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JT's New Phone: Samsung SCH-u740

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Jeremy Toeman

IMG_3748 Samsung SCH-u740 rotatedAs I mentioned at my last Geek Dinner, the battery life on my trusty Habs phone (LG VX6100) was steadily dying, despite a brand new battery.  I should’ve gotten a replacement a few month ago, but couldn’t really find anything I liked.  Here’s the list of what I really care about in a phone:

  • good battery life
  • good signal/reception
  • clear voice use (in other words, people can hear me, and I can hear them)
  • as small a form factor as I can find
  • SMS features
  • some kind of camera (really I’d love 2MP, but it’s about the first thing I’d cut from my list)

IMG_3753 Samsung SCH-u740 right sideThat’s it, nothing too fancy.  A friend of mine mentioned to me some new “dual-hinge” phone from Samsung, and I sought it out at the local Verizon store this past weekend.  I bought one today, and so far, I’m really pleased with it.  Actually, as I write this I’m listening to MP3s I loaded onto my 1GB MicroSD card which it’s playing via the speakerphone.

My initial positive reactions:

  • it’s SMALL
  • good speakerphone
  • love the qwerty keyboard
  • screen is woefully small, but very bright
  • has a “alarm-only” ringer mode, which I’ve wanted for a long time

The negatives:

  • still learning the keyboard (it’s small and I’m really used to T9 at this point)
  • no way to enable/disable/change ringer volume while phone is closed (unbelievable, considering there are 4 buttons available)
  • IMG_3749 Samsung SCH-u740 'rotated' hingehinge might be flimsy, still not sure how it’ll hold up in a year (I expect no less than 2 years of use from a phone)
  • it’s CHAMPAGNE colored!  what the heck?  I think it actually comes with a 1978 Cadillac.  I’m gonna have to skin-it this thing.

I read a few thoughts and reviews online so far (specifically at Engadget Mobile, CNET), and I’ll share my own after a few more days’ worth of use.  I have 14 days to return it, so if anyone’s had a particularly bad experience with this phone, please let me know!

More pictures here.

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  2. tivoboy says:
    March 22, 2007 at 5:08 am

    In california, don’t we have 30 days to return cell phones? 14 is ROC.
    I think,
    you can quote me, but please don’t beat me!
    arggh

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  3. enV of SCH-u740 says:
    April 5, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    which is better enV or SCH-u740

    Reply
  4. lon says:
    February 8, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    does anyone know what program I can use on my computer (running windows vista64bit) to download to my cell phone (samsung sch-u740)

    Reply

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