The T-Mobile Tap is a

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manufactured by

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, Inc. and marketed under the

T-Mobile T-Mobile is the brand name used by some of the mobile communications subsidiaries of the German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom AG in the Czech Republic (T-Mobile Czech Republic), Poland (T-Mobile Polska), the United States (T-Mobile ...

brand and service. It is also known as the Huawei U7519. It was released in November 2009, and was available in many European and Asian markets.

Features

The Tap features a 2.8-inch

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. It also features a 2.0

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camera,

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connectivity, built-in

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, a music player, and access to T-Mobile's MyFaves. While it lacks a 3.5 mm headset jack, the device instead comes with an in-ear headset that connects through the Tap's

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port. The phone is also bundled with a USB cable to manage files on a personal computer, Huawei's PC Suite software to manage the files, and a T-Mobile full size

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. A spring-loading

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slot is located under the phone's battery cover. Physical buttons are the power button, a lock button and camera launcher on the side of the phone, a call start button, a navigation pad and 'wheel', and a call end button. The physical specifications of this phone are comparable with that of the

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. The phone currently comes in the colors

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Support page for T-Mobile Tap
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at t-mobile.com

Notes

It cannot be used without a SIM card.

External links

Tap profile
at t-mobile.com
Huawei
Deutsche Telekom Huawei mobile phones {{mobile-phone-stub