Electronics & Computers Deals here!Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 (Verizon Wireless)
Manufacturer: Samsung Part number: Rogue
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- The Samsung Rogue is a great multimedia touch-screen messaging phone for Verizon Wireless customers.
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CNET editors' review
Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 (Verizon Wireless) price range: $79.99
- Reviewed by: Nicole Lee
- Reviewed on: 09/11/2009
- Updated on:09/21/2009
- Released on: 08/18/2009
The good: The Samsung Rogue has a gorgeous display, a 3.5mm headset jack, a great keyboard, and an impressive array of features that includes a 3-megapixel camera, EV-DO Rev. A, GPS, and a HTML browser with Flash Lite. It has good call quality as well.
The bad: The Samsung Rogue is a tad bulky, and the streaming video quality is poor.
The bottom line: The Samsung Rogue is a great multimedia touch-screen messaging phone for Verizon Wireless customers.
Editors' note: After further review of the device, we have decided to give this an Editors' Choice award due to its better-than-average feature set when compared with other handsets in the same category.
Samsung has had mixed results with touch-screen phones with full keyboards. Verizon's Samsung Glyde had its share of faults, but we liked the Samsung Impression for AT&T quite a bit. Fortunately, the new Samsung Rogue for Verizon Wireless is no slouch. Not only is it a touch-screen and keyboard combo handset, but also it boasts an absolute gorgeous AMOLED display, a 3.5mm headset jack, and voice dialing. It also has plenty of high-end features, like a HTML browser with Flash Lite support, GPS, EV-DO Rev. A, and more. The Samsung Rogue is available for $99.99 after a two-year service agreement and a $100 mail-in rebate, which is quite affordable. Do note however, that the Rogue is one of a few non-smartphones from Verizon to require a data plan--either $9.99 for 25MB a month or $19.99 for 75MB a month.
Design
Though the Impression and the Rogue share the same basic design, they're not exactly alike. Measuring 4.29 inches long by 2.17 inches wide by 0.65 inch thick, the Rogue is slightly shorter and thicker and is a tad boxier around the edges. It's lighter at 4.94 ounces, but has a nice heft when held in the hand. The Rogue also has a nice textured battery cover that provides additional grip to the phone, and the bronze-and-silver color scheme gives it a sophisticated look.
The Rogue's most impressive characteristic, however, is definitely the 3.1-inch AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) display. It is simply gorgeous, though it suffers a little under direct sunlight. With support for 262,000 colors and a 480x800 pixel resolution screen, colors look vibrant, images are bright, and text is tack sharp. You can adjust the backlight, the dial font size, the menu font style, the clock format on the home screen, and the transition effect between menus. The touch screen interface is quite intuitive and easy to use as well. There's a touch calibration wizard setting so you can fine-tune the responsiveness. We like that the screen has vibrating feedback--you can even adjust the length and intensity of the vibrations. The Rogue supports Samsung's TouchWiz interface, which offers a collapsible toolbar with shortcut widgets. Some of the more useful widgets include one-touch access to social media sites like Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, and Twitter.
On the bottom row of the home screen are four shortcut icons that lead to the phone dialer, the contacts menu, the messaging menu, and the main menu. The phone dialer has a big number keypad with virtual keys, a shortcut to the contacts menu, groups, and favorites. You also can choose to type out a text message with this virtual keypad layout--just select new text message in the messaging menu while the phone is closed. Though it doesn't make too much sense to use this interface when the phone has a full keyboard, we can see how it would be useful if you only have one hand free to send a text.
You're not just stuck with virtual controls; there are physical keys as well. Beneath the display are the Send, Clear, and End/Power keys, while the volume rocker and charger jack are on the left spine. On the right spine are a screen lock key, a voice commands key, a speakerphone key that also doubles as a zoom key in camera mode, and a camera key. The camera key activates the camcorder when held down. Also on the right side are the card slot and a 3.5mm headset jack, which are always welcome on a music phone. On the back of the handset is the camera lens, complete with a self-portrait mirror and a flash LED.
When you slide the phone to the right, you'll see a full four-row QWERTY keyboard. It is spacious with nice big keys that are raised above the surface for easy and responsive texting. We also really appreciate that the numbers and letters keys are separate. There are the typical shift and function keys here, as well as navigation arrows and an OK key for navigating the phone in landscape mode. Also note that the whole screen changes orientation from portrait to landscape mode when the keyboard is out, even the widget toolbar and shortcut icons.
The Rogue also has an internal accelerometer that changes the orientation of the screen depending on how you hold it. It does work with only certain applications, though, like the Web browser and the photo gallery.
Features
The Rogue has a 1,000-entry phone book, with room in each entry for five numbers, two e-mail addresses, an instant-messaging screen name, a street address, a birthday, and notes. You can also save your contacts to groups, add a photo for caller ID, or pair them with one of 22 (72-chord) polyphonic ringtones. Other basic features include a vibrate mode, a speakerphone, a calculator, a calendar, an alarm clock, a stop watch, a world clock, a notepad, a timer, and even a sketch pad, where you can draw doodles and then send them to friends. You also get voice commands, USB mass storage mode, a file viewer in which you can read Microsoft Office documents plus PDFs, and GPS with VZ Navigator support. It supports a wide array of Bluetooth profiles as well, like hands-free, A2DP streaming, file transfer, and more.
Appropriately for a messaging phone like the Rogue, you get a variety of messaging features as well. You can send text, picture, video, and voice messages, and they'll appear in your in-box as threaded conversations. You also get visual voice mail, mobile IM with AIM, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo messenger support, and three different e-mail options--mobile e-mail, corporate e-mail, and mobile Web e-mail. Mobile e-mail lets you get e-mail from services like Yahoo, AOL, and Windows Live directly to your in-box; corporate e-mail lets you sync your work e-mail and calendar via a RemoSync service. Do note that the visual voice mail costs $3 a month, the mobile -email application is $5, and the corporate e-mail option requires a $9.99 a month subscription.
Since the Rogue comes with EV-DO Rev. A, it supports all of Verizon's V Cast broadband services, like V Cast Video, where you can watch streaming videos from a variety of content providers, and V Cast Music with Rhapsody that lets you purchase and download songs over the air. Each song is $1.99, which includes a download to the PC as well. If you prefer to load your own songs to the Rogue, you can do so via a microSD card--it supports up to 16GB cards. The Rogue supports MP3, WMA, and unprotected AAC and AAC+ formats.
We're quite pleased with the music player overall. It's easy to use, and the songs are automatically categorized by albums, artists, and genres. You can set the songs to shuffle or repeat, and you can create and edit playlists on the fly. The interface is simple, with the album art in the center and the player controls underneath. You can also search through your songs with the included search tool. However, you can't multitask with the music player active in the background. There's also a video player on here that can play H.264-encoded videos.
Another application that benefits from the EV-DO Rev. A support is of course the full HTML Web browser. It was a pleasure to use, with smooth and easy scrolling plus the ability to zoom in and out of pages just by using the camera zoom controls at the top. However, we did notice that in more complex Web pages, scrolling can be a little sluggish. You can use the search function, add bookmarks, and set the page to fixed width if you like. We also like that you can copy and paste text in the browser. More advanced users will like the browser's newsfeed feature that you can customize with all your favorite newsfeeds. Perhaps more interesting is that the Rogue's HTML browser also supports a version of Flash Lite that lets you watch streaming videos from sources like YouTube and CNET TV.
We were definitely impressed with the Rogue's 3.0-megapixel camera. Photo quality was really good, with sharp edges and vibrant colors. The camera can take pictures in eight resolutions, from 2,048x1536 all the way to 320x240. You also get three quality settings, auto focus plus macro focus, an autoshot mode, a self-timer, an adjustable ISO of up to ISO 400, three metering options, and settings for brightness, contrast, saturation, and sharpness. Other camera goodies include a ready sound, five color effects, up to 10x digital zoom, three shutter sounds with a silent option, and five shooting modes (single shot, multishot, panorama shot, mosaic shot, and frame shot). Since there's a flash LED, you can of course enable flash as well.
The camcorder can record in two modes: one for saving and one for sending as a multimedia message. In MMS mode, you can record in 176x144 resolution only; in "save" mode, you can record in either 320x240 or 640x480 resolution. You can adjust the self-timer, the color effects, the white balance, the brightness, and the flash LED. We were quite pleased with the video quality overall, though it was choppy at times. Colors looked great and there was little blur. Video is good enough for sharing on YouTube or Facebook.
You can personalize the Rogue with a variety of graphics and sounds for wallpaper and ringtones. You can get more from Verizon's online store. The same goes if you ever want more games or applications. The Rogue comes with a few games already, like Need for Speed Undercover, Resident Evil: Degeneration, and Tetris. There's also a handy Dice application that substitutes for real dice if you're ever in need of them.
Performance
We tested the Samsung Rogue in San Francisco using the Verizon Wireless service. Call quality was very impressive overall. On our end, callers sounded great, with hardly any static or interference. They sounded natural, and the volume was good enough in most situations.
On the callers' side of things, they said we sounded really good. Some even said it was close to landline quality. They said our voice sounded natural, and they didn't hear too much noise in the background. Automated-calling systems had no trouble recognizing our voice.
As for the speakerphone, callers could still hear us loud and clear. The voice quality was no longer so natural, however, and had a bit more of a harsh tone. Still, it sounded great for the most part. On our end, we thought callers sounded good with plenty of volume, with perhaps a bit of a tinny undertone. The same goes with audio playback--overall sound quality was fine, but the lack of bass makes most songs sound a bit flat. We definitely recommend a headset for the best audio quality.
EV-DO Rev. A makes downloading songs and loading Web pages a breeze. We downloaded a 1.5MB song in just a little more than 30 seconds, and loading a complicated Web page like CNET's front door took around 10 seconds. Streaming video had a very short buffering time as well. Still, video quality wasn't that great. They looked very pixelated and blurry, especially when there's a lot of movement.
The Rogue has a rated battery life of 4.7 hours talk time and 12.5 days standby time. Our tests showed the Rogue had a talk time of 4 hours and 49 minutes. According to FCC radiation tests, the Rogue has a digital SAR of 1.36 watts per kilogram.
User reviews
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Great hardware detracted by Verizon's nickle & diming
by TonyTMX on September 11, 2009
Pros: Spectacular screen, very good tactile response on the touch screen, quick response, very usable QWERTY keyboard, excellent interface, great battery life ... Overall an exceptional user experience.
Cons: Verizon, Verizon, Verizon, Verizon ...
Summary: I was the first person in my local Verizon store to purchase the Rogue. There is very little negative about the Samsung hardware. A couple basic layout items that I ...
Summary: I was the first person in my local Verizon store to purchase the Rogue. There is very little negative about the Samsung hardware. A couple basic layout items that I have issues with 1) power connector on the side and 2) headphone connector on the side. I do understand the reasoning, with the slide out keyboard it would be difficult to locate the connectors on the top and bottom, however it still needs to be mentioned, due to the fact that it is a little difficult to hold when plugged into power, and a little uncomfortable with the headphones plugged in and the phone placed in ones pocket.
Just an update. It's been about a month now since I've had the Rogue. I've only noticed one issue. I had a few occasions, about 2 or 3. where the phone randomly rebooted. No rhyme or reason to it. I proceeded to do a firmware update/reprogram *228 and have not had a problem since. I figured there would be some possible issues since this is a new phone and I got one of the first ones. Other than that so far so good. The battery life is excellent. Call quality is exceptional, and I love the screen. I still haven't explored all the possibilities with this phone, but so far I'm very happy and impressed. Samsung did an excellent job with this piece, and Verizon didn't screw it up too much with their proprietary software. I'll keep everyone posted as I explore the unit deeper over time. Enjoy!
The speed of the Samsung OS is very good. Screens refresh fast, sub-menus load quickly and applications launch at a very respectable speed. It has just about everything you would need in a integrated messaging phone. It would be nice if they made the unit a bit wider maybe 1/8" similar to the iPhone to give a bit more grasp for people with larger hands. This would also add to a slightly larger screen which would make this phone the closet thing to an iPhone killer out there.
The biggest issue I have with the Rouge has nothing to do with the hardware, it's Verizon. Having been with them for decades I don't dispute they have exceptional coverage in most areas, but their pricing has gotten ridiculous. The nickle and dime mentality is going to eventually kill Verizon mainly because people will be disgusted in not being able to figure out what they're paying for. That and the fact that they are expensive just leads to the frustration. Basically I have two phones with them on a family share plane w/ the new friends and family program. If I understand it my new bill will be around $140/mo plus tax for 1400 minutes shared, unlimited emails, data, txt, plus Vcast, and maybe VZNavigator, I stil can't figure that one out. The point is I wish Verizon and the other carriers would approach things like Sprint and Boost - flat fee for everything. I think $99 is not bad for a complete voice/data package, Boost's $50 is much better, but their Nextel network just isn't great, so you get what you pay for. After all these years I still think I'm getting robbed with Verizon. I know it's less than AT&T's iPhone plan, but still it's just ridiculous to spend $150 for a data/phone plan without unlimited everything.
So in conclusion, the Rouge, I'm extremely happy with it. I didn't want another Microsoft mobile device, because Windows mobile is TERRIBLE. I didn't want a Blackberry because the QWERTY is difficult for me, and the STORM, well it's slow and problematic, so with that said the Samsung had everything I was looking for without the issues of Microsoft or RIM. It's slick, has an awesome screen, will probably do everything you want it to, and add a 16Gb microSD card, in my opinion you have an excellent alternative to an iPhone with the bonus keyboard. Samsung, so far you hit a homerun with this handset. Now hopefully it will last two years!
Updated on Oct 4, 200929 out of 30 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Greatest phone I have ever owned and I had an Iphone!!!
by velvetslash on October 10, 2009
Pros: Amazingly clear, large, bright and colorful AMOLED Screen, HTML Internet, Cool Movable Widgets, Touch Screen, Great Audio and Video, 3.0mp camera with flash and dslr options like iso settings etc...,QWERTY keyboard, Micro SD, Headphone Jack, Sleek!!!
Cons: Touch Screen isn't as good for web as iphone, thus zooming in etc... but still nice, Very few apps but it's a new phone, battery life isnt amazing but it's a large bright screen so it's ok....buy an extended and you r ok, other then that....nothing!!
Summary: I used to have an iphone and it was great, I love the apps and being able to jailbreak it and never have to pay for anything ever was amazing ...
Summary: I used to have an iphone and it was great, I love the apps and being able to jailbreak it and never have to pay for anything ever was amazing and illegal, but amazing too and then I kept having to pay over 200$ a month for BULL **** charges and roaming charges and extra data plans bs and it was just one thing after another, terrible phone service and the iphone just got old, if you are a child who plays video games then the iphone is for you....so I switched back to Verizon once again and bought a Samsung Rogue and I could not be happier. The second I turned it on and saw the bright screen and vribrant colors I was freakin blown away. It's seriously worth it just to buy for 99$(after 100$ mail in and 2yr contract) just to see the colors on the phone, it's insane.The screen is just an added bonus that makes everything surf on the web and text sent seem like eye candy. Seriously, web pages are bright and crsip and work fine, unlike some reviewers said, you can watch most flash videos because it has flash lite(not perfect, but better then the iphone) and the audio and voice command features are great. The 3.0 mega pixel Camera is the best I have seen with built in flash and auto focus and the list goes on....the video is excellent and the options to send videos and pictures are amazing. This is a texters dream phone with nice slide out full QWERTY keyboard with illuminated keys for the night time porn(just kidding, no I am not). Texting is fast and easy and the added touch screen features make it a breeze if you mess up a little. I just love this phone, yes there are some minor minor flaws, but overall it's an excellent phone with amazing features and it's not an iphone killer cause of the lack of apps, but if verizon opens this up to designers and coders it could be...it's sleeker and fits in you hand better than and iphone and has many of the same features, but better options or additions to them and the little things like not a long battery life and no touch zoom for internet are out weiged by everything it does brilliantly..Samsung has made a killer phone, verizon helps out byt giving me unlimited everything for about 110$ a month, which includes minutes, texting, web, vz navigator(which is actual turn by turn, unlike the ******** iphone crap blue dot gps) and I can watch tv and movies with great quality on it too....it never ends...hope this review helps...in short, it's not a busniess phone like the blackberry models, but it has similar cool features and it's not a app machine like the iphone, but the screen and widgets and texting make it an excellent phone till your next 2 yr upgarde comes up...I think it's the best verizon phone hands down...my sister's blackberry sucks and eats up battery and all it's good for is email and having a million contacts, no fun....this cell phone is fun, sleek, beautiful, amazing, sexy, crazy, ***** and better than the iphone...well sort of..I liked the iphone, just not att.....if you want a great phone for multimedia, texting, and everythimg the balckberriess and iphone have, but more...then grab a samsung rogue...you can't beat it for the price....there are some little things that get annoying, but not nearly as much as my old iphone or blackberry....I promise you won't be disapointed at all.....!!!!! BUY A ROGUE, very cool phone
4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Phone is nice too bad need for Data plan
by dodcat on September 23, 2009
Pros: the phone is really nice
Cons: Verizon plan isn't good for family with smart phone
Summary: I was going to get this phone yesterday, but rep told me that I need to have a data plan which is fine, but after look at their puny plan ...
Summary: I was going to get this phone yesterday, but rep told me that I need to have a data plan which is fine, but after look at their puny plan I back out. Was thinking that I can upgrade my family plan to family connect but plan is not allow for my wife's smart phone, still can't understand why a smart phone need to be "upgrade" to a lesser function phone to use the plan. Will need to look other carrier.
4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Very versitile phone
by KavonH on September 13, 2009
Pros: Yes, i was one of those people that had been waiting for the release of this phone with baited breath. So the day it came out, i got it. I have had nothing but success with this phone (upgraded from EnV2). IF you have a data plan, its a great phone.
Cons: I was taken by surprise when i was told that it was a "premium" phone, and required a data plan, besides that no problems, except poor audio quality on Youtube and so far only 14 apps compatible with the phone.
Summary: Overall, awesome phone for somebody who would like to have e-mail on the go. If the data plan is what is keeping you from getting the phone, my suggestion would ...
Summary: Overall, awesome phone for somebody who would like to have e-mail on the go. If the data plan is what is keeping you from getting the phone, my suggestion would be to get the Connect plan, which gives you unlimited MB's, and unlimited text, but doesnt give you the VZ navigator or VCast Video (you dont even really need VCast videa because you have Youtube, and you can use Google maps for a navigator).
4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Simply an amazing phone.
by bryan_63 on September 12, 2009
Pros: Don't know where to start from the gorgeous screen to the easy use, its all amazing.
Cons: Battery life can run up quickly if you use the internet, messaging and email alot, but if you just use it normally it will last you just fine.
Summary: For those complaining about the Verizon plans, you are being silly. I signed up with a premium family plan, have unlimited everything! for only 60/month! Those complaining about data ...
Summary: For those complaining about the Verizon plans, you are being silly. I signed up with a premium family plan, have unlimited everything! for only 60/month! Those complaining about data plans need to think about what they're saying. Why would you get this phone without a data plan?
4 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Data Plans
by kris31519 on September 11, 2009
Pros: if you have a basic or select plan then you need to add the data plan but if you have the nationwide or the connect plan you straight,please at least just go into the store and see whats going on before you bash Verizon wireless
Cons: People bashin Verizon and not knowing the facts
Summary: The bottom line here is that if you going to bash verizon wireless please get your information correct first...I have a catalog and it states it clearly you need ...
Summary: The bottom line here is that if you going to bash verizon wireless please get your information correct first...I have a catalog and it states it clearly you need a nationwide plan or a connect plan to use the rogue. Point Blank plain and simple.
7 out of 14 users found this user opinion helpful.
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The greatest, especially for the price and features.
by Dav244835 on October 2, 2009
Pros: Camera, camcorder, video editing, Flash Lite, TouchWiz, HTML browser, picture editing, document viewer, email capabilities, self portrait mirror, call quality, interface, screen, battery, price, Bluetooth, EVDO (3G), games, and about everything else.
Cons: None, so far.
Summary: This is a luxury phone, with great features, at the greatest price tag for what is has, some of the rare findings are a standard video editor, slide show maker, ...
Summary: This is a luxury phone, with great features, at the greatest price tag for what is has, some of the rare findings are a standard video editor, slide show maker, Flash Lite, 3.0mp camera with flash, video, and all sorts of hidden camera features, like you can make a mosaic, there's different settings as to what it will insert, it will take multiple photos, and then it will make it into a format (to hard to describe in just a review), it has photo editing like sharpening, blurring, black & white converting, inserting text, lowering contrast (contrast is preset, but it's different on each setting for how the photo looks). The reason I stumbled across this, was because my parents got this, and I got my hands on it at an event, and I couldn't stop marveling at it's features until the battery died, about 6 hours later. The Youtube was even faster than my computer, thanks to a speedy 3G connection. I showed my parents some of the features, and that just blew their mind. A document viewer, video and photo editor, HTML browser, Flash Lite, full email capabilities (I don't have a corporate email account), TouchWiz interface, Vcast services, a 3mp camera with flash, self portrait mirror, different ways of making your photos "pop" like the multi-photo merging to make awesome photos and the backgrounds and borders (like at the bottom of one, there's money), dice simulation with vibration and sound feed back like regular dice. That's not even the beginning, there's a much loved 3.5mm headphone jack, Bluetooth capabilities (voice and stereo), 6 hour (for me anyway) battery life, great preloaded games (the trials, but still great), and so much more, it would take me an hour more to describe it. Now for the feature reviews:
the camera takes photos that rival the capabilities and quality of a regular digital camera (I'm talking about the regular slip-in-your-bag cameras, because those are the most popular), it may take short videos, but with so many camera features, and such good quality, it even rivals SLRs (professional photographers camera), and costs about 10 times less than most nice cameras. The camera has a great array of features, that even a professional photographer would even throw their old camera away for this, for it has a way for you to take one photo at a time, and have it put together in different forms, there's even a setting that lets you put 9 photos together in boxes, as if your family (or what you are taking pictures from for that matter) were The Brady Bunch. You can also have it put a border around your picture, or a partial border (like on one border, your face would be surrounded by a border of hearts and in the shape of a big heart, and in one partial border, you can make like a pool of money under you). By far, it is very simple to get to that, just press a button on the side (but you must know that it is hard to take a self portrait with some of the camera features, but the mirror still helps, a lot). Now, the camcorder has most of those features, so I won't go into that, but video quality is great as well. The video and picture editing, you can sharpen, blur, make color to B&W (black and white), grayscale, and plenty more, even to change it to look like the worlds gone to the wrong color lens. It can make a slide show of 3 pictures or videos, and also insert text, and you can decide when it will change (I recommend just doing it with photos, so you won't cut off any video), and nothing is easier to use, or integrated (because this comes standard). The Flash Lite allows the Youtube widget to work (but I recommend using 3G, because otherwise, it will take awhile to load), and well, it just works extremely good in picture and sound, but the only downside, it doesn't work in the HTML browser, only in the widget (for me anyway). The TouchWiz interface, is just like a piece of cake when you get used to how you drag it out and in and know how to make sure you don't drag it out when your trying to open it, which comes after an hour or to of use. The TouchWiz interface allows you to easily customize your interface by simply dragging in and off your home screen, the screen stays the same even when you slide up the keyboard into landscape. The HTML browser is only one word: fabulous, I can't describe it any other way, and it hard to put into words. The document viewer views and edits word documents, and is terrific. The email is great, with web mail, and corporate (with special contract), and you can view it in the web browser, or have it download. The rest, is just terrific, especially the call quality, for it has almost crystal clear reception, except on the road, where you'll be driving. The people on the other end marveled at how clear it was, especially since I switched form AT&T, and I thought it sounded like a landline. Finally, the best of all, the price. The Samsung Rogue is $99.99 form Verizon Wireless with a 2 year contract. For all the features, I'd turn down an Iphone 3GS, and recommend this.2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great phone for money, few things could be better.
by EPD073 on October 28, 2009
Pros: Touch screen, customizable widgets, easy to use. whisper mode, qwerty keyboard, video editing, tools, notification bar, 3.5mm jack, document viewer.
Cons: No charging screen options, poor calendar options, no calendar synch, indability to read/download attachments.
Summary: The Rogue is a great phone for the price (now $79). There are a few things that would make the phone excellent, but nothing that should be a deal breaker ...
Summary: The Rogue is a great phone for the price (now $79). There are a few things that would make the phone excellent, but nothing that should be a deal breaker for those looking for a similar phone. For the people who complain about having to get a data package; you shouldn't get this phone if you aren't going to use the data options. Get an LG Touch or similar instead.
The Rogue has a user friendly touch screen with easily customizable widgets.You can leave the widgets on the widget bar or drag them anywhere on the screen that you want to put them.
Call quality is good along with a nice option called whisper mode in which when activated you can talk softly and the person on the other end can hear you clearly.
There is a nice notification bar which shows you if you have a message, calendar event, missed call, if the speaker is on and if a silent or vibrate mode is activated.
The tools are nice including a stopwatch and countdown timer. Of course there is the alarm with a motion detector allowing you to snooze the alarm by turning the phone face down. (The motion detector also allows you to silent an incoming call by turning the phone over). There is also a calculator, notepad, sketch pad, world clock, and file viewer. The file viewer allows you to put files on the sd card and look at them, however you cannot download/view email attachments.
The 3.5mm jack is nice. You no longer need to buy those silly adaptors to plug your headphones in. The music sounds nice through the speaker also, and you can actually load music onto the sd card and then load them onto the phone instead of having to put them on vcast music on your computer and then synching.
The calendar could be better. First, there is currently to synch option to synch it with your desktop, etc. Also, you cannot have no alert; you can either choose tone, vibrate, or light only. And you can't choose no alert time, just on time, and several before time choices. Finally, the recurrence doesn't allow for bi-weekly, or daily for a few days.
The customizable fonts are nice. The qwerty keyboard is great. The battery life is just fine unless watching tons of videos or playing a lot of games, in which any battery is going to die faster. The vcast videos play awesome. Youtube is ok but a little off on video/audio. Games are cool (demo parts I played).
The lock for the screen is to puch the lock button twice, the lock button then the on screen lock button, or any side button then the lock or screen lock button. Anyway it is a two step unlock and so far I have not had any pocket dials.
The camera is sharp and there is a video editing wizard.
The browser is quick and allows for multiple windows to be open.
I don't like that there is no charging screen option; the screen just goes dark. Would be nice if you could have a clock displayed or slideshow or some other option.
Overall this is a great phone for what it is for with a few minor things that could be better. The price is down to $79 and this is a great phone for that price.1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Worst Phone I Ever Owned!
by pvillepro07 on October 10, 2009
Pros: the screen quality is great
Cons: back speaker quality, txt messages does not keep up when you are typing. when you take it off of lock or push it half the time the screen splits into 2 different screens and you have to take the batter out because it locks it
Summary: worst phone i have ever owned. i have to take the battery out of the phone atleast 10 times a day. the call quality is awful you can hardly hear ...
Summary: worst phone i have ever owned. i have to take the battery out of the phone atleast 10 times a day. the call quality is awful you can hardly hear what anyone is saying. ringtones are crappy and if you buy one it sounds worse on the phone and it doesnt ring loud either. Samsung got this one wrong!
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Email issues when going from PDA phone to this phone
by elbenton on October 5, 2009
Pros: Display is super sharp. Download times are fast.
Cons: Email options
Summary: When I had a PDA phone (Samsung i760) I would delete emails all day long and then peruse them more casually later that night on my PC at home. With ...
Summary: When I had a PDA phone (Samsung i760) I would delete emails all day long and then peruse them more casually later that night on my PC at home. With this phone and Mobile Email, you cannot do this. If you delete an email on your phone, it gets deleted from your email server. There is no option to leave them on the server.
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Specifications
- Manufacturer: Samsung
- Part number: Rogue
- Description: For those who carry their lives in their pocket or pocketbook, Samsung has created the Samsung Rogue. This stylish, advanced and very cool device uses the latest mobile technology to keep you in touch and up-to-date like never before. The powerful processor lets you surf the web with multiwindow functionality for a true desktop experience. There's a beautiful 3.1" AMOLED touch screen display. And you get a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, one-touch widget access, a music player, a 3.0-megapixel camera and much more. You can live with that, can't you?
General
- Product Type Cellular phone
Manufacturer info
- Samsung
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- Website: http://www.samsungusa.com/
- Address:
105 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 - Phone: 1-800-726-7864
- Fax: 1-973-601-6001
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