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T-Mobile camera phone (or should I wait?)
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Posted by: DigitalAxis

Right now I'm looking for a good camera phone for T-Mobile. Budget $200 max, but it'd have to be good.

What I'm looking for is good reception, good battery life (I don't use the phone much, so standby is slightly more important), and a good camera (2 Megapixels, or 1.3 if it's better image quality)... in that order. USB connection and a flash memory slot would be nice.

I prefer flip phones over sliders over brick phones.

I've been previously looking at the KRZR K1, but I have a feeling I could do better. I've also been looking at the Nokia 6267, but the lowest price I've found was on phonesource-usa for $275 and I'm not sure if it'll be worth waiting until T-Mobile gets the 6263.

Posted by: DigitalAxis

I got the t629. Compared to what I had, the voice quality and reception are nothing short of amazing... I'm not sure if it's the phone, T-Mobile, or the fact that I just replaced a low-end 2004 model with a mid-range 2006 model, but I like it.

Posted by: ZOMGuy

For me, the t629 had terrible reception.

Posted by: DigitalAxis

Well, I get landline-quality (or... nearly) reception with 2 bars, in places I couldn't get any signal at all with AT&T. It's very loud, feels very solid, and the keypad backlight is nice and bright. At least, compared to the Z500a.

If this is POOR quality, maybe I should swap it out before the grace period ends... except I'm already sorta waiting for the 6263 anyway, and why spend the money now when I picked this up for free?

I'm still not terribly keen on sliders, what with the gigantic shiny scratchable screen on this thing. And the large screen font on the t629 means I see less text on a larger screen than I'm used to.