Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 Phone, Black (Verizon Wireless)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 2 x 0.7 inches ; 3.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002NX0TEE
• Item model number: SCH-U960
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #26,084 in Cell Phones & Service (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Service)

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Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

A sleek messaging phone with a full touchscreen display, the Samsung Rogue for Verizon Wireless is also complemented with a horizontal slide-out, four-row QWERTY keyboard for an optimized messaging experience. It also includes threaded messaging capabilities so you can follow your conversations as well as one-touch access to social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube and Photobucket.

The 3.1–inch widescreen touch-enabled display gives you an enhanced viewing experience for watching videos, taking and sharing pictures, or connecting to your favorite social networking sites.

See a schematic of all the Rogue's controls.

This mobile multimedia powerhouse is compatible with the V Cast Music with Rhapsody service, which enables you to purchase songs through your phone and download them via the fast Verizon Wireless 3G EV-DO data network, and the V CAST Video on Demand service that enables you to watch full-length TV shows plus news, sports, weather and live entertainment video clips. You'll also stay on course thanks to the VZ Navigator GPS turn-by-turn direction service. And with the optional Visual Voice Mail service, you'll be able to quickly and easily scroll through your messages and pick the ones you want to listen to. See more details on optional Verizon Wireless services below.

The Rogue also features innovative speech capabilities powered by Nuance that allow you to launch and control a variety of applications and services with simple voice commands as well as dictate text messages. You'll enjoy full HTML Web browsing capabilities with the brilliantly colorful 3.1-inch touchscreen display. Other features include a 3-megapixel camera with video capture capabilities, Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, microSD memory expansion to 16 GB, full range of messaging options including email and instant messaging, bi-lingual interface (English and Spanish), and up to 4.7 hours of talk time.

Key Features

• Fast 3G connectivity thanks to the reliable Verizon Wireless EV–DO, Rev A network
• GPS navigation capabilities via VZ Navigator service as well as Chaperone service for keeping track of your kids
• 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with horizontal slide-out, four-row QWERTY keypad (Learn more)
• Widget tool bar with one–touch access to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and YouTube
• Customizable touch interface
• 3-megapixel camera with video capture capabilities with flash and video capture and on-device editing capabilities (Learn more)
• Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity with stereo music streaming (A2DP) capabilities as well as hands-free headsets and car kits (Learn more)
• Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 16 GB
• Digital audio player enables you to create and manage playlists right on the phone; compatible with MP3, WMA and unprotected AAC/AAC+ formats
• Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
• Full messaging capabilities including SMS, MMS, Mobile IM, Mobile Email and Corporate Email
• File viewer can view Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe PDF documents stored on a memory card
• Pre-loaded games including NEED FOR SPEED Undercover, Resident Evil: Degeneration, and Tetris and Dice
• Organizer tools include calendar with scheduler, note pad, alarm clock, world clock, calculator and stop watch
• Advanced speech recognition with dictation and voice commands including Voice Dial, Digit Dial Readout, Menu Readout, and Text Message Readout
• Full HTML Web browsing capability
• Media Center-capable for downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers, and more

See a larger image of the open QWERTY keyboard.

Vital Statistics
The Samsung Rogue weighs 4.94 ounces and measures 4.29 x 2.17 x 0.65 inches. Its 960 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.7 hours of talk time, and up to 300 hours (12.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as EV–DO, Rev A 3G frequencies.

Verizon Wireless Services

• VZ Navigator Capable: With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access the Verizon Wireless VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps.

  Additionally, the Chaperone service lets you easily locate your loved ones from your Verizon Wireless phone or PC in real time. After defining a zone, such as an area designating a school or summer camp, you'll be sent an alert via text message when the Chaperone handset enters or leaves the zone. Additional subscription charges applicable.

• V CAST Music with Rhapsody: Access this exclusive digital music service for RealNetworks and for MTV Networks, which delivers unlimited monthly access to music on up to three Rhapsody-compatible mobile phones and players and online on multiple PCs and Web browsers. For a monthly fee (billed on your Verizon Wireless bill), you can load and reload your subscription songs from your PC to your V CAST Music with Rhapsody phone as often as you want, and take your music on the go.

  On PCs running the Windows XP or higher operating system, you can also browse, preview and purchase music using the V CAST Music with Rhapsody software, which is available as a free download from the V CAST Music with Rhapsody download website. Additional subscription charges applicable.

• V CAST Video on Demand: This optional service enables you to watch full-length TV shows plus news, sports, weather and live entertainment video clips. It features more than 100 full-length programs from leading broadcast and cable networks, ranging from highly-rated drama and comedy series to reality programs and children’s programming. V CAST Video on Demand also delivers live sporting events, including NHL hockey games and an upcoming slate of college football games

  The service offers unlimited viewing of Basic Videos and the ESPN MVP channel. You can choose from 14 categories, including Entertainment, Kids, Music, Sports, Comedy, News, Pop Culture, Information, Women, Latino, Home & Leisure, Multicultural, Cutting Edge, and Hollywood. Additional subscription charges applicable.

• Visual Voice Mail: This innovative service enables you to delete, reply and forward voice mail messages without having to listen to prior messages or voice instructions. Visual Voice Mail is the ideal tool for the busy mobile professional who may need to prioritize which messages he or she listens to first. Features include on-screen access to voice mail message status, save up to 40 messages for 40 days (or archive permanently), create up to 10 different caller ID-based greetings, and reply via call back, text or even voice mail.

• Mobile Broadband Connect: Use your smartphone as a modem for your notebook when you connect the two using a USB cable--or open a Bluetooth connection--enabling you to access the Internet or your company intranet. The Mobile Broadband Connect tethered modem capability is ideal when you're traveling and need to use your notebook to check email, access corporate networks, or download large files like presentations and reports. And with Mobile Broadband Connect, you won't have to buy an extra PC Card or other devices.

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Social Networking Made Easy with the Samsung Rogue

The Rogue's accelerometer automatically switches screen orientation depending on how you hold the phone.

Offering more function, more style, more muscle, the Samsung Rogue has a 3.1-inch ultra-brilliant, highly responsive touchscreen with 480 x 800-pixel resolution (WVGA) and a 262K color depth. The innovative AMOLED (active matrix organic light-emitting diode) screen reproduces sharper and brighter colors with better battery consumption. The screen also features an accelerometer that automatically changes the orientation from portrait to landscape as well as sensors for proximity (when you put the phone to your ear) and luminance (to gauge how bright it needs to be when first turned on).

The front face of the phone offers a minimalist approach to controls, with send/end keys and a single navigation button. A four-row full QWERTY keyboard slides out from the left side of the phone, enabling easier typing for longer messages.

You'll enjoy full HTML Web browsing capabilities as well as one-touch access to social networking sites via shortcut widgets--including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube and Photobucket.

The phone has an internal 768 MB of flash memory that's augmented by 256 MB of RAM, and it's expandable via optional microSD/microSDHC (High Capacity) memory cards up to 16 GB in size. The internal phonebook can store up to 1000 contacts with multiple numbers per entry as well as support for picture and ringer ID. Other calling features include an accelerator tab for quick contact searching, embedded ringtones, vibrating alerts (with silent mode), speed dialing capabilities.

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On-the-Go Photos and Videos

The 3-megapixel camera enables you to shoot both still images and capture video clips wherever you roam. You can choose from one of eight resolution options (2048 x 1536, 1920 x 1080, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 720, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, 800 x 480, 320 x 240 pixels) as well as get closer to the action with up to a 10x digital zoom (available depending on resolution selection). Other features include an integrated flash, dedicated camera key, multi-shot capabilities (panorama, mosaic and frame), multiple color effects, and a self-timer. The phone also includes internal editors for both still photos and videos.

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Wireless Freedom with Bluetooth

In addition to the integrated hands-free speakerphone, this phone provides the latest version of Bluetooth connectivity--version 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), which makes pairing with an optional headset as well as other Bluetooth-enabled devices a snap. It includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and phonebook access. And with the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones.

Bluetooth profiles include: Headset, Hands–free, Stereo, Phonebook Access, Basic Printing, Basic Imaging, Object Push for vCard and vCal, File Transfer and Serial Port Profiles

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Technical Specifications

• Audio format support: MP3, M4A, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA, CMX 4.5, EVRC, QCELP, I-Melody
• Video format support: MPEG4, H.263, H.264
• Image format support: BMP, PNG, JPEG, GIF, PMD, SVG-T, SWF
• TTY Compatible
• In Case of Emergency (ICE) contacts
• Hearing Aid Compatibility Rating = M4
• 3.5mm headset jack
• Over–the–air downloadable software upgrades
• Bilingual Interface: English/Español

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Overall a good phone, October 7, 2009

By	Kyle Soule (Pontiac, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 Phone, Black (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)

I'll just start right in with my pros and cons:

+ Full QWERTY keyboard is great
+ Texting is perfect, threading each person is convenient
+ Web browsing (to mobile supported sites) is fantastic
+ RSS feed implementation is flawless, love browsing headlines first
+ My gmail account works nicely in the browser
+ Notes app is quite useful
+ Intuitive
+ Pictures are great
+ Facebook is nice, more so if I didn't have to sign in each time
+ Display is beautiful

- Shaky javascript support...no online banking with my banks site
- Texting has its own memory set aside; I often get a memory full error
- Text messages during phone conversations are annoying; it beeps in your ear repeatedly
- The screen shuts off during phone use
- Default ringtones are lame and I can't use my own MP3s
- Video support...YouTube works, that's about it
- [...] doesn't show up...along with other sites that are heavy in JS
- Too few ways to customize notifications
- Aside from music, getting things on to the phone is frustrating
- Bluetooth is close to useless
- Screen scratches easily
- It's hard to pin-point what you are clicking with your finger...even after calibration
- No app store
- Viewing photos is quirky; sometimes they will scroll on their own or exit the photo viewer
- Deleting large amounts of text and multimedia texts can freeze the phone
- No video support (outside Vcast, which Verizon is phasing out?)
- Battery life is brutal; I use all of it in 10 hours while at work (browsing and texting)
- Conversations kind of sound like the other person is in a tin can

Overall, this device is good for texting. Things as standard as using a custom ringtone are missing. The beautiful display is wasted without uploaded video support.

Maybe some of this stuff will be fixed in a software patch...although it kind of feels like Samsung released the phone and then forgot about it. I don't expect updates soon, if at all.

Bottom line: texting, YouTube, and RSS feeds are the big draws while the lack of customization and multimedia support are the big drawbacks.

35 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing phone! Get one TODAY - you'll be glad you did!, September 19, 2009

By	John M. Sullivan - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 Phone, Black (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)

First let me say I've had about a half-dozen cell phones (both personal and work, talk-only to PDAs), so I've had and tried many phones. The Samsung Rogue simply blew the rest of them all away!

We put off moving the family from T-Mobile to Verizon, and put off getting the LG Touch when we heard online that the Samsung Rogue was going to come out soon (Thanks Boy Genius Report!) We are SO glad we waited.

A STUNNING screen (AMOLED), touch screen, and an INCREDIBLE 3.0MP camera with an amazing number of features that all JUST WORK! I went to try the camera phone, turned it horizontal and thought, "gee, in this position the rocker buttons normally on the right are now on top and I wonder if they work now like a zoom feature on a regular camera?" And they DID. When listening to video and vertical the volume rocker on the left is up for louder and down for lower like you'd expect. What surprised me (in a GOOD way) is that when the phone is horizontal the top volume rocker (that is now pointing left) is actually for lowering the volume - just like you'd expect in that configuration. Amazing.

I tell you, I'd buy Samsung ANY DAY over most if not all other brands. They just plain know how to make solid, feature packed items! (Anyone else tired of cheap Chinese junk! Buy Samsung - they're Korean and know what they are doing!) I wish they made cars! (Samsung that is.)

The only thing so far that I've found I wish was a little better is when searching apps on Verizon's site with the phone - when you slide your finger on the screen to roll up to see more folders (in the games for example), I tried to scroll up twice in quick succession and it took my movements to be two clicks instead of 2 slides and I nearly ended up purchasing something! Yikes. Glad they ask you one more time if you are sure. I'm just more careful now in that area.

My last comment is about Verizon's app store, not the phone - I wish you could download a demo so you could see if you liked something rather than only having either a monthly fee OR flat out purchase. I'd like to "TRY before Buying", not "Rent and maybe then buy anyway."

In Summary, I've only just started using this phone over the last 2 days and I can't wait to keep finding out more about it. This should be a very easy phone to love for the 2 years of my contract with Verizon. Make yourself happy and GET A SAMSUNG ROGUE today!!!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic for a non-smartphone, October 16, 2009

By	T. J. Green "meateebon" (Hendersonville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 Phone, Black (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)

I recently decided it was time to ditch AT&T and switch to Verizon (most of my contacts are on Verizon anyway, so it only made sense). So, a couple days ago I switched and decided to get the Samsung Rogue.

The phone I had on AT&T was a Blackberry Curve, and this phone impressed me so much that I was more than happy to give up the Blackberry. While the ability to use some more advanced Blackberry functions isn't available (notably the calendar is less robust, but still usable), practically everything I used my Blackberry for on a normal basis can be done on this phone. The web browser works pretty well, and the text messaging is just as good as what I had on the Blackberry. The option to have Visual Voicemail and Mobile Email (at a small extra cost) is all I needed to complete my escape from the Blackberry.

The touch screen is accurate and responsive, and the menu layout is very intuitive. Compared to the smartphone touch-screens I've seen (like the Blackberry Storm and Windows Mobile 6.1 phones like the Samsung Omnia) this is much much easier to use and much less frustrating.

The keyboard is going to take some getting used to after having a Blackberry, but it shouldn't take long to get used to and the buttons have good action to them.

In my opinion, this phone is the closest you can come to having a smartphone without actually having a smartphone. This is just fine by me, since I get the majority of the functionality of a smartphone without paying extra for a Blackberry data plan. Note: you will be required to sign up for unlimited data, but it is the cheaper standard data and not the more expensive smartphone data.

As for being on Verizon now, the small gripes I may have about how they lock you out of installing 3rd-party applications is minimal, since I now have a cheaper bill and better area coverage, and this phone does everything I need really anyway.