Samsung and T-Mobile have launched the Samsung Highlight SGH-T749, a slim, full touch-screen phone that looks like a sexier, more vibrant, but less powerful Samsung Behold. It offers T-Mobile subscribers another handset option in the vein of the Samsung Instinct S30 on Sprint.
I had a chance to test out the Highlight ahead of the announcement. The phone measures 4.3 by 2.1 by 0.5 (HWD) inches and weighs 3.7 ounces; all dimensions are within a few ticks of the Behold. The Highlight was very comfortable to hold due to its rubberized housing, textured battery cover, and rounded edges. My test unit was furnished in bright orange and red, in a hue called “Fire”–a turquoise “Ice” variety is also available.
At 240-by-400 pixels, the Highlight matches the Samsung Instinct S30 in resolution, but doesn’t quite make it to iPhone or HTC TouchFLO territory. Still, the screen and UI were responsive overall. A small jolt of haptic feedback answers each finger touch. There’s a built-in accelerometer which was kind of quirky in my limited testing; often the handset didn’t know which way was up.
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