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Samsung Glyde

Samsung Glyde Reviews

MobileBurn reviews the Samsung Glyde and writes, "The camera on the Samsung SCH-u940 Glyde is a 2 megapixel unit with both auto-focus and an LED flash. The user interface on the phone is reasonable in theory, but status icons for functions like the flash can not be pressed on-screen, instead requiring use of the menu. The on-screen controls for digital zoom and exposure control are generally hard to use due to what seem to be accuracy issues with the touchscreen. Also poor is the quality of the light generated by the flash; it is poorly dispersed and overall very harsh. One thing that works well, though, is being able to switch between camera and camcorder modes by long-pressing the camera's shutter button."

CrunchGear reviews the Samsung Glyde and writes, "If you’ve seen the F700 in person, then you would have immediately noticed that the Glyde is much smaller than its GSM counterpart. It also lacks the front camera and the 5-megapixel camera has been downgraded to 2-megapixel, but it’s still retains the AF function, so I can overlook that. I’m not in love with the keyboard, but that’s only because I’ve grown accustomed to the keyboard on my Curve and I still need some more time with this one. My first impression was that it was too flush and that the keys weren’t distinctive enough, but, again, it’s something you get used to. It’s an otherwise solid keyboard that’s easy to peck away at and the spring assisted slide mechanism is very nice."

Wired reviews the Samsung Glyde and writes, "There's a lot to love about this phone on the surface -- it's elegantly minimalist, light weight and versatile. At 4 x 2 x.7-inches it shares the form factor of its cousin the F700, making for a slick, pocket-friendly presentation. The Glyde's clean profile is rounded out by the unit's sparse use of external buttons, and a slimming dark blue-on-silver chassis. Even the design faux pas of an exposed memory card port has been sidestepped — it now tucks into the battery compartment. With its sweet looks, and the bonuses of multimedia support and a decent 2MP camera with flash, the Glyde is clearly a stylistic progression compared to Verizon's other touchscreen phones (I'm looking at you, Voyager and Venus)."

Phonemag reviews the Samsung Glyde and writes, "Verizon’s Glyde has been a long time coming. Based on the F700v we reviewed back at the beginning of the year, Verizon’s version has taken four and a half months of rumor and FCC spills to reach our hands. The premise is aluring: EV-DO, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, capacitative touchscreen and stereo Bluetooth. But we weren’t convinced by the F700v, and the Glyde makes some strange drops in spec; the camera, for instance, dives from 3-megapixels to 2, and while the F700v has HSDPA the Glyde makes do with EV-DO (not Rev.A)."

InfoSync reviews the Samsung Glyde and writes, "The Samsung Glyde sports a 2-megapixel camera with auto focus, a flash and a touchscreen interface. Unfortunately, somebody forgot to throw in a good lens, because pictures from the Glyde look horrendous. Watching on the screen, we could actually see them go bad. The phone would focus on the subject and the picture would look good on the 240x440 screen, but then the screen would go dark, and what would show up was a blurry, off-color version of what we'd just seen. Though the camera uses a two-stage button for auto focus, our images always came out blurry. Unfortunately, the LED flash usually only muted colors to a bluish tint, which didn't help with image quality."

PC World does a first look review of the Samsung Glyde and writes, "The Glyde takes a page from the Apple iPhone's playbook by going for a minimalist look on the front screen. The only button on the front of the phone is a Home button, which not only takes you back to the main screen but also serves to reactivate the phone after the backlight dims. Along the right-hand side, you'll find a power button (which doubles as the screen lock button), as well as volume up and down buttons, and a dedicated shutter button for the 2.0 megapixel still and video camera...If you're in the market for a basic touch screen phone with a great keyboard, this model may suit your needs--depending upon its price."

Digital Trends reviews the Samsung Glyde and writes, "The integrated 2-megapixel camera has an autofocus lens and a small LED flash, and it can capture video at up to 320 x 240 resolution. The pictures we took didn't look too bad as long as there was plenty of ambient light present. Outdoors in daylight, our pictures were reasonably sharp with adequate detail and a slight tendency toward softness and overexposure. Indoors, our pictures were often blurry; the autofocus seemed to have trouble locking onto anything, and the flash wasn't much help."