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| Samsung Glyde Phone (Verizon Wireless) | 
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| Brand: Samsung
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $154.80
You Save: $245.19 (61%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 9472
Color: Black
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: SCHU940DBV
UPC: 635753470048
ASIN: B00192I762
Release Date: May 6, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Purchased and then Returned July 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was drawn in by the looks of this phone. It was pretty sweet and had alot of cool features. But boy was it hard to navigate. I couldn'y simply make and receive calls without going through all these buttons. The touch sensitivity wasn't the best and didn't always connect to what I was trying to make it do. This phone gave me more headaches than necessary. I realized it was more hassel than it was worth. I have the IPOD Touch and I also realized this phone really wasn't necessary considering I wouldn't be using having of the features it offered.
Another deciding factor in returning this phone was that it did not work with my Bluetooth enabled vehicle. That was a major downfall.
I ended up returning this phone and buying the LG enV and am happy with my decision. Its a smaller, compact phone and looks cool and does what a phone should do rather than having a computer in your pocket to make life that much more complicated.
 Waste of time July 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this phone expecting a Minority Report user interface, but what I got was Mission Impossible!
The Glyde's touch screen simply does not work. Sometimes I had to hit a button 3 or more times before the command takes, even though the phone vibrates to indicate that it recognizes the touch. Other times the phone simply didn't know that I was touching it, or the wrong button is activated by my touch. No I don't have long fingernails or fat fingers, yes my hands are clean, and yes I adjusted the touch sensitivity from high to low and made every reasonable attempt to provide the right touch pressure to use the interface.
Other problems: the Glyde goes into locked mode frequently, even though I set auto-lock to "off." Other times the phone locks in a different way in that it simply stops responding to commands until it has been recycled. The speakerphone sound quality was much lower than that on my LG4500, and the only way to activate the speakerphone or to adjust the volume was to unlock the phone and then try to navigate the touch screen.
I could not sample any of the cool features that this phone has because I was spinning my wheels with the Kafkaesque touch screen interface (and unlocking the phone every few seconds!) and couldn't get past the basic set-up issues. After an hour of trying to add contacts I felt like I was on Candid Camera. What a waste of time and energy.
Note that I have been a Verizon Wireless customer for ~5 years and I remain a Verizon Wireless customer, for now at least. The company provided me fast and friendly customer service in reactivating my old phone when I called to tell them that I was boat-anchoring this one (Thanks Mary at the SLC office for being patient with me.) After years of good luck with LG hardware I made a mistake by switching to Samsung. My replacement for this Glyde will be another LG and it probably won't be a touch screen, since that technology doesn't seem to be all there yet.
Glyde, not got June 23, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Hi,
The phone is cool but:
1. The touch screen is hard to use
2. The keyboard is too small
3. The phone always locks itself... if a call waiting comes in, you have to first unlock the phone before answering.
4. Awkward menus
All in all, my messaging was faster on a regular old phone. The major plus point was that the sound was really clear.
I don't recommend this phone. I'm returning mine.
 Great phone/POSSIBLE FIX FOR THE TOUCH SCREEN June 16, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Less than 24 hours ago, I went into my local Verizon store to purchase the Glyde. The sales girl told me that a lot of people had been returning the Glyde due to the touch screen's unresponsiveness. I decided to give it a try anyway.
After playing with the phone for an hour and a half, I wasn't so sure I would keep it. I found the touch screen to be responsive about 90% of the time. There were times when I had to tap the screen two or three times to get it to work. It didn't bother me that much though. After reading tons of reviews online, I was expecting that to happen. The only real problem I had with the touch screen was that I just couldn't get certain screens to scroll. But at that point, my main problem with the phone was the QWERTY keyboard. I'm not used to them at all, since I've always had a standard keypad, however it was the size that was the problem. I have small hands, but even the buttons on the keyboard were pretty small for me. Being a big texter, the keyboard was the deal breaker. I decided to return the phone.
I went back to my Verizon store but for some reason I changed my mind once I got there. I figured I would give myself 24 hours to get used to the keyboard and the touch screen. I'm glad I did.
I've been texting with the keyboard like crazy, so I have gotten used to it. I also found that trimming my thumbnails helped too since I text with my thumbs. Haha.
I have since gotten used to scrolling on the touch screen. I have also tried a fix that I read on a forum.
Here it is:
1) Turn the phone off and remove the back cover.
2) With the battery in the phone, put electrical tape along the bottom of the battery to the plastic of the phone. Use enough tape to really secure the battery in place.
3) Place a piece of electrical tape on the inner shell of the back cover, across where the battery is. This will provide padding when the cover is on.
4) Replace cover and turn the phone back on.
Since that fix, the touch screen has been 99% responsive. I also use the phone with the sensitivity on low. This works the best. It seems most people use it on high.
I have completely changed my mind about this phone. I love it now. It's definitely not the best phone out there, but it's a pretty good phone. I recommend people try that touch screen fix. It has worked for me and quite a few others. It's worth a shot.
 Not That Bad, Feature Packed June 13, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just wanted to chime in that this phone isn't as bad as everyone is making it out to be. Yes, the touchscreen is lacking, but I've still been able to use mine just fine. I encourage everyone to write Samsung so we can get a firmware upgrade soon.
That said, the phone is feature packed and looks real cool. I've had no problems with reception and am enjoying the nice big screen. There are no issues going to landscape and back, and the keyboard has good response. The dialpad buttons are plenty big and the camera works well also. OK, it's not a Cannon Rebel or anything, but for a cell phone it ain't too shabby.
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