The SGH-T619's camera doesn't come with a flash.
The 1.3-megapixel camera allows you to take pictures in six resolutions (1,280x960, 1,024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240, 176x220, and 176x144). Other camera features include a night mode, brightness control, metering exposure, adjustable ISO, multishot and mosaic shot modes, a self-timer, five color effects, 29 fun frames, and a digital zoom that's usable even at the highest photo resolution. There are also a fair number of shutter and camera function sounds, but you can't silence the shutter completely. The camcorder records clips in two resolutions (176x144 and 128x96) with sound. Clips meant for multimedia messages are capped at 1.5 minutes; otherwise you can shoot for as long as the phone's available memory permits. Overall, the SGH-T619's photo quality is much too blurry for a megapixel camera.
The SGH-T619 had average photo quality.
You can personalize the SGH-T619 with a variety of wallpapers, background colors, and alert tones. If you're looking for more options or additional ring tones, you can download them through the phone's Web browser. The SGH-T619 also supports MP3 tones and comes with a generic digital music player (see the
SGH-X820 review). Gaming options include four Java (J2ME) titles--Freekick, Midnight Pool, Forgotten Warrior, and ArchAngel--but you can always download more.
We tested the quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) SGH-T619 in San Francisco using T-Mobile's service. Call quality was generally good, yet voice quality was variable. We could hear and be heard just fine, yet voices sounded at times harsh and robotic. On the upside, we had no trouble getting a signal, and experienced little interference from electronic devices. The speakerphone was adequate for shorts calls, but callers often had trouble hearing unless we spoke close to the handset. Calls made using a Bluetooth headset were satisfactory.
The Samsung SGH-T619 has a rated talk time of 4 hours and a tested talk time of 4 hours and 20 minutes. It has a promised standby time of 8 days. According to FCC radiation tests the SGH-T619 has a digital SAR rating of 1.07 watts per kilogram.
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