Samsung Juke Phone, Teal (Verizon Wireless)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 1.2 x 0.8 inches ; 2.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000XE9V44
• Item model number: SCHU470GBV
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,537 in Cell Phones & Service (See Bestsellers in Cell Phones & Service)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

At first glance, the Samsung Juke looks like a typical stick-style MP3 player, which it is. But swing open the swiveling cover and you'll find a shiny keypad underneath that unlocks the advanced cellular features of this amazingly compact phone. It's a great way to combine two devices into one, with the Juke offering 2 GB of internal memory and compatibility with a wide variety of digital audio formats. It also features USB connectivity for transferring music from your PC, stereo Bluetooth for streaming to wireless headphones, integrated GPS, a VGA camera, and downloadable games, ringtones, and wallpapers from Verizon's Get It Now over-air service. In addition to teal, the Samsung Juke also comes in red and blue.

Offering powerful digital audio playback features, the Samsung Juke swivels to open up a wide array of cellular communication tools, including text/IM messaging and GPS navigation.

Verizon Service
This phone is compatible with Verizon's Get It Now wireless pay-per-download service, which features application downloads, games and productivity tools. You can also personalize your handset with ringtone downloads using the Get It Now service.

With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access Verizon's 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. And Verizon's 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.

Note that this phone is not compatible with either Verizon's V Cast music or Mobile Web services

Phone Features
The Samsung Juke functions flawlessly as a full-featured digital audio player. A navigation thumb wheel on the front allows for easy searching through music play lists, contacts and settings. The 1.45-inch TFT LCD has a 128 x 220-pixel resolution, support for 262K colors, and displays 10 lines of text. The 2 GB flash memory capacity will hold approximately 500 CD-quality songs, and it's compatible with MP3, AAC/AAC+, and WMA/WMA Pro file formats. You can create and manage playlists on the fly, synchronize music from your PC to the phone, and multi-task using other functions on the phone while listening to your tunes. You can listen to music via the on-board speaker or the included color-matched stereo headset. Other features include a choice of music skins (visualizer or album artwork) and preset equalizer and 3D sound settings.

Amazingly thin and light, the Samsung Juke measures just 1.2 inches wide and weighs 2.82 ounces.

This phone also provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity with the A2DP Bluetooth profile, which enables you to stream music to compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speakers. It also includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, audio/video remote control, and serial port/object push for vCard.

A little flick of the thumb and the display spins up to reveal all the keys you need to dial, text, take pictures or almost anything else you want to do. Support is built in for text messaging and mobile IM. When used in combination with the phone's built-in still and video camera, MMS opens up a whole new world of messaging fun. T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for entering text on handsets, is built into the unit--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

You can also snap photos on the go with the integrated VGA camera, which can capture images in three resolutions (640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 160 x 120 pixels) with variable quality settings. It features a night shot mode for less-than-ideal lighting conditions, a self timer, brightness and white balance controls, multi-shot capability, and choices for shutter sounds (including silent mode). This phone does not offer video capture capabilities.

The Juke's internal phone book can hold up to 500 contact entries with five phone numbers and two emails per entry (as well as notes). You can also pair contact up with a group, a picture for caller ID, or one of 11 polyphonic ringtones. Other features include:

• Voice Commands: Voice dial, digit dial readout, call announcement
• Personal Organizer: Calendar with scheduler, note pad
• Tools: Calculator with converter, alarm clock, stopwatch, world clock
• Speed dialing
• Speakerphone
• 72Ðnote polyphonic ringtones
• Bilingual user interface: English and Spanish
• Hearing aid compatibility: M3

Vital Statistics
The Samsung Juke weighs 2.82 ounces and measures 3.82 x 1.18 x 0.83 inches. Its 750 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 210 minutes (3.5 hours) of talk time, and up to 250 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as the CDMA 2000 1XRTT data frequency.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best phone ever!, November 15, 2007

By	Heather A. Buettner (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I got a juke this week and think it's the greatest phone ever. I switched from a RAZR, which I thought was too wide for my small hands.

This is the perfect size - it's a bit larger than small mp3 players and isn't too heavy. The 2 gig hard drive for music is a good size - enough for about 400 songs. Also, it synched right up with my rhapsody-to-go subscription, so that was a definite plus. Another nice thing is that it charges when it's plugged into your computer (like when you're synching with music files).

The headset that comes it is good for listening to music in stereo, and then also talk on the phone. I was using it the other day at Kinko's making photocopies - I was jamming to music when I got a call and it switched right over perfectly.

When you have the phone closed, and hold it horizontally, the display functions as the mp3 player display, and then when you open it up, and hold it vertically, it becomes the phone display. The buttons are all intuitive and easy to use. The display is small if you were going to try to use the web or a lot of pictures or something like that. But for texting it's ok.

This color is a gorgeous teal - very striking.

It comes with the charger, headset, and USB cord to connect to your computer.

Definitely worth getting if you want to have your music and phone in the same device.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very tiny phun phone!, February 1, 2008

By	M. Franta (Walnut, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The JUKE phone is a marvel of brilliance! I needed a smaller phone that could fit into my blouse pocket, and be discreet when recieving calls in places that one should not be on the phone. (Haven't we all needed to recieve a call in discretion?)
This cute phone really delivers in terms of being small.
If you are a person who takes good care of their possessions, and is able to handle small items with care, this phone is a good match for your cell phone needs.
I don't need a clumsy PDA or bigger phone.
Just basic service and the JUKE gives me that plus the music features.
I love the huge 2 gig memory card which comes inside the phone for free. It also comes with a home charger, matching teal earbuds, connector cable from laptop to phone, and this JUKE will pair up with Bluetooth recievers.

That's about all I need in my day to day business at work.

I highly recommend this hot little phone.
The sound quality is amazing too.
I was very pleased with the performance of this sleek phone.

Try it and see how good a simple, but hardworking device can serve you.

Teal is the cutest color too,
I was able to buy a Dooney & Bourke leather pouch that matches the teal impeccably! How stylish!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST 1ST PHONE!, October 16, 2008

A Kid's Review

WOW i was very inpressed when i opend the box! its not as small as you think but i tottaly agree with all the other reviews the sound for the music is amazing! crystal clear Speakerphone! And a great camera and its great to text on! if you are going to verizon or already with them BUY THIS PHONE!