Samsung t819 slider officially joins T-Mobile

by Chris Ziegler posted Jan 21st 2008 at 7:00AM

Though its FCC documents clearly indicate the delicious presence of WCDMA on the 1700MHz band, T-Mobile and Samsung are continuing their policy of totally downplaying AWS 3G in new handsets with the official introduction today of the t819 slider. The midrange device tops out with quadband EDGE (or that's the official line, anyway), stereo Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD expansion, and a middling 220 x 176 display all tied together with the typical myFaves support -- not the most exciting thing, but not every release can be a new Sidekick, we reckon. The secret 3G phone of your middle-of-the-road dreams is available today in "coffee brown" from T-Mobile's site and retail locations.

Gallery: Samsung t819 slider officially joins T-Mobile

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, UMTS

Tags: samsung, sgh-t819, slider, t-mobile, t819

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CB17 @ Jan 21st 2008 7:43AM

If it's true about the government not allowing to take over the bands, then I kinda feel bad for T-Mo. They're gettin' screwed pretty hard and every month they don't launch 3G it just gets exponentially worse. It kinda sucks too cause I wish there was another 3G GSM carrier in this country.

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mingkee @ Jan 21st 2008 5:05PM

because the other 3 bribed government to stop releasing the band, that caused the AWS to become a fraud!

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Ken @ Jan 21st 2008 8:01AM

T-Mobile customer service admitted to me that this was a 3G phone, while failing to mention anything about the network launch.

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PEZ @ Jan 21st 2008 10:39AM

Big.Friggin.Deal. T-Mobile really dosnt have a "go to phone". Every other comapny has a device that is exclusive - OH, the Sidekick, right. The most advanced prehistoric phone on the planet. Their "go to phone" is so great. it has been on their roster for over 5 years now, yet has not strayed from its original design or concept of connectivity. T-Mobile, the network with nearly 10,000 WiFi hotspots cant find it in their hearts to convince those who design and manufacture they great devices to actually include them in their alleged flagship product. Verizon has the Voyager, ATT has the iPhone, Sprint has... well, Sprint stuff. ;) T-Mobile either has to start spending the money to grow and get some othe rexclusivity deals, or risk being swallowed by ATT altogether.

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jrk @ Jan 21st 2008 2:41PM

... have you heard of the t-mobile shadow?

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supes @ Jan 21st 2008 3:58PM

they do have the shadow, but I think the point is that T-Mobile needs a go to phone that people *actually* want.

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Frank @ Jan 21st 2008 4:02PM

can't you just imagine some marketing genius pushing for this hideous color? ugh, the t-809 was black and sexy. the t-819 looks like it's covered poo and devoid of one sexy feature.

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MRonson @ Jan 21st 2008 8:10PM

There are plenty of phones that T-Mobile has that people must want, else their sales would be seriously in jeopardy. Furthermore, for others it is not simply the phone, but the service in one's area as well as the cost of service in comparison and customer service in case of need for support or the like which has T-Mobile outranking its peers. What I find funny are the devices which are the same to both GSM networks costing more for service on AT&T than on T-Mobile. Maybe that is why one of their operative slogans is "get more."