Samsung SCH-U740 Alias
One ugly phone
Saw this phone in Circuit City yesterday, and the gold color (let's face it, it's 1970's-era pimp gold, not champagne) will keep pretty much any guy, and a lot of girls, from buying it, no matter how cool the dual flip is. Until it comes out in a color other than something Huggy Bear would carry, you'll be seeing it primarily at Girlmania and Color Me Mine. And I agree with other posters who said the feature and specs set left a little to be desired. It's a great design, with already-outdated technology packed into it, in a color only My Little Pony would like. When it comes out in black, silver, gray, or nearly any color than metallic gold, I think it might do well.
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ha ha.... tell me how you really feel... I got a good chuckle out of your post. I agree the colour choice is lackluster at best. Verizon seems to do that, they develop a string of good-lookin phones such as the LG 8600, the Q both black and silver, the high end sammys, and then they drop some crayola-nightmare straight outta a 1983 Prince video on us, like the A950 or that curvy blue LG 3450, or even that kyocera kx444.
I wish theyd put together a design plan for the look if heir phones and make the manufactures conform. lord knows they do that on every other aspect.
I wish theyd put together a design plan for the look if heir phones and make the manufactures conform. lord knows they do that on every other aspect.
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Wizzard, you are so right. Phone is great size, feels great to use, I like the keyboard and the screens etc. I hope they come out with a black, silver or gray version soon, then I'd be all over it.
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another thing besides the ugly color is try flipping it open with one hand you sometimes flip the side open when trying to answer a call it gets a little annoying
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I saw and played with a working one at CC today and I completely agree this is hurting. Just a color (like black) would improve it but it would still be too long when opened for talking, too wide for a modern phone, and the buttons are tiny. Speech to text is cool but also needed as anything I texted on here would be gibberish.
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