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also known as Samsung SCH-U740
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6 Apr 2007
Samsung SCH-U740 Review
After reviewing the LG enV, we had high hopes for the competing Samsung U740, since both devices offer a QWERTY keypad. Unfortunately, we came away from the U740 with a feeling that Samsung dropped the ball when designing this phone. The U740 shares none of the “high end” features found on the enV, and even the QWERTY keypad is difficult to use. The camera is only 1.3MP, the internal display is not QVGA, the stereo speakers are distorted at high volumes, and the keypad buttons are tiny and crammed together. The call reception ...
- Average
- out of 10
1.
8 Nov 2008 by Anonymous
96.7%9.7out of 10
BY FAR the best phone verizon has put out. All the new touchscreens are terrible. If you like to text, then this is your phone. Don't be fooled by the tiny buttons on the QWERTY keyboard because it takes 1 day to get used to. I cannot count how many times i've fallen for verizon's gimmicks with the touch screen text phones. THEY ARE ALL TERRIBLE.
I'm still waiting for verizon to put out another phone like this one. There's no need for the touch screens that havent been perfected like the iphone. If you're going to text look no further than this phone
small, practical, easy to use, easy to textnone
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2. ok
19 Oct 2008 by den
53.3%5.3out of 10
just average nothing specail nice design and thats it. Broke down verizon was great about it. Click the wrong buttons all the time. Could be better. MP3 buttons go off in my pocket even when on lock music starts playing in my pocket if you want to get it is overpriced
keyboard
musicsmall buttons
battery life
call reception
broke once shut down nonstop
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3. It's Okay
18 Oct 2008 by verizon costumer
46.7%4.7out of 10
I dont really like this phone. The outside of it doesnt look attractive, it looks weird on the outside. But the inside looks much better. The phone has shut off on me many times, which is VERY annoying.
I have had this phone for 2 years and next month I am replacing it with the verizon Blitz.
qwerty keyboard
easy textingshuts off on you
the outside is ugly
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4. Phone is the WORST I have ever owned
30 Sep 2008 by Anonymous
23.3%2.3out of 10
My boyfriend and I bought this phone about six months ago. His phone broke first. It only allowed him to talk via speakerphone. Mine broke within a week. It shuts itself off all the time (not just when texting.) Almost everytime I pick my phone up, it is off again. It used to just restart itself, but now it is always off. His phone has locked itself. It also says it has an "Initial Programming Error." None of the default lock codes work and he never set one up himself. So, we got what we paid for when we bought this phone. It was a waste of money.
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5. Shuts-off
24 Sep 2008 by Samuel A Munoz
56.7%5.7out of 10
I've had the phone for over a year now. While it is a really cool phone it has some major problems. Primarily with shutting down ALL the time when I am typing a text. Many users on this forum have noted this problem. Can you imagine thumbing in a lengthy text and just before sending it the phone shuts off and you lost everything you typed. Not picture that happening to you 30 times a day like it does to me ...
The phone also requires a special USB/Headphones because the socket is non-standard. That blows. The Vcast music software is clumsy.
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6. okay phone
31 Aug 2008 by Anonymous
56.7%5.7out of 10
i've had this phone for a little over a year and it's okay. i like the small size. one of the really annoying this is that some of the features can't be accessed while the phone is flipped open longways. also when i get text messages, instead of vibrating once, it vibrates 3 times in a row. mine has a really powerful vibrate, so it makes a lot of noise. the word mode for texting can't spell some things, and that really bothers me. words like interesting and hotel it doesn't recognize. the buttons are tiny too, so it is a little difficult to text on, either in qwerty mode or in word mode. i also have to charge it every 2 days for some reason.
small
full keyboardthe camera's flash doesn't do much
word mode doesn't know how to spell
if you have lots of stuff on phone, the phone lags
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7. best phone i have had
31 Aug 2008 by andy
100%10out of 10
i bought this phone just a few days ago and have been very pleased some previous reviews hav said it doesnt vibrate or theres no picture texting or whatever it has all that even text to speech my previous phone was a old a$$ kyocera antenna nonpicture capable polytronic hard to text this phone is much faster increased texting speed 100 fold took a little getting used to the buttons but overall its pretty easy it works great it is worth it
good battery life
easy to text
holds musicnone
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8. Durable U-740
17 Aug 2008 by Bill
82%8.2out of 10
I have had this phone a year now and I can't say anything bad about it.
Call quality,speakerphone and camera work great.I did purchase the extended battery and cover that add bulk but are worth it.The dual flip design is nice, great for texting.This phone has been very durable for me and recommend highly.
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9. DON"T BUY
11 Aug 2008 by James Clark
38%3.8out of 10
I have had three replacements in less than one year.No,I didn't break them they just lose the volume for no reason, after about 3 months you must use the speaker mode to hear your caller which in turn lets everyone hear your call AVOID!!!
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10.
11 Aug 2008 by jeremy
78%7.8out of 10
my expierence with this phone was not the best. i had troubles with it from the start, randomly rebooting while in my pocket right before i recieve a call or text message so it doesnt ring. then i had gotten the firmware upgrade hoping it would solve this problem, but for the most part made it worse. instead of just rebooting, now it just completley shuts off more frequent than before, not just in my pocket when im not paying attention, it has shut off while i was in the middle of typing a text message. it was a good phone but sadly because of verizon's stupid software on the phone i had to go back to my older phone, an LG VX8100
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