-Mobile’s expanding high-speed 3G network, the Gravity 2 offers fast data delivery and an enhanced Web-browsing experience that lets you connect quickly to social networking sites.
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I. Peters says:
January 29th, 2010
4:20 am
Since the feature list of the Gravity 2 is readily available here on Amazon, I would simply like to mention a few things with regards to using/handling this phone:
The Good:
- The Gravity 2 has a quality feel, which especially extends to sliding out the keyboard – an important point considering how often this feature is used.
- The keyboard itself is comfortable to handle and not too small, even for bigger hands and fingers. The keys are responsive and are easy to hit correctly.
- Size, weight and height of the phone are very comfortable, not bulky.
- All functions (contacts, messaging, settings, organizer etc.) are fairly easy to access via the menu button.
- The display is clear and contrast-rich, sound quality is not outstanding but good enough.
Things I don’t like:
- The Gravity 2 is quite “slippery”. I have almost dropped it on more than one occasion. A somewhat rubberized surface material, especially on the backside, would have been much preferred.
- Power-up time is fairly long. When turned on, the phone displays a progress bar which seems to be inching along. My old Nokia 6133 was much faster in that regard.
- I picked this model specifically because it had the voice dialing feature which I have used heavily on my last two phones. However, I was extremely disappointed to learn that voice dialing is buried somewhere deep inside the phone’s functions which basically renders it useless. In order to access this, one has to press several buttons – now where is the advantage in that when it comes to hands-free dialing? Having to first press buttons to use voice dialing is counter-productive!
- I feel that this phone’s volume setting could be improved. Even on the loudest setting I don’t think it is loud enough. When I am in a noisier setting like a restaurant and carry the Gravity 2 in my purse, chances are that I will not hear it. Again something where my old Nokia was much better.
All in all an ok phone but I don’t think I would buy it again specifically because of the impossible voice dialing setup and the limited ringtone volume.
Rating: 3 / 5