The SGH-T349 comes with a generic music player. You can view the album art, and you can create playlists, set the music on shuffle or repeat, and you also have the usual player controls. It supports MP3, AAC/AAC+, and MIDI. There's also a video player, which supports MPEG-4, H.263, and 3GP video formats. You only get 50MB of user memory on the phone though, so you'll want to load your music on to a microSD card to play on the phone. The SGH-T349 supports up to 4GB microSD cards.
The 1.3-megapixel camera on the Samsung SGH-T349 takes fairly good photos for a simple phone. You can take photos in six resolutions (1,280x1024, 1,024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240, and 220x165), five white balance settings, and nine color effects. There's also a self-timer, 4x zoom, and multishot and mosaic shot mode. Photo quality was quite good, with vibrant colors. Still, it wasn't as sharp as we would like. There's also a built-in camcorder, which can record in three lengths (limit for message, limit for e-mails, and no limit within the available memory) and three resolutions (176x144, 160x120, and 128x96), with options similar to the still camera.
You can personalize the Samsung SGH-T349 by adding wallpaper, graphics, and sounds. It comes with a few games like Block Breaker Deluxe 2 and Midnight Pool 2. You can get more graphics, sounds, and games, via the wireless Web browser.
Performance
We tested the tri-band (850/1800/1900 GSM) Samsung SGH-T349 in San Francisco on T-Mobile's network. The SGH-T349 only has EDGE and GPRS; you won't find any 3G here. We experienced fairly good call quality. We heard our callers just fine, and the volume was loud enough. The voices did sound a bit harsh at times but that was a minor issue.
On their end, callers said we sounded quite good. They could still tell we were on a cell phone because of the slightly machinelike quality to the voice, but again, that did not detract from the experience. Speakerphone calls were decent as well, though callers said our voice sounded more distant and harsher. Volume was still plenty loud on both ends though.
We also paired the Samsung SBH-700 stereo Bluetooth headset with it to test the audio quality. The sound was good, though a little weak and lacking in bass. This won't replace your MP3 player by any means, but it's OK for a quick listen.
The Samsung SGH-T349 has a rated battery life of 7 hours talk time and 12.5 days standby time. We were impressed with the overall talk time of 8 hours and 6 minutes in our tests. According to the FCC, the SGH-T349 has a digital SAR of 1.05 watts per kilogram.
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