| Design | 3.8/5 |
| Display & Interface | 3.2/5 |
| Calling | 3.2/5 |
| Talk time | 4/5 |
| Messaging | 3.5/5 |
| Music | 3/5 |
| Video | 0/5 |
| Camera | 3/5 |
| Memory | 2.5/5 |
| Web browsing | 3.2/5 |
| Connectivity | 2.5/5 |
| Productivity | 2.5/5 |
| Scheduling | 2.5/5 |
| Laptop sidekick | 2.5/5 |
| Navigation | 0/5 |
| Gaming | 2.5/5 |
| Mobile services | 3/5 |
| Accessories | 2.5/5 |
| Value | 3.5/5 |
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Pros:
Nice, large keys, especially on the number pad. Cool colors. Solid, if not exciting, messaging options. |
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Cons:
No 3G networking. Interface dated and blocky. Lacks advanced messaging, like social networks or modern IM clients. |
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| The Samsung Gravity is an unfortunate disappointment compared to the strikingly similar Samsung Rant on Sprint, one of our favorite phones of the year. From the outside, the Samsung Gravity looks the same, with its slide-out QWERTY keyboard and click color options, but inside this phone is a much more basic and underpowered device. Messaging options were good, but not outstanding, and the phone lacks key features like fast, 3G networking or GPS for navigation. The phone isn't a bad phone, and we liked the large buttons on the keypad and the QWERTY keyboard. But in every way, from the feature set to the user interface to the phone's performance, the Samsung Rant is a much better option at the same price. T-Mobile fans don't have many QWERTY options at this price, and this phone handily beats the low-end Sidekick ID, but we know that Samsung and T-Mobile could have done better. |
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