The SGH-T819's 1.3-megapixel camera takes pictures in five resolutions, from 1,820x1,024 down to 240x180. Other camera features include five quality settings; brightness and white balance controls; a night mode; exposure meeting; 20 fun frames; a self-timer, and three color effects. There's also a digital zoom (though it's unusable at the highest resolution) and three shutter sounds, plus a silent option. The camcorder records clips in two resolutions (176x144 and 128x96) with sound and a number of editing options; clips meant for multimedia messages are capped at about 40 seconds, or you can shoot for as long as the available memory will permit. The SLM offers 30MB of shared internal memory. That's below average for a multimedia phone, so a microSD card is recommended. Photo quality was middling; images were relatively blurry, but the colors were bright.
The music player has a generic Samsung design, so you shouldn't expect too much. Though it's easy to use, the interface is simple, and the features are limited. You can personalize the SGH-T819 with a variety of wallpapers and background colors and you can compose your own greeting message. If you want more options, you can download the from T-Mobile's T-zones service using the WAP 2.0 wireless Web browser. The SGH-T819 has limited gaming options, unfortunately. It offers demo versions of just two titles: Lumiens Mobile and Platinum Sudoku.
Performance
We tested the quadband (GSM 850/1900/1800/1900) Samsung SGH-T819 in San Francisco using T-Mobile service. Call quality was decent, but it wasn't best we've heard from the carrier or Samsung. Though there was enough volume, voices sounded a bit muffled, almost as if our callers were talking through a piece of fabric. On their end our friends say they could hear us well enough, but they reported a fair amount of background noise. Automated calling systems could understand us, but it was best if were in a quiet room. Speakerphone calls were about average.
The SGH-T819 has a rated battery life of 5 hours talk time and 12.5 days standby time. According to FCC radiation testing, the SGH-T819 has a digital SAR rating of 1.19 watts per kilogram. The SGH-T819 has a rated battery life of 5 hours talk time and 12.5 days standby time. We received a talk time of 4 hours and 55 minutes.
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