T-Mobile launches Samsung Stripe

by Chris Ziegler, posted Feb 14th 2007 at 3:08PM

We sorta figured out this little mystery at CES, but T-Mobile's gone ahead and made the lowly Samsung "Stripe" (or SGH-T329, if you prefer) available now for the reasonable sum of $49.99 on contract after rebate. Your hard-heardned 50 smackers buy you a relatively stylish flip with a VGA cam, monochrome external display, and service on the 850, 1800, and 1900MHz bands -- not quite enough to satisfy our geeky obsessions, but we're sure it'll find plenty of loving homes.

[Thanks, Jhonny M.]

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, T-Mobile, GSM, GPRS

Tags: samsung, sgh-t329, stripe, t-mobile, t329

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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raulr @ Feb 14th 2007 3:55PM

It's like a Moto PEBL, but ugly. And costs more cause the PEBL is free with contract.

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PDXMatt @ Feb 14th 2007 4:51PM

The PEBL is also old and by some opinon, PEBL is ugly.

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Dan (thoughtfix) @ Feb 14th 2007 4:54PM

Stripe, huh? Is that what you get when you feed a normal Samsung phone after midnight? Or when you get it wet? If you expose it to sunlight, does it die?

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chuck @ Feb 14th 2007 6:47PM

the pebl may be old, but it actually has more features than this piece of crap. (pebl is quadband and has a much higher-resolution screen.) and the pebl is made out of metal and plastic with a quality rubbery finish, unlike this samsung.

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Noah @ Feb 22nd 2007 10:18AM

I own a Stripe and actually quite like it. I wanted a PEBL but the peeps at the T-Mo store said they were free because the spring open thing was breaking all the time and T-Mo considers the PEBL a flop. So the Stripe was the closest thing.

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Jim @ Jun 18th 2007 10:14PM

I love everything about the Stripe, EXCEPT the extremely poor battery life. After getting a new charger, new battery and new phone, I get 72 hours max standby time, whether the phone is used, or not. Now that T-Mobile has done everything to help, they said there is nothing more we can do and will have to live with the dismal performance.

BAD BAD BATTERY LIFE!

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elske @ Aug 4th 2007 3:22PM

A week ago I've bought this phone at a T-mobile Shop, but my bluetooth still doesn't connect! It doesn't connect with my computer (my computer has a bluetooth that works perfectly!) and either to phones with (good) bluetooth...
Except this, I love this phone!

if there is someone who can help me, please comment;)

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chazz @ Aug 15th 2008 2:32PM

the stripe has limited connectivity, that means that you can only connect to hands free not your computer or another phone. this phone sucks, as does t-mobile. customer service is crap, and thier service always fails. 2 days ago my whole neighborhood lost service and everyones phones went loony. thats why i am switching to sprint. i called to ask about pricing and phones and they knew exactly every last detail that i wanted to know. and they have better phones.

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