Samsung Highlight T749 Fire is a slim touchscreen handset that is equipped with a variety of options as well as functions. It has several design liberties that influence on its entry-level image. Moreover, it is different from other cell phones offered by Samsung. The measures of the Highlight are the following: 4.27 inches tall by 2.11 inches wide by 0.54 inch thick. The weight of the handset is 3.7 ounces.
The device is available in two colors such as fire, i.e. orange and ice – turquoise. It is equipped with a 3–inch WQVGA touchscreen that is very responsive and is able to support 16 million colors.
The dialer interface includes large alphanumeric buttons that provide a vibrating feedback. You are able to type messages with the help of an alphanumeric keypad and also a virtual keyboard. In order to switch the virtual keyboard you have to rotate the phone.
As for the camera, it has 3 megapixels. It provides impressive pictures despite the fact that the camera does not have flash that is considered to be standard for 3-megapixel cameras. It is able to capture photos in four different resolutions. Moreover, it boasts of such options as smile detection, a self-timer, six scene settings, three white balance settings as well as three modes of shooting. The camera can also record videos at the resolution of 320X240 pixels or 176X144 pixels.
It is a 3G capable handset and you can take advantage of live news feeds as well as web2go widget.
There is a basic music player that comes with easy interface. It supports the following formats: WMA, MP3, AAC+, AAC, as well as eAAC+. It also includes a microSD card slot that expands the memory up to 16GB.
With the battery life one can talk during 6.5 hours and it offers 18.5 days of standby time.
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