Samsung SCH-u940 Glyde Review
Samsung Glyde is the stylish phone with a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out when is needed, and beautiful 2.8″ touch screen display. It is a phone, and also comes with a music player, camera (2MP), video, internet, navigator, QWERTY Keyboard, speaker phone and features voice commands.
Design
The phone weigh 4.1-ounce while measures at size 4 x 2 x 0.7 inches. It is thick but rather compact with midnight blue shell trimmed in chrome-colored plastic. From front, a 2.8-inch touchscreen, an analog Home button, and the ear speaker making up the space, while the 2-megapixel camera lens and LED flash adorn the back.
The phone’s thickness is attributed to the QWERTY keyboard, which glides out from behind the front. The quality and smoothness of the spring-loaded sliding mechanism is rather impressive.
Features
Inside, the dual-band CDMA (800/1900MHz) phone features stereo Bluetooth and assisted GPS, 3G support and a competent Web browser. It comes in 45MB of built-in flash memory for messages, applications, ringtones, media, and ringtones, though you can add up to 8GB with a microSD card, that supports the latest range of high-capacity cards. Furthermore, the Vibration strength is adjustable. However, the Glyde does not have WiFi.
Interface
The Glyde’s capacitive touchscreen responds to skin’s ability to carry electricity away from the screen’s electrodes, rather than being pressure sensitive. A stylus or fingernail does not work here. Down side is, the touch screen doesn’t work that well. Until Samsung comes out with a fix, the work around is by zooming in via volume buttons and dragging fingger to scroll vertically and horizontally.
The screen automatically rotates to landscape mode when the keyboard slides out. The QWERTY keyboard can be used for functions like scrolling and activating links or buttons,
Home button underneath the LCD can brings you to the main screen from anywhere in the phone’s menu system. Overall, the menus are clear and the buttons are generally large to be pressed easily.
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October 16th, 2009 09:55
hate the glyde. it sucks. do not get this phone. i read comments before i got it and thought that i wouldnt believe them. trust me. it SUCKS. i really wish i could get a new phone. its unresponsive, and a total piece of bs crap. DONT GET IT.
August 11th, 2009 10:10
I have had the glyde for about a year. The screen will activate on a part not pushed, calling someone that I am not trying to call. I can not find any drivers to connect it to vista. Sometimes I will push the same place 8 or 9 times with no results. I entirely understand how to use the phone, but think the phone sucks for the above reasons. Have the screen sensitivity set to high and it still does all this. If you want a touch screen consider another phone.
August 5th, 2009 17:18
THE GLYDE SUCKS. I hate hate hate hate it.
Worst phone I’ve ever had.
June 21st, 2009 00:22
tha glyde is awsum u must be stupid if u cnt figure it out
June 6th, 2009 11:48
that cuz glyde sucks. i wouldnt recommend it not even to my worst enemy..
September 4th, 2008 06:25
great phone, Verizon has dropped the price for the Glyde, it’s now only $79 with 2 years contracts.