The Samsung SGH-T119 for T-Mobile has a traditional candy-bar design and low-profile just for making calls. It does not match the T-Mobile Shadow (2nd version) and Motorola Renew W233. The T119 features acceptable call quality and functional feature set. However, it lacks dedicated clear key and volume rockers. Its plastic casing gives a cheap feeling. If you are looking for an entry-level handset with camera and Bluetooth, then you have to look elsewhere. 1.6 inches display of the Samsung SGH-T119 has 128×128 pixels resolution that supports 65,000 colors. You cannot expect sharp graphics from such a low-resolution display. You can customize the contrast, backlight and font style, color, and size. We like the intuitive and simple icon based menu interface. The navigation array sits beneath the display and consists of two soft keys, Talk button, four-way toggle with middle OK button, and Power/End button. You can customize the four directions  [...]

Though the world has moved on to high end smart phones which sport lots of multimedia and messaging capabilities, there are still people who are not so enthusiastic about mobile phones. All they want is a device which can make call and send messages. A167 is a phone for such people. You can talk to people, text messages and take some photos with the low end camera on the handset. Being a clamshell phone, it has two displays, one on the lid and other one inside. The monochrome display on the lid gives a resolution of 96x96 pixels and it also gives you caller ID, signal strength, time battery life and date. The low end display doesn’t give a photo caller ID and neither does it work as a camera viewfinder. On the exterior of the phone, there is a volume rocker and a proprietary jack for putting headset and adapter. A single jack means that you get to use only one peripheral at a time. Asking for a 3.5 mm jack on an entry level phone like  [...]