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Samsung's Texting Trio for T-Mobile

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Jun 23, 2010, 11:45 PM by Rich Brome @richbrome

Hands-on with Samsung's three new affordable messaging phones for T-Mobile, all with QWERTY keyboards: the Gravity 3, Gravity T, and ":)" (Smiley).

Samsung's three new phones - the Gravity 3, Gravity T, and ":)" Smiley - are all affordable messaging phones. They're not smart phones, but they do offer more than your average free phone. Obviously they all sport QWERTY keyboards, but you'll also find features like 3G data, YouTube, and some basic social networking. AT&T refers to these kinds of devices as "quick messaging devices."

There are a lot of other similarities between the three phones. The Gravity T is slightly higher-end, and the Smiley slightly lower-end, but we're still surprised the price difference is more than $50; the Gravity T doesn't seem that much better. They all have basic features. There are no high-resolution cameras, unexpected features, or smartphone OSes here; not even a standard audio jack. But for someone looking for a cheap texting phone, these may be worth a look.

Indeed, the main feature of all three phones is arguably the QWERTY keyboard. Fortunately, all three keyboards are quite good.

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About the author, Rich Brome:

Editor in Chief Rich became fascinated with cell phones in 1999, creating mobile web sites for phones with tiny black-and-white displays and obsessing over new phone models. Realizing a need for better info about phones, he started Phone Scoop in 2001, and has been helming the site ever since. Rich has spent two decades researching and covering every detail of the phone industry, traveling the world to tour factories, interview CEOs, and get every last spec and photo Phone Scoop readers have come to expect. As an industry veteran, Rich is a respected voice on phone technology of the past, present, and future.

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smylax

Jun 29, 2010, 8:35 AM

Big Difference from the Gravity 2

There is one big difference between all 3 of these phones and the Gravity 2... exchange support. All 3 of these support exchange e-mail, which I can not recall ever seeing on entry level messaging phones like these. Its really the only noticable difference between them and the Gravity 2. Interesting to me is that the invoice price on the gravity 3 is actually $20 cheaper than the gravity 2....

muchdrama

Jun 24, 2010, 9:52 PM

The form factor...

...on the Gravity 3 is intriguing. I like the keyboard on the face. And the spacing between keys on the slideout keyboard is great.

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