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Samsung SGH-T229 (Black) Refurbished

Part # SGH-T229-Black-gsm

The Samsung SGH-T229 is a great flip/clamshell phone that includes a 0.3MP Camera with 4X Digital Zoom, Bluetooth, and a speakerphone. This phone is unlocked and can be used with any GSM carrier.

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Condition:Refurbished

Regular Price: $99.99

Sale Price: $36.99

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Cell Phone Details

Features

  • Bluetooth
  • Camera
  • Flip/Clamshell
  • Refurbished
  • Speaker Phone

Recommended For

  • GSM Unlocked

Samsung SGH-T229 (Black) Refurbished

 

Design
Though the SGH-T229's feature set is hardly unique, its design shows a few unique touches. Its front flap is bright red, while its rear face is basic silver. It's an odd combination in our opinion; we'd prefer that Samsung wrapped the entire handset in red. The external display is set slightly off center, which we've never seen before. We can take or leave such an arrangement. It doesn't hamper the phone's usability but it certainly makes the T229 stand out. We'll leave any strict judgments up to you. The monochrome display is rather small but it shows the date, time, battery life, and signal strength. Photo caller ID isn't supported, but you can use the screen as a view finder for self-portraits. You can change the contrast, but no other options are customizable.

The flip phone T229 makes a slight effort to be thin, but at 3.6 inches tall by 1.9 inches wide by 0.8 inch thick, and 3.3 ounces, it ends up having an average size. The camera lens sits just above the external display. There's no self-portrait mirror, but the display is rather reflective when the backlighting is off. A volume rocker sits on the phone's left spine, while a camera shutter and phone's headset jack/charger port rests on its right spine.

The internal display isn't the best we've seen. It supports just 65,536 colors (160x128 pixels) and it's rather small (1.7 inches) for the phone's size. Graphics weren't sharp and colors were washed out much of the time. We had the most trouble in the menus; though the interface was intuitive, the icons lacked clear definition. You can change the display's brightness, contrast, backlighting time, dialing font size and color, and the menu font style and color. Like the external display, the internal screen has a mirrored border.

The keypad and navigation controls were a mixed bag. The gray color that covers most of the controls doesn't blend well with the phone's red interior and most of the buttons are completely flush. The Clear control and the center column on the numeric keypad are slightly recessed but otherwise the controls lack real definition. The navigation array consists of a square toggle with a central OK button, two soft keys, the Talk and End/power controls, and the aforementioned Clear button. On the upside, the array is quite spacious and the toggle is bright silver. You can program the toggle to give one-touch access to four user-defined functions.

Features
The Samsung T229 has a 1,000-contact phone book with room in each entry for five phone numbers, an e-mail address, and notes. You can save callers to groups and pair them with a photo and one of 15 polyphonic ringtones. Other essentials include a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, an alarm clock, a task list, a notepad, a calculator, a stopwatch, a timer, a unit converter, PC syncing, a world clock, and a tip calculator. You'll also find Bluetooth, a speakerphone, and instant messaging

 

General

  • Product Type Cellular phone With digital camera
  • Service Provider T-Mobile
  • Width 1.9 in
  • Depth 0.8 in
  • Height 3.5 in
  • Weight 3 oz
  • Body Color Red

Cellular

  • Technology GSM
  • Band GSM 850/1800/1900 (Tri-Band)
  • Phone Design Folder type phone
  • Antenna Internal
  • Vibrating Alert Yes
  • Polyphonic Ringer Yes
  • Call Timer Yes
  • Conference Call Capability 6-way
  • Caller ID Yes
  • Wireless Interface Bluetooth
  • Speech Codec FR , AMR , EFR
  • Additional Features Intelligent typing (T9)

Phone Memory

  • Phone Book Capacity 1000 names & numbers
  • SIM Card Based Directory 250 names & numbers
  • Missed Calls Memory 20
  • Dialed Calls Memory 20
  • Received Calls Memory 20

Messaging & Data Services

  • Short Messaging Service (SMS) Yes
  • Messaging Services ICQ , AOL Instant Messenger Service (AIM) , Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger)
  • Internet Browser Yes
  • JAVA applications Yes
  • Messaging / Data Features Text messages

Multimedia Features

  • Downloadable Content Games , Sounds and voices , Wallpapers

Digital Camera

  • Sensor Resolution 0.3 megapixels
  • Digital Zoom 4

Organizer

  • Alarm Clock Yes
  • Calendar Yes
  • Reminder Yes
  • Calculator Basic

Display

  • Type LCD display
  • Technology CSTN
  • Display Resolution 128 x 160 pixels
  • Color Depth 16-bit (65000 colors)
  • Multi-language Menu Yes
  • Display Languages French , English , Spanish

Display (2nd)

  • Type Monochrome

Miscellaneous

  • Included Accessories Battery , desktop charger , Headset

Power

  • Type Power adapter

Battery

  • Technology - Lithium ion
  • Capacity 800 mAh
  • Talk Time Up to 360 min
  • Standby Time Up to 192 h


What comes in the box


  • Standard Battey
  • Travel Charger