Average User Rating

Design: 7.4; 74.28571%
Features: 7.2; 71.78571%
Performance: 5.4; 54.28571%

Good

7.4

out of 10

Based on 56 opinions

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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

6.4

out of 10

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41. Great phone!!!

7 Jul 2007 by trent

100%10out of 10

this phone is great i love it. i got like 2 weeks sgo and i cant get enough of this phone. it has everything, its has a qwerty keyboard like the enV but almost as thin as the razr.

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42. Best phone

11 Jun 2007 by Josh

90%9out of 10

Ok so ppl are talking baout the enV... lok at its reviews.. yes the 740 has a small keypad, but look at its size.. it only makes sense. after a 2 days i got used to the phone.. it is the best phone i have seen and used, the keyboard makes texting alot more simple and lets you spell words how you want them.. not how the phone wants. the ringer is load and is easy to hear in a crowd. this also has the dual speakers which makes music a dream, the V cast looks awsome.. the hinge is very study and it IS EASY TO OPEN WITH ONE HAND!!!! also it comes in black which is very nice.. Buy the phone if your looking for somthing compact and fun to use

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43. Samsung Fan...

23 May 2007 by Tr1sha Ann

90%9out of 10

I have been a huge fan of Samsung, and getting this phone only made me a bigger fan! While it is not for people with FFS (fat finger syndrome), it is also not for people who like simple phones. This phone has what I call character! If there is a menu that requires a wider view, it will tell you to close your phone and reopen sideways, instead of letting you see it in a scrunched up not so nice version with it flipped open vertically. If you are a patient person who appreciates a phone with quality, and is willing to take advantage of the benefits of this kind of phone, GET IT! It is a lot easier and funner to text message, which I do a lot of, and you'll appreciate the way Samsung rearanged their menus to accomodate the widescreen view. If it is too hard for you to recognize a number turned sideways, and for some reason it is too hard for you to slightly move your wrist so that you can see the numbers upright, don't bother getting this phone, someone else will appreciate it more. I love my Samsung U740!

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44. NICE!!!!

21 May 2007 by Phone Geek

84%8.4out of 10

This phone is awesome has a lot of features great battery life for being so thin unlike the razor my favorite is the block txt option allows you to block any number you want so this is great for your ex's that keep txting you

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45. two thumbs down

17 May 2007 by Gallant

48%4.8out of 10

Fastest phone return in my life

phone looks great untill you open it up and you have like 50 buttons jammed in the space where 15 buttons normally fit

number buttons are sideways when u goto use the key board. functions are listed and not usable in the flip phone access, tells u to close and open phone othe way then starts you back i the main screen to claw your way back to the screen you were at.

was nice to still have dual speakers coming from the V.

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46. Hey "steve"!!!

27 Apr 2007 by Rachel

78%7.8out of 10

just to let you know. not only has verizon come out with a speech to text phone, but its been discontinued. that just goes to show how well you pay attention. look up the samsung a-970.

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47. Samsuck!!

3 Apr 2007 by Mr. Sadface

24%2.4out of 10

Woah! so I bring my "champaign" colored phone home (yes the sales rep was very clever) and low and behold the thing is freaking impossible to open with a fip of your right hand. yeah if you dig your fingernail all the way under and take and extra 3 mins to guide it up it is possible but man is that other flip side annoying! Did anyone else see that its held together by like a single pin? Tight budget? at least get 2 pins to hold my 200$ phone with plz...cant text on the tiny buttons call me fat fingers I guess. There is many other flaws witht his phone but its going back before I find anymore.

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48. TERRIBLE

30 Mar 2007 by Steve

60%6out of 10

Hey retard this phone doesn't have text to speech enabled (at least according to the VZW website) and there is no such thing a speech to text on a VZW phone yet and by the way the LG enV may be bigger but its 10 times nicer. The screen on this phone sucks compared to the enV the keypad is like the size of a piece of rice, the 1.3mp camera is outdated and gives a blue tint to pictures (enV's camera is like a 10mp camera compared to this piece) and the only benfit to this phone is the fact that its thin but it still sucks.

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49. Very Nice...

5 Mar 2007 by Chris

84%8.4out of 10

I was deciding between this phone and the enV (I had the V and felt spoiled by the QWERTY keyboard), and I'm happy I went with this phone.

After carrying around the LG VX9800 for a long time, I needed something smaller. If you don't mind carrying something bigger, the enV has everything this phone does and more, but I like the compact size of the samsung model. The sound quality is still very good (better than the V) and it has plenty of features. It's also quite a bit cheaper than most of the high-end phones. The mp3 player, among other functions, is really easy to use.

Small downsides:
- the keypad takes getting used to. The key size isn't too small, but dialing numbers in landscape mode takes a while, because the numbers are facing the wrong way.

- the hinge is a lot sturdier than I originally thought, but if you plan on having this phone for like a year, you have to take care of it.

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50. Bluetooth 1.1 - That's insane

23 Feb 2007 by Drewby

62%6.2out of 10

I'm completely blown away by the fact that this phone uses bluetooth 1.1. This is not going to work well the headset when you're around anything that may cause interference, ie microwave. I just don't get it!

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