Samsung Glyde Reviews

71. problems

2 Aug 2008 by Upset

58%5.8out of 10

This phone is by far one of the worst phones I have had. I tried it out in the store and it was great. Once I got home and had it for a week or 2, the touch screen wouldn't work correctly. I touched one command and it did a whole different command. I brought the phone in, they gave me another one. I thought okay fair deal. The 2nd phone did the same exact thing and kept freezing up! Therefore, I brought in the 2nd phone and they gave me a third one. Once again of the same kind! 3 phones in less than 2 months....what is wrong with that? The third phone I have now (all of them were the Glyde), is just as bad and then some. The touch screen doesn't respond correctly and at times doesnt respond at all. The music player was playing after I exited it and officially closed it out. The song would not stop playing no matter what I did. Then not too long after the screen froze when I was charging the phone. I tried turning it off but it didn't go off so I had to take the battery out. Most phones if not ALL PHONES turn off when you take the battery out. The screen still stayed frozen WHILE the battery WAS OUT! This phone is definately one of the worst out there! It's not worth it. If all touch screens are like this, I'm going back to a basic phone because this is ridiculous! When I go to send a message ir won't even let me send it because instead of it letting me hit reply or send, it goes to options or contacts. Someone needs to fix this!!!

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72. Glyde Software updated

29 Jul 2008 by Sufcc

84%8.4out of 10

Samsung has developed a new software version to improve the touchpad performance and other enhancements. Wait a week until most retailers have the newer version and feel free to try it out.

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73. GLYDE NUMBER #1

26 Jul 2008 by Tmonkey

76%7.6out of 10

Yes the touch screen isn't the best, but the keyboard rocks and the internet is acceptable. If your a kid or a teen in a school that's lacking good sercurity like me, then this low profile but high tech phone is the one for you.

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74. crap

22 Jul 2008 by Anonymous

56%5.6out of 10

this phone sucks ass. the touch screen is horrible and clicks things you don't want to click. sometimes it vibrates all on it's own. i adjust the screen sensitivity, and it still does the same crap. gets stuck on screens, and won't let you advance. clicks stuff by it's self and send you were you don't want to be. i paid 200 bucks for this POS, and re upped with verizon for 2 years because I thought it was a good phone.

i was told first that i was stuck with it because my 30 days had gone by. then i was given a number and verizon is gonna send me a "refurbished" replacement.

i've been a verizon customer for around 10 years, but after this fiasco, if the "new" glyde doesn't work any better, i have half a mind to file a class action law suit.

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75. idk

21 Jul 2008 by adam

58%5.8out of 10

this phone stops working randomly bad phone dont buy it waste of money. my brother just got the dare it is so much better than this the only good about this phone is the keyboard.

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76. Not all its cracked up to be....

21 Jul 2008 by Tony

64%6.4out of 10

Hey there people. I purchased the Glyde as soon as it hit the shelves based upon the reviews and stuff from this site and youtube. i should have waited till some other sapp bought it and tried theirs. dont make the same mistake. nothing compares to the touch quality of the iphone. u may not care but when u need the glyde to work at an important time, it chooses to act up. where ever i touch, it clicks something else, or does nothing. It is not that great. the best part is the internet which has a touch and full keyboard, unlike voyager which is not touch screen when u open it.
i just got off the phone with verizon and heard the bad news that i cant get another phone without paying full price. im so mad i got it. i miss the real buttons of a phone. i miss a phone that does what u ask it to do. it looks nice and all my friends want it but i dotn have the heart to lie and say its a good phone. i have told numerous people to get soemthing else. this is my second Samsung and they both stunk!! I wouldnt recommend another Samsung. I do however have a 50" Samsung plasma tv which is AMAZING.
Stick to tv's Samsung!!

OK lets wrap it up...

PROS- Not many

Cons- too many to list!

DO the MATH!!! get something else

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77. phone is wack

15 Jul 2008 by Alfonso

34%3.4out of 10

Ok I had this phone for a month exactly before I found out about the 30 day satisfaction guarantee verizon has and immediately traded it in. I'll start off with the good, itll be a lot quicker than the bad. The display looks really nice and i was very impressed with the camera. It ends there.
The bad: first of all, the battery is awful. My lg vx8100 lasted longer even after i had it for 2 and a half years. My second biggest complaint was the fact that to unlock the screen, all you have to do is touch the lock that appears. This is a mind bogglingly dumb feature. I made at least 3 accidental calls and wasted who knows how many minutes browsing the web...all inside my pocket. awesome. turns out all the touch phones are like which is why i swapped mine in for a good old flip.
Next, The keyboard is crunched (this is coming from someone with small fingers) and your thumb always hits the edge of the phone when trying to use the top row cuz there's just no room. You also have to use the Fn key (kinda like shift) a lot cuz they packed everything into only 3 rows of keys which gets tedious.
The touch screen was a little finicky, meaning it didnt always pick what i wanted and sometimes it thought i was still touching it even when i wasn't. However, i found the glyde to be one of the best so again, touch just ain't for me.
I didn't like the way there is a main menu icon and also a shortcuts menu icon both on the home screen. this was clearly designed for ease of use but in my opinion it only backfired because it just seemed like too many choices to get to the same thing and it felt like a chore figuring out the best way to get to whatever i wanted.
Another biggie for me was that this phone was NOT loud enough. not in the earpiece and not on the speaker, and to top it all off, the vibration was WEAK.
lastly, it takes about 7 pushes of the home key to END A CALL. (3 if your patient).
it seems cool for the 5 minutes you play with it in the store, but it really just ends up being a chore to use. they say you get used to the touch, well i didnt after a month. enough said.

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78. Idk whch gylde yall have bt it cant b the same one i have.......dis one is GARBAGE!!!

3 Jul 2008 by DJ C

38%3.8out of 10

People......you all probly kno me frm all the comments ive posted about this fone n im here postn this comment frm the glyde to tell u all srry for the misleadn comments........this fone is a piece of crap rite under the chocolate 2 omg i hate this fone rite nw n im waitn on my third one as im speaking and since i got it frm a third party vender i have to go through three n 90 days so im hopen that this third and extra emphasis on 3RD.....is better n if nt then im gettn the voyager evn tho i dnt lke the clamshell or how the touchscreen feels......i dnt nd the stress especially spndn dis much on a phone....da only thng dat i lke it how the touch screen feels and it slidn. The camera sux if u go n2 ur artist u better nt misspell da persns name or it will freeze den restart so word of advice ppl.......DNT BUY THIS PIECE OF CRAP UNLESS U R FOR SURE THAT EITHER SAMSUNG OR VERIZON HAS FIXD IT PROBLEMS WHCH IS ABOUT EVERYTHNG!!!!!

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79. Faulty Touch Screen

2 Jul 2008 by David

40%4out of 10

This phone is the most annoying with the touch screen. I press it and it vibrates to let me know I touched it and then nothing happens. It even shows light behind where I touched it to show I touched it. Still nothing. I press button on average 3 times before it does anything.

I found out patience is best with this phone I timed it if you wait 3 seconds between each touch of the screen it works. But, who wants to wait 3 seconds every time you touch the screen. I found this is due to the screen locking up. I tried rebooting and battery removal no better.

I do love the look and style of this phone but, as another stated that is about all it has going for it. Also, the speaker does suck while on phone good while playing music.

I do enjoy the use of the web on this after getting used to it. You have to use the keyboard arrow keys. A stylus is what this really needs. BTW I love the slide out keyboard it is the best I have ever used! This is cool no matter what others say.

Exchanging mine for the LG on the 3rd. Verizon should not have put this phone out yet. I think they snookered people into this phone and put it out so early because of the LG. They had to sell it after so much money in development before the LG was out or people would have skipped this phone to the LG. Smart on them but, screwed us over who bought it.

Also poor signal strength.

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80. Crazy Phone

30 Jun 2008 by Eric

56%5.6out of 10

I had the phone for 32 days and it decided to go crazy and hit whatever item on the touch screen was closest to the home button. It did this regardless of where I touched or if I didn't touch the phone at all. Luckily verizon let me trade it in and gave me a 2 week extension on my 30 day return period so the glyde will be going back as soon as the Dare hits stores.

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