LG Optimus F6 (T-Mobile)

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Le LG Optimus F6 ne peut pas être une centrale d'un dispositif par rapport à certains des autres téléphones T-Mobile, mais il est encore un téléphone fiable qui saura satisfaire les utilisateurs qui recherchent un appareil simple sur un budget.

Un prix raisonnable à 289,99 $ (avec l'option de payer $49,99 dès le départ et puis 10 $ par mois pendant 24 mois), le F6 est équipé d'un processeur dual-core swift, un écran de 4,5 pouces lumineux et un appareil photo de 5 mégapixels qui ne manquera pas à contenter les photographes occasionnels. Il est également livré avec une poignée de fonctionnalités d'interface utilisateur de logiciels de LG qui sont utiles et facile à utiliser.

Si vous êtes un client de T-Mobile à la recherche d'un combiné Android de milieu de gamme, envisager la touche F6. Juste être conscient, toutefois, qu'il ne fonctionne pas la dernière version d'Android. A en juger par nos tests de données, connectivité LTE 4G peut également être incompatible.

Conception
L'Optimus F6 est compacte, mesure 5,03 pouces de hauteur, 2,59 pouces large et 0,40 pouce d'épaisseur. Il est facilement maniable d'une seule main et avec ses bords inclinés et de la construction en plastique lisse, il est confortable à tenir. À 4,44 onces, il est également assez léger, et vous pouvez facilement le jeter dans un petit sac ou votre poche arrière de jeans.

Sur le bord gauche se trouve une bascule du volume et une touche de raccourci pour lancer QuickMemo (plus sur cela plus tard). Là-haut est une prise casque 3,5 mm et à droite un bouton veille/marche-arrêt. Enfin, le bord inférieur abrite un port Micro-USB pour la recharge.

Le modèle subtil sur le dos de la F6 est plus visible en lumière directe.

(Crédit : Josh Miller/CNET)

Compartiment de la pile est orné d'un motif de carrelage qui pousse plus dense au bas de l'appareil. La conception est subtile, et vous pouvez seulement le faire clairement lorsque le combiné est un endroit bien éclairé, comme à l'extérieur au soleil. J'aime ce modèle élégant, et c'est un accent unique qui définit le téléphone mis à part les autres dalles de milieu de gamme circulent sur le marché.

Vous trouverez au verso un appareil photo 5 mégapixels et flash LED et deux petites fentes pour l'orateur. Lorsque vous retirez le couvercle du compartiment, vous pouvez accéder à la fente pour carte microSD (il accepte les cartes de capacités de jusqu'à 32 Go) et la batterie 460mAh 2,.

L'écran qHD de 4,5 pouces IPS a une résolution de 960 x 540 pixels. Bien qu'il est important de garder à l'esprit que le F6 est un dispositif élevée, comparativement à un téléphone haut de gamme comme le LG G2 (qui a un écran 1080p), de la touche F6 affichage n'est pas la plus nette. Je peux voir quelques léger aliasing autour des icônes et textes et dégradés de couleurs transition pas aussi facilement. Toutefois, l'écran est lumineux, il affiche des couleurs avec précision (surtout lorsque l'on voit une seule nuance blanche), et il est sensible au toucher.

Au-dessus de l'écran est un appareil photo de 1,3 mégapixel et voici une tonalité physique qui est flanquée de deux touches de raccourci (pour le dos et menu) qui s'allument en blanc. Si vous long-Appuyez sur la touche home, vous pouvez appeler ces dernières Apps (et quitter eux aussi bien), accéder à Google instant et ouvrez le directeur de tâche dans votre téléphone.

Fonctionnalités du logiciel
Le combiné dispose d'Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, et alors qu'il serait agréable de voir l'exécution d'une version plus récente du système d'exploitation, vous aurez toujours votre collection habituelle de Google apps: Chrome, Gmail, recherche, Plus, cartes, accès à du jeu magasin livres, Magazines, films & TV et musique portails, Talk et YouTube.

T-Mobile chargé plusieurs conservateurs de ses apps dans aussi bien. Vous aurez mon compte de T-Mobile, qui vous donne des informations sur votre plan de données et de téléphone ; un abonnement d'essai pour le service d'identification de l'appelant nom ID ; et les apps qui aident à configurer votre visual voice mail et mobile hot spot. Enfin, les médias en streaming service T-Mobile TV propose un essai de 30 jours aux canaux comme Fox News et ESPN.

Le multitâche QSlide fonction (à gauche) et la collaboration d'outils VuTalk.

(Crédit : Lynn La/CNET)

L'interface utilisateur de LG Optimus 3.0 est livré avec quelques fonctionnalités de logiciel de signature. Ceux-ci incluent la possibilité de personnaliser les icônes de l'app (avec deux thèmes différents) et QSlide, une fonction multitâche qui permet d'afficher et redimensionner des applications (comme le navigateur et les calculatrice) tout en utilisant d'autres applications ou d'affichage de l'écran d'accueil.

VuTalk vous permet de créer des annotations sur les documents et photos sur votre appareil tout en partageant en temps réel avec un autre combiné VuTalk-activé par le biais de réseau ou d'une connexion Wi-Fi. Il ya aussi signature prise de notes app de LG, QuickMemo, qui vous permet de prendre des notes rapides ou croquis directement sur les images à l'écran. Comme mentionné précédemment, vous pouvez lancer rapidement ce $ $ etAPP avec la touche de raccourci sur le bord gauche du smartphone.

Pour ouvrir l'app de prise de notes de LG, QuickMemo, appuyez sur la touche de raccourci sur le bord gauche de la Optimus F6.

(Crédit : Josh Miller/CNET)

Apps de base incluent navigateur natif et clients de messagerie, une calculatrice, un calendrier, une horloge avec fonctions d'alarme, un bloc-notes, une application météo, un dictionnaire, une liste de tâches, un enregistreur de la parole, un composeur vocal et recherche de voix.

Autres goodies incluent deux applications de partage de fichiers (SmartShare et FileShare), la suite de bureau mobile 4 Viewer de Polaris, une application de traduction de langue et Lookout Security, qui sauvegarde les données et analyse les fichiers pour les logiciels malveillants et les apps.

Les dispositifs additionnels incluent 4 Go de stockage interne, NFC et Bluetooth 4.0.

Appareil photo et vidéo
Qualité de la photo sur l'appareil photo 5 mégapixels était grande. Surtout dans des amplement éclairés, images ont été forte avec des bords bien définis et a montré une précision des couleurs adéquates. Bien sûr, avec variateur d'éclairage vient plus de bruit numérique, mais en général, les images étaient en bref et clair. En outre, l'appareil utilisé rapidement, avec l'obturateur rafraîchissant pour la prochaine photo rapidement et je n'ai vu aucun lag entre mon déplacement de la caméra et la rétroaction que j'ai vu dans le viseur.

Tant l'appareil photo 5 mégapixels et les options de balance des blancs cinq face caméra offre un compteur de luminosité (de -2 à + 2), effets de quatre couleurs, une minuterie, géo-tagging et une fonction d'obturation de voix qui vous permet de commander l'obturateur en disant certains mots comme "fromage" et le "whisky" (ne me demandez pas pourquoi). Les deux caméras ont aussi une "Portrait" fonction + (anciennement Beauty Shot) qui vous permet de régler la luminosité et le flou de l'image.

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T-Mobile Prism 2

Improvements, how incremental, that they are, are always welcome.

2 Prism of Huawei T-Mobile, for example, shows the improvements over its predecessor, the Prism. Although both are marketed as low-cost devices, low-spec, this latest iteration has Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, a processor hit place (from 600 MHz to 1 GHz) and a slightly reinforced, 1, 750mAh battery. And despite it, retaining the same number of megapixels of the camera, I noticed that the 2 Prism had better pictures.

Given all this, fans of the original handset will be not be disappointed later. Especially since this is a competitive price $ 115.99. However, if you are in the market for a more high level phone that has blazing 4 G speeds, a zippy processor and an amazing screen, you find here.

Design
Save for the rubbery, Matt battery, the T-Mobile Prism 2 spacers aesthetics shiny all plastic that deliberately looks like. Especially given the neon green ring that surrounds the lens of the camera on the back, the unit has a 'young' subtle look that feels still rather cheap.

4.6 Inches in height and 2.44 inches wide, weighing 3.88 ounces, it is compact, lightweight and easy to control with one hand. However, his profile of 0.49 inches is thick and heavy Chin bilayer under the screen adds to its bulk.

Big Chin Prism 2 makes the Jay Leno of smartphones.

(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)

On the left is a port Micro-USB for charging, up there are a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a button sleep/power-off and on the right is a thin volume controller.

The 3.5 inch HVGA screen has a resolution of 480 by 320 pixel. While it is sufficiently sensitive to the touch, obviously, it is not the best screens. Yes, text and icons are legible and easy to make, but you will see aliasing on the edges of the individual letters and graphics. The default wallpaper photographs show many bands of color and nearly photos look grainy upwards. And because the touch screen is not very bright, it was really difficult to read in direct sunlight, because it had a narrow viewing angle and the screen was low. I didn't have much trouble viewing indoors, however. Here is the screen three shortcut keys than white Halo in use for the return at home and the menu.

The rear of houses lens of the 3.2 megapixel camera that doesn't have a flash. Below that is a small narrow slot for the speaker. To remove the battery cover, lift into the notch at the bottom of the handset. Once out of the gate, you have access to the 750mAh battery 1. Unfortunately, you will need to remove the battery if you want to insert a 32 GB microSD card in the slot.

The software features
Given how rudimentary is this phone, it's nice to see that it comes with the operating system Android 4.1 Jelly Bean when unpacking.

Therefore, you will get your usual bunch of Google apps: Chrome, Gmail, search, more, Local, Maps with Navigation, Messenger, access to books, Magazines, movies & TV, store Play and portals of music, talk and YouTube.

With only four applications preloaded, T-Mobile than its own bloatware included in this device in the first Prism.

(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)

Basic apps include native clients's browser and messaging, a calculator, a calendar, a clock with alarm functions, a Notepad, a tape recorder, a voice dialer and voice search. You'll also get the least common apps, such as an FM radio, a Wi - Fi configuration shortcut, an application which offers advice on how to use your Prism 2, and an emergency wireless alert app called WEA.

T Mobile loaded several conservatives of his apps in as well. My T-Mobile account gives you information about your phone and data plan; a trial subscription for the service of caller ID name; Visual voice mail; and finally, a 30 day trial for T-Mobile TV. It is a service through which you can stream TV channels such as Fox News and ESPN live, and download culturally significant shows like "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."

The unit has also 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of ROM, hot-spotting mobile and Bluetooth 4.0.

Camera and video
The 3.2 megapixel camera offers a few photo options. These include a digital zoom, geotagging, a new way of shooting panoramic, five effects of color, five white balances, five ISO options, a timer, three photos of qualities, three picture sizes (ranging from 640 x 480 to 2, 048 x 1536 pixels) and lines of the compositions.

The video recorder has even fewer options. You will not get the same white balance, zoom and geolocation, and you options you give two video formats (VGA to MMS).

Although the original Prism and this version, the two have a 3.2 megapixel camera, photo quality on the newer model appears to be significantly improved. Yes, the lack of touch focus, it is difficult to obtain certain objects to the strong research and photos were still a few edges. But objects looked a little more to the point, colors were slightly brighter and all, photos looked less pixelated. And while the camera remains slow compared to those you find on more powerful devices, I felt like the time where it took to update itself for another picture shorter than on the first Prism.

View the original article here

Samsung Gravity Q (T-Mobile)

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The Samsung Gravity Q is one answer for anyone wondering where can they find a cell phone with a real keyboard. As a simple feature phone, it isn't the best answer, but it bravely carries on the (dying) tradition of slider handsets with physical keys.

In fact, the keyboard is the best thing about the Gravity Q and the only reason to buy it. That's because if you took the keyboard away, you'd have only the most basic features, a dim display, variable and call quality, with 3 G data. That doesn't make it much different from most of the previous six Gravity devices (except for the Android - powered Smart Gravity), but it does stand alone in a smartphone-obsessed world.

In that respect, I have to wonder just what kind of T-Mobile customer the Gravity Q will attract. At $154 (no down payment, 24 payments of $6.42), at the time of this review it's $50 more than the Gravity Smart, as listed on T-Mobile's Web site. Yes, the Gravity Smart is older, but it will deliver more features for your money. Yet, if you just don't want to deal with the complexity of a smartphone or the extra data charges that come with it, the Gravity Q is the best choice for T-Mobile keyboard lovers and texting pros. It also could work as a beginner phone for tweens or anyone who just needs a handset for quick communication.

The Gravity Q: a design from another time.

(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)

Design and display
Hello? Oh, 2004, is that you calling?

Indeed, the Gravity Q is a design from another era, an era when sliding-keyboard phones were all the rage. Now, I promise that I'm not being snide when I say that. Even a decade later, it's a design that continues to be versatile, functional, and extremely easy to use. It's also a nice change since almost every other phone on the market now is a plastic rectangle.

At 4.43 inches long by 2.35 inches wide by 0.56 inch deep, the Gravity Q is small, short, and fat with rounded ends and curved sides. In my hands, which are accustomed to using a big-screen smartphone, it felt instantly foreign, but more familiar the longer I held it. Given that I used to have a phone like the Gravity Q ages ago, it almost felt like an friend coming to visit. It's heavier than it looks at 4.19 ounces and though it's made of plastic, I'd feel more comfortable watching it take a tumble than I would a Galaxy S4 gold year iPhone 5.

The QVGA display is just a paltry 3 inches from corner to corner. That's miniature positively by today's standards, but, honestly, there's no need for more space given the low - end features. I'm more concerned about the Sun (262,000 colors, 240 x 320 pixels) resolution. Yes, you could also argue that the resolution befits the Gravity's Q's meager features here, but I'd prefer even a small step up. After all, even on a phone like this, you're going to spend a lot of time staring at the display while you text.

On the other hand, the display is a touch screen, so there's at least one mark of a smartphone. It's not terribly responsive, but I never had to use the touch interface all that much. You can cycle between five home screens and you can populate them with several widgets - nice. At the bottom of the display are three touch controls for the (small) virtual dial pad, your contacts list, and the main menu. There's no accelerometer, except when you're in camera mode, but the display will rotate automatically when you open the keyboard (more on that in a moment).

Controls and keyboard
Below the display are the Talk and End keys (both are touch controls) and a physical Back/Clear button. Up top is the 3.5 mm headset jack, on the left spine are camera shutter and the power control, and the right spine has a long volume rocker and a microSD slot that can hold cards of up to 32 GB. I can't imagine ever needing that much space on the Gravity Q, but it's a welcome touch just the same. The camera lens is near the top of the back of the phone, just where I wanted to put my finger.

The Gravity Q has three touch controls at the bottom of the 3-inch display. Below them are two more touch controls and a physical Back button.

(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)

To get to the keyboard, flip the Gravity Q to the left 90 degrees and slide up the front face. The slider mechanism takes more than a gentle nudge, so it's not too loose, and it springs into place without feeling too stiff. For such a small phone, the physical keyboard is quite spacious, with big keys that aren't crowded together. It also passes another test of mine by not crowding the top row of keys up against the slider. With four rows of keys, most buttons serve double duty with a letter and a number or symbol. Four arrow controls, an OK button, and has dedicated ".com" / "www." key sit off to the right, and I like the long spacebar that's right in the middle of the bottom row. Helpful shortcuts take you to your mailbox and a list of emoticons. The buttons are only slightly raised so you can't type by feel, but I still found the keyboard to be very easy to use. In fact, it's an improvement over the keyboard on the Gravity Q's most immediate predecessor, the Gravity TXT.

The Gravity Q's keyboard is spacious and easy to use.

(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)

Features
As I mentioned, the Gravity Q delivers little fun beyond the most essential cell phone features. For starters, the phone book holds 2,000 contacts with multiple fields per entry. Organizer features, which include a calculator, a calendar, an alarm clock and a notepad, hold no. surprises. You also get Bluetooth, voice dialing and commands, and a voice memo recorder, goal no. Wi - Fi. The Gravity Q supports a limited range of apps and comes stocked with three demo games. You can buy more titles if you like, but app-happy shoppers would be better off with a full-fledged smartphone.

As you'd expect from a keyboard device, the Q supports many kinds of written communication, including text messages, messages accompanying photos and videos, and some e-mail services. Keep in mind, though, that while domestic text and picture messages are free with any T-Mobile service plan, e-mail uses data. Yes, you do get 500MB of data with the carrier's cheapest plan, but you'll have to factor in email when monitoring your data use. Fortunately, the Gravity Q's tiny display and slow 3G connection won' t put you in a data-crazed mood in the first place. The same goes for the Web browser. It's slow and rather tedious to use, but still serviceable when you really need it.

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Samsung Gravity Q (T-Mobile)

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The Samsung Gravity Q is one answer for anyone wondering where can they find a cell phone with a real keyboard. As a simple feature phone, it isn't the best answer, but it bravely carries on the (dying) tradition of slider handsets with physical keys.

In fact, the keyboard is the best thing about the Gravity Q and the only reason to buy it. That's because if you took the keyboard away, you'd have only the most basic features, a dim display, variable and call quality, with 3 G data. That doesn't make it much different from most of the previous six Gravity devices (except for the Android - powered Smart Gravity), but it does stand alone in a smartphone-obsessed world.

In that respect, I have to wonder just what kind of T-Mobile customer the Gravity Q will attract. At $154 (no down payment, 24 payments of $6.42), at the time of this review it's $50 more than the Gravity Smart, as listed on T-Mobile's Web site. Yes, the Gravity Smart is older, but it will deliver more features for your money. Yet, if you just don't want to deal with the complexity of a smartphone or the extra data charges that come with it, the Gravity Q is the best choice for T-Mobile keyboard lovers and texting pros. It also could work as a beginner phone for tweens or anyone who just needs a handset for quick communication.

The Gravity Q: a design from another time.

(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)

Design and display
Hello? Oh, 2004, is that you calling?

Indeed, the Gravity Q is a design from another era, an era when sliding-keyboard phones were all the rage. Now, I promise that I'm not being snide when I say that. Even a decade later, it's a design that continues to be versatile, functional, and extremely easy to use. It's also a nice change since almost every other phone on the market now is a plastic rectangle.

At 4.43 inches long by 2.35 inches wide by 0.56 inch deep, the Gravity Q is small, short, and fat with rounded ends and curved sides. In my hands, which are accustomed to using a big-screen smartphone, it felt instantly foreign, but more familiar the longer I held it. Given that I used to have a phone like the Gravity Q ages ago, it almost felt like an friend coming to visit. It's heavier than it looks at 4.19 ounces and though it's made of plastic, I'd feel more comfortable watching it take a tumble than I would a Galaxy S4 gold year iPhone 5.

The QVGA display is just a paltry 3 inches from corner to corner. That's miniature positively by today's standards, but, honestly, there's no need for more space given the low - end features. I'm more concerned about the Sun (262,000 colors, 240 x 320 pixels) resolution. Yes, you could also argue that the resolution befits the Gravity's Q's meager features here, but I'd prefer even a small step up. After all, even on a phone like this, you're going to spend a lot of time staring at the display while you text.

On the other hand, the display is a touch screen, so there's at least one mark of a smartphone. It's not terribly responsive, but I never had to use the touch interface all that much. You can cycle between five home screens and you can populate them with several widgets - nice. At the bottom of the display are three touch controls for the (small) virtual dial pad, your contacts list, and the main menu. There's no accelerometer, except when you're in camera mode, but the display will rotate automatically when you open the keyboard (more on that in a moment).

Controls and keyboard
Below the display are the Talk and End keys (both are touch controls) and a physical Back/Clear button. Up top is the 3.5 mm headset jack, on the left spine are camera shutter and the power control, and the right spine has a long volume rocker and a microSD slot that can hold cards of up to 32 GB. I can't imagine ever needing that much space on the Gravity Q, but it's a welcome touch just the same. The camera lens is near the top of the back of the phone, just where I wanted to put my finger.

The Gravity Q has three touch controls at the bottom of the 3-inch display. Below them are two more touch controls and a physical Back button.

(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)

To get to the keyboard, flip the Gravity Q to the left 90 degrees and slide up the front face. The slider mechanism takes more than a gentle nudge, so it's not too loose, and it springs into place without feeling too stiff. For such a small phone, the physical keyboard is quite spacious, with big keys that aren't crowded together. It also passes another test of mine by not crowding the top row of keys up against the slider. With four rows of keys, most buttons serve double duty with a letter and a number or symbol. Four arrow controls, an OK button, and has dedicated ".com" / "www." key sit off to the right, and I like the long spacebar that's right in the middle of the bottom row. Helpful shortcuts take you to your mailbox and a list of emoticons. The buttons are only slightly raised so you can't type by feel, but I still found the keyboard to be very easy to use. In fact, it's an improvement over the keyboard on the Gravity Q's most immediate predecessor, the Gravity TXT.

The Gravity Q's keyboard is spacious and easy to use.

(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)

Features
As I mentioned, the Gravity Q delivers little fun beyond the most essential cell phone features. For starters, the phone book holds 2,000 contacts with multiple fields per entry. Organizer features, which include a calculator, a calendar, an alarm clock and a notepad, hold no. surprises. You also get Bluetooth, voice dialing and commands, and a voice memo recorder, goal no. Wi - Fi. The Gravity Q supports a limited range of apps and comes stocked with three demo games. You can buy more titles if you like, but app-happy shoppers would be better off with a full-fledged smartphone.

As you'd expect from a keyboard device, the Q supports many kinds of written communication, including text messages, messages accompanying photos and videos, and some e-mail services. Keep in mind, though, that while domestic text and picture messages are free with any T-Mobile service plan, e-mail uses data. Yes, you do get 500MB of data with the carrier's cheapest plan, but you'll have to factor in email when monitoring your data use. Fortunately, the Gravity Q's tiny display and slow 3G connection won' t put you in a data-crazed mood in the first place. The same goes for the Web browser. It's slow and rather tedious to use, but still serviceable when you really need it.

View the original article here

T-Mobile Prism 2

Improvements, how incremental, that they are, are always welcome.

2 Prism of Huawei T-Mobile, for example, shows the improvements over its predecessor, the Prism. Although both are marketed as low-cost devices, low-spec, this latest iteration has Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, a processor hit place (from 600 MHz to 1 GHz) and a slightly reinforced, 1, 750mAh battery. And despite it, retaining the same number of megapixels of the camera, I noticed that the 2 Prism had better pictures.

Given all this, fans of the original handset will be not be disappointed later. Especially since this is a competitive price $ 115.99. However, if you are in the market for a more high level phone that has blazing 4 G speeds, a zippy processor and an amazing screen, you find here.

Design
Save for the rubbery, Matt battery, the T-Mobile Prism 2 spacers aesthetics shiny all plastic that deliberately looks like. Especially given the neon green ring that surrounds the lens of the camera on the back, the unit has a 'young' subtle look that feels still rather cheap.

4.6 Inches in height and 2.44 inches wide, weighing 3.88 ounces, it is compact, lightweight and easy to control with one hand. However, his profile of 0.49 inches is thick and heavy Chin bilayer under the screen adds to its bulk.

Big Chin Prism 2 makes the Jay Leno of smartphones.

(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)

On the left is a port Micro-USB for charging, up there are a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a button sleep/power-off and on the right is a thin volume controller.

The 3.5 inch HVGA screen has a resolution of 480 by 320 pixel. While it is sufficiently sensitive to the touch, obviously, it is not the best screens. Yes, text and icons are legible and easy to make, but you will see aliasing on the edges of the individual letters and graphics. The default wallpaper photographs show many bands of color and nearly photos look grainy upwards. And because the touch screen is not very bright, it was really difficult to read in direct sunlight, because it had a narrow viewing angle and the screen was low. I didn't have much trouble viewing indoors, however. Here is the screen three shortcut keys than white Halo in use for the return at home and the menu.

The rear of houses lens of the 3.2 megapixel camera that doesn't have a flash. Below that is a small narrow slot for the speaker. To remove the battery cover, lift into the notch at the bottom of the handset. Once out of the gate, you have access to the 750mAh battery 1. Unfortunately, you will need to remove the battery if you want to insert a 32 GB microSD card in the slot.

The software features
Given how rudimentary is this phone, it's nice to see that it comes with the operating system Android 4.1 Jelly Bean when unpacking.

Therefore, you will get your usual bunch of Google apps: Chrome, Gmail, search, more, Local, Maps with Navigation, Messenger, access to books, Magazines, movies & TV, store Play and portals of music, talk and YouTube.

With only four applications preloaded, T-Mobile than its own bloatware included in this device in the first Prism.

(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)

Basic apps include native clients's browser and messaging, a calculator, a calendar, a clock with alarm functions, a Notepad, a tape recorder, a voice dialer and voice search. You'll also get the least common apps, such as an FM radio, a Wi - Fi configuration shortcut, an application which offers advice on how to use your Prism 2, and an emergency wireless alert app called WEA.

T Mobile loaded several conservatives of his apps in as well. My T-Mobile account gives you information about your phone and data plan; a trial subscription for the service of caller ID name; Visual voice mail; and finally, a 30 day trial for T-Mobile TV. It is a service through which you can stream TV channels such as Fox News and ESPN live, and download culturally significant shows like "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."

The unit has also 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of ROM, hot-spotting mobile and Bluetooth 4.0.

Camera and video
The 3.2 megapixel camera offers a few photo options. These include a digital zoom, geotagging, a new way of shooting panoramic, five effects of color, five white balances, five ISO options, a timer, three photos of qualities, three picture sizes (ranging from 640 x 480 to 2, 048 x 1536 pixels) and lines of the compositions.

The video recorder has even fewer options. You will not get the same white balance, zoom and geolocation, and you options you give two video formats (VGA to MMS).

Although the original Prism and this version, the two have a 3.2 megapixel camera, photo quality on the newer model appears to be significantly improved. Yes, the lack of touch focus, it is difficult to obtain certain objects to the strong research and photos were still a few edges. But objects looked a little more to the point, colors were slightly brighter and all, photos looked less pixelated. And while the camera remains slow compared to those you find on more powerful devices, I felt like the time where it took to update itself for another picture shorter than on the first Prism.

View the original article here

Samsung Gravity Q (T-Mobile)

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The Samsung Gravity Q is one answer for anyone wondering where can they find a cell phone with a real keyboard. As a simple feature phone, it isn't the best answer, but it bravely carries on the (dying) tradition of slider handsets with physical keys.

In fact, the keyboard is the best thing about the Gravity Q and the only reason to buy it. That's because if you took the keyboard away, you'd have only the most basic features, a dim display, variable and call quality, with 3 G data. That doesn't make it much different from most of the previous six Gravity devices (except for the Android - powered Smart Gravity), but it does stand alone in a smartphone-obsessed world.

In that respect, I have to wonder just what kind of T-Mobile customer the Gravity Q will attract. At $154 (no down payment, 24 payments of $6.42), at the time of this review it's $50 more than the Gravity Smart, as listed on T-Mobile's Web site. Yes, the Gravity Smart is older, but it will deliver more features for your money. Yet, if you just don't want to deal with the complexity of a smartphone or the extra data charges that come with it, the Gravity Q is the best choice for T-Mobile keyboard lovers and texting pros. It also could work as a beginner phone for tweens or anyone who just needs a handset for quick communication.

The Gravity Q: a design from another time.

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Design and display
Hello? Oh, 2004, is that you calling?

Indeed, the Gravity Q is a design from another era, an era when sliding-keyboard phones were all the rage. Now, I promise that I'm not being snide when I say that. Even a decade later, it's a design that continues to be versatile, functional, and extremely easy to use. It's also a nice change since almost every other phone on the market now is a plastic rectangle.

At 4.43 inches long by 2.35 inches wide by 0.56 inch deep, the Gravity Q is small, short, and fat with rounded ends and curved sides. In my hands, which are accustomed to using a big-screen smartphone, it felt instantly foreign, but more familiar the longer I held it. Given that I used to have a phone like the Gravity Q ages ago, it almost felt like an friend coming to visit. It's heavier than it looks at 4.19 ounces and though it's made of plastic, I'd feel more comfortable watching it take a tumble than I would a Galaxy S4 gold year iPhone 5.

The QVGA display is just a paltry 3 inches from corner to corner. That's miniature positively by today's standards, but, honestly, there's no need for more space given the low - end features. I'm more concerned about the Sun (262,000 colors, 240 x 320 pixels) resolution. Yes, you could also argue that the resolution befits the Gravity's Q's meager features here, but I'd prefer even a small step up. After all, even on a phone like this, you're going to spend a lot of time staring at the display while you text.

On the other hand, the display is a touch screen, so there's at least one mark of a smartphone. It's not terribly responsive, but I never had to use the touch interface all that much. You can cycle between five home screens and you can populate them with several widgets - nice. At the bottom of the display are three touch controls for the (small) virtual dial pad, your contacts list, and the main menu. There's no accelerometer, except when you're in camera mode, but the display will rotate automatically when you open the keyboard (more on that in a moment).

Controls and keyboard
Below the display are the Talk and End keys (both are touch controls) and a physical Back/Clear button. Up top is the 3.5 mm headset jack, on the left spine are camera shutter and the power control, and the right spine has a long volume rocker and a microSD slot that can hold cards of up to 32 GB. I can't imagine ever needing that much space on the Gravity Q, but it's a welcome touch just the same. The camera lens is near the top of the back of the phone, just where I wanted to put my finger.

The Gravity Q has three touch controls at the bottom of the 3-inch display. Below them are two more touch controls and a physical Back button.

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To get to the keyboard, flip the Gravity Q to the left 90 degrees and slide up the front face. The slider mechanism takes more than a gentle nudge, so it's not too loose, and it springs into place without feeling too stiff. For such a small phone, the physical keyboard is quite spacious, with big keys that aren't crowded together. It also passes another test of mine by not crowding the top row of keys up against the slider. With four rows of keys, most buttons serve double duty with a letter and a number or symbol. Four arrow controls, an OK button, and has dedicated ".com" / "www." key sit off to the right, and I like the long spacebar that's right in the middle of the bottom row. Helpful shortcuts take you to your mailbox and a list of emoticons. The buttons are only slightly raised so you can't type by feel, but I still found the keyboard to be very easy to use. In fact, it's an improvement over the keyboard on the Gravity Q's most immediate predecessor, the Gravity TXT.

The Gravity Q's keyboard is spacious and easy to use.

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Features
As I mentioned, the Gravity Q delivers little fun beyond the most essential cell phone features. For starters, the phone book holds 2,000 contacts with multiple fields per entry. Organizer features, which include a calculator, a calendar, an alarm clock and a notepad, hold no. surprises. You also get Bluetooth, voice dialing and commands, and a voice memo recorder, goal no. Wi - Fi. The Gravity Q supports a limited range of apps and comes stocked with three demo games. You can buy more titles if you like, but app-happy shoppers would be better off with a full-fledged smartphone.

As you'd expect from a keyboard device, the Q supports many kinds of written communication, including text messages, messages accompanying photos and videos, and some e-mail services. Keep in mind, though, that while domestic text and picture messages are free with any T-Mobile service plan, e-mail uses data. Yes, you do get 500MB of data with the carrier's cheapest plan, but you'll have to factor in email when monitoring your data use. Fortunately, the Gravity Q's tiny display and slow 3G connection won' t put you in a data-crazed mood in the first place. The same goes for the Web browser. It's slow and rather tedious to use, but still serviceable when you really need it.

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T-Mobile Prism 2

Improvements, how incremental, that they are, are always welcome.

2 Prism of Huawei T-Mobile, for example, shows the improvements over its predecessor, the Prism. Although both are marketed as low-cost devices, low-spec, this latest iteration has Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, a processor hit place (from 600 MHz to 1 GHz) and a slightly reinforced, 1, 750mAh battery. And despite it, retaining the same number of megapixels of the camera, I noticed that the 2 Prism had better pictures.

Given all this, fans of the original handset will be not be disappointed later. Especially since this is a competitive price $ 115.99. However, if you are in the market for a more high level phone that has blazing 4 G speeds, a zippy processor and an amazing screen, you find here.

Design
Save for the rubbery, Matt battery, the T-Mobile Prism 2 spacers aesthetics shiny all plastic that deliberately looks like. Especially given the neon green ring that surrounds the lens of the camera on the back, the unit has a 'young' subtle look that feels still rather cheap.

4.6 Inches in height and 2.44 inches wide, weighing 3.88 ounces, it is compact, lightweight and easy to control with one hand. However, his profile of 0.49 inches is thick and heavy Chin bilayer under the screen adds to its bulk.

Big Chin Prism 2 makes the Jay Leno of smartphones.

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On the left is a port Micro-USB for charging, up there are a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a button sleep/power-off and on the right is a thin volume controller.

The 3.5 inch HVGA screen has a resolution of 480 by 320 pixel. While it is sufficiently sensitive to the touch, obviously, it is not the best screens. Yes, text and icons are legible and easy to make, but you will see aliasing on the edges of the individual letters and graphics. The default wallpaper photographs show many bands of color and nearly photos look grainy upwards. And because the touch screen is not very bright, it was really difficult to read in direct sunlight, because it had a narrow viewing angle and the screen was low. I didn't have much trouble viewing indoors, however. Here is the screen three shortcut keys than white Halo in use for the return at home and the menu.

The rear of houses lens of the 3.2 megapixel camera that doesn't have a flash. Below that is a small narrow slot for the speaker. To remove the battery cover, lift into the notch at the bottom of the handset. Once out of the gate, you have access to the 750mAh battery 1. Unfortunately, you will need to remove the battery if you want to insert a 32 GB microSD card in the slot.

The software features
Given how rudimentary is this phone, it's nice to see that it comes with the operating system Android 4.1 Jelly Bean when unpacking.

Therefore, you will get your usual bunch of Google apps: Chrome, Gmail, search, more, Local, Maps with Navigation, Messenger, access to books, Magazines, movies & TV, store Play and portals of music, talk and YouTube.

With only four applications preloaded, T-Mobile than its own bloatware included in this device in the first Prism.

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Basic apps include native clients's browser and messaging, a calculator, a calendar, a clock with alarm functions, a Notepad, a tape recorder, a voice dialer and voice search. You'll also get the least common apps, such as an FM radio, a Wi - Fi configuration shortcut, an application which offers advice on how to use your Prism 2, and an emergency wireless alert app called WEA.

T Mobile loaded several conservatives of his apps in as well. My T-Mobile account gives you information about your phone and data plan; a trial subscription for the service of caller ID name; Visual voice mail; and finally, a 30 day trial for T-Mobile TV. It is a service through which you can stream TV channels such as Fox News and ESPN live, and download culturally significant shows like "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."

The unit has also 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of ROM, hot-spotting mobile and Bluetooth 4.0.

Camera and video
The 3.2 megapixel camera offers a few photo options. These include a digital zoom, geotagging, a new way of shooting panoramic, five effects of color, five white balances, five ISO options, a timer, three photos of qualities, three picture sizes (ranging from 640 x 480 to 2, 048 x 1536 pixels) and lines of the compositions.

The video recorder has even fewer options. You will not get the same white balance, zoom and geolocation, and you options you give two video formats (VGA to MMS).

Although the original Prism and this version, the two have a 3.2 megapixel camera, photo quality on the newer model appears to be significantly improved. Yes, the lack of touch focus, it is difficult to obtain certain objects to the strong research and photos were still a few edges. But objects looked a little more to the point, colors were slightly brighter and all, photos looked less pixelated. And while the camera remains slow compared to those you find on more powerful devices, I felt like the time where it took to update itself for another picture shorter than on the first Prism.

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