Samsung Gravity 2 SGH-T469 – Ideal for Budget-minded Messaging Youth

Exclusive to T-Mobile, the Samsung Gravity 2 SGH-T469 is an updated version of the popular Samsung Gravity released in 2008. Sporting a slimmer profile and a number of improved features over its predecessor, such as 3G support and GPS, the Gravity 2 is a messaging-oriented QWERTY handset geared towards the young generations.

To satisfy heavy texters, the Gravity 2 includes a full suite of messaging capabilities. On top of normal text and multimedia messages, the phone supports instant messaging on AOL, Yahoo and Windows Live. Besides, you can send an audio postcard, which is an MMS with an audio attachment, to a friend. Email clients supports a variety of providers like AOL, Yahoo and Gmail. Together with the full horizontal slide-out QWERTY keypad with raised keys, quick text messaging is always at your fingertips.

Internet surfing is well powered by the full HTML NetFront browser and high-speed 3G connectivity. It supports JavaScript and Flash Lite for streaming YouTube videos. T-Mobile’s Web2go service offers a personalized home page and one-click access to your favorite websites. Additionally, there is a useful ".com/www" key on the keypad that lets you to enter web addresses easily.

As mentioned above, the candy-bar phone sports a thinner design compared to its predecessor, measuring 4.49" high by 2.05" wide by 0.59" deep and weighing 4.4 ounces. It may not have the sleekest design, but its sliding mechanism works perfectly smooth. Another improvement is the larger LCD screen, which is 2.3 inches diagonally and has support for 262k colors with a 240x320-pixel resolution.

Multimedia features include a basic music player for playing MP3, AAC and ACC+ files, and a 2.0-megapixel camera with 2.5x digital zoom and video recording capabilities. The new Gravity also supports A-GPS with the Telenav turn-by-turn direction software powered by T-Mobile. Although the handset does not have Wi-Fi, it does come equipped with stereo Bluetooth, RSS reader, a 1,000-entry phone book, 40MB internal memory, and support for microSD and SDHC memory cards up to 16GB.

The Samsung Gravity 2 is not particularly a high-end device, but with a handier QWERTY keyboard, various messaging options, GPS and 3G support at an inexpensive price, it would be a great deal for T-Mobile customers who love text messaging.

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