- Bluetooth Wireless Technology** – headset, hands-free, serial port and dial up networking profi les supported; OPP (for vCard only)
- 1.3 MegaPixel Digital Camera with Flash, Auto Focus and 10 Step Digital Zoom
- Directional Navigation Key for Ease of Use
- T9™ Text Input and full QWERTY keyboard for Easy Text Entry
- Includes: Standard Li-Ion Battery, Travel Charger, Headset Adapter and User’s Guide
Product Description
Form meets function as you open the u740 in portrait mode to take and make calls, then switch to landscape mode to type messages, check email or surf the web. Sending text messages and emails is a breeze with a QWERTY Keyboard. Open the u740 in landscape mode and type. Download and view video on the multimedia capable u740 and while you are at it,download and play music and more with V CAST Music. With optional accessories, enjoy hands-free operation utilizing a Bluetooth Car Kit or Bluetooth Mono Headset. You can also sync your phonebook with your computer so your contacts are always up to date.
Samsung U740 Alias Black Phone
I LOVE THIS PHONE ITS THE BEST EVER JUST ALL THE FEATURES MAKE UP FOR THE SMALL KEYS THERE NOT THAT SMALL BUT JUS A LIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
Although I have only had my phone for a week or so I really love everything about it!!!!
Rating: 4 / 5
THIS PHONE IS DEFINITELY ABOVE THE REST, IT’S NICE IN EVERY WAY, I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT AND ANYONE THAT SEES IT JUST GO CRAZY WHEN YOU FLIP IT SIDEWAY………………
Rating: 5 / 5
I received the phone the evening of March 15, 2008, and had decided by the morning of the 16th to return it. Here are just some of the reasons, with the first two being obvious manufacturing defects.
== The volume control rocker on the outside worked as advertised exactly twice, then failed forever.
== In some circumstances the letter “v” doesn’t work. All the other characters are OK, just “v.”
== The sound quality of the speakerphone is just awful. In fact, it’s a deal-killer for me. Also, even the lowest volume setting is too loud for a household where everyone else is asleep.
== The non-speakerphone sound quality is better, of course, but still a lot worse than what I’d gotten used to for the last two years using an ancient Samsung t309.
== The two-way hinge is loose, i.e., there’s play in it, which I assume would only get worse with repeated use.
== A few operations can be performed in one orientation — portrait or landscape — but not the other. You get halfway through some procedure only to be told you have to start over because you rashly opened the phone the wrong way.
== I nearly dropped it several times trying to open it with two hands (although I imagine that with a little practice you’d get better). However, opening it correctly with only one hand is a feat of true prestidigitation.
== The camera trigger button is inside, which means you have to open the phone to take a picture. Normally this isn’t a problem, but if you want to take photos clandestinely or on a moment’s notice, it’s better if the shutter release is on the outside.
== There is no headphone jack. The only way to listen to music through wired headphones is to attach a 4-inch long dongle.
On the plus side, I guess, I did figure out a method for creating a ringtone by recording a picture message (mine said, in my voice, “Hey, dummy, answer the phone!”) and then mailing it back to the phone. This despite Verizon’s assurance in one of their FAQs that you can’t do that.
Summary: The two outright defects I listed first make me wonder what else is pre-broken for me, so this exact unit would have gone back to the store no matter what. But with all the design problems, particularly the atrocious speakerphone sound quality, no example of this model would satisfy me.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is the owrst phone in the world. the keys are wayyy to small and it takes 4 or 5 times to dial a phone number, also it turns itself off. My battery broke because it was in the fog (moisture or something) now my battery keeps on telling me that i put a car battery in it so it can’t charge. Worst phone ever. period.
Rating: 1 / 5