Samsung SCH-U550 - (Verizon Wireless)

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3.5 stars

"A fine phone. C/Net was having a bad day"

by Lt-Kije on August 28, 2008

Pros: Everything works well. Wanted a basic upgrade phone that took a memory card, that I could drag and drop MP3's to, and stream them to a Bluetooth stereo headset. It does all this. S9 headset sound is good. Wired headset sound is very good.

Cons: Bluetooth stereo is choppy and very sensitive to where the phone is.
Shirt and pants pocket do not work well with my motorola S9 headset.
Summary: I've had the phone for a week. It replaced a Razr V3M. Took a while to get comfortable with the Motorola S9 headset and pairing. It does not always behave as documented. It now seems stable after a lot of RTFM.

C/Net dished out an unfair bad rap for an inexpensive phone and nearly convinced me to pay for a more expensive phone.

It does have a MicroSD card slot. The key pad does is not dead flat and it has a good feel. The screen is perfectly fine. The design is fine (I like the square watchface dial on the outside screen - much better than a digital face with another verizon logo behind it). Have no comment on the camera and video. The short cut menu is good (shame you have to open the phone to get at it)

The battery cover is a ***** to remove. (Hold the phone flat between your palms, press them together, and slide the cover back - easy when you know how).

I wanted phone that played MP3's and did not require me dick around with Media Player.

Can't imagine why Samsung did not implement a USB connector for the charger, and interface to the PC - get a grip guys.

Net / Net - a perfectly fine phone with a few minor drawbacks.

And Verizon does need to get out of the menu design business - and I look forward to Verizon GSM - time to bury CDMA guys.

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