Verizon's F700 Variant Could Actually Be the Samsung SCH-U940 - Gizmodo Comments

Verizon's F700 Variant Could Actually Be the Samsung SCH-U940

Sqube — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:37:56 EDT

@xxdesmus: It's not a smartphone. It's a high-featured phone. Why should it have WinMo if it's not playing at being a PDA?

Sqube

Verizon's F700 Variant Could Actually Be the Samsung SCH-U940

xxdesmus — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:00:57 EDT

Wait...this doesn't even have Win Mobile? Really? That's retarded!

xxdesmus

Verizon's F700 Variant Could Actually Be the Samsung SCH-U940

rimplestultskin — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:17:52 EDT

@saych: that's the way verizon does it. haha

but if samsung is gonna make this phone in a CDMA flavor, i'd really love to see it hit sprint with the adobe-designed UI. i'd be more than greatful for the 2MP camera because i've decided that 800x600 is fucking enough on a phone, multi-magapixel camera phones are overkill. what i think is more important is a speakerphone that sounds clear on both ends, a good music player, and being able to multitask. (sending an IM or a text, or even looking at the fucking clock, without stopping the music and exiting media player. something i hate my phone for because it doesnt have that.)

and @bigMoneyMIKE: EV-DO enabled phone's cant do analog. i'm not sure why, but look at sprint's power vision lineup and i dont think a single one will handle an analog AMPS signal. so dual-mode would be the way. especially if it included both EV-DO/Rev.A and HSDPA/HSUPA/UMTS, but my dreams rarely become reality.

rimplestultskin

Verizon's F700 Variant Could Actually Be the Samsung SCH-U940

saych — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:15:02 EDT

yes, their own variant, which translates to crappy as hell OS stuffed in version.

saych

Verizon's F700 Variant Could Actually Be the Samsung SCH-U940

xxdesmus — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:01:29 EDT

No wifi, no deal. period.

xxdesmus

Verizon's F700 Variant Could Actually Be the Samsung SCH-U940

Sqube — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:06:19 EDT

It's awesome how they... downgraded... the camera?

Wait, what? You almost had me for a second with that one, Verizon. That's a typo... isn't it?

Sqube

Verizon's F700 Variant Could Actually Be the Samsung SCH-U940

bigMoneyMIKE — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:11:15 EDT

@Ryan.Reed: Dude, how on Earth would there be a "quad band" CDMA phone? The most you could have ever hope for would be TRI-MODE, DUAL BAND, as 850Mhz CDMA is broadcast on the same AMPS frequency.

bigMoneyMIKE

Verizon's F700 Variant Could Actually Be the Samsung SCH-U940

The Chad — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:50:58 EDT

wasn't this announced right about the same time as the iphone? Why is it taking so much longer to be released? I remember debating over whether to get the iphone or this last winter.

The Chad

Verizon's F700 Variant Could Actually Be the Samsung SCH-U940

RemmingtonShowdown — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:54:57 EDT

I agree that WiFi would be sa-weet but on Verizon's network you can achieve some pretty damn fast speeds and will have more access too. I live in Chicago so WiFi would be killer but for the majority of the U.S. WiFi isn't as common...

Hell, I just want to actually see this come to fruition so I'll stop my whining...

RemmingtonShowdown

Verizon's F700 Variant Could Actually Be the Samsung SCH-U940

Ryan.Reed — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:17:06 EDT

To be honest, I'm happy they could be cutting back on the camera for this version. I don't really care about a camera on my phone and if it brings the price down, I'm all for it. Only a few things I wish they'd do with this phone

1.) Make it quad band (one can hope)
2.) Add WiFi (doubt it'll happen but one can hope)

Would be nice.

Ryan.Reed

Verizon's F700 Variant Could Actually Be the Samsung SCH-U940

Wegmans — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:01:21 EDT

Hey for Verizon, that's not too bad. At least there isnt a number pad on the front as WELL as QWERTY keyboard... Still pretty shite if you ask me. We need a Gphone or something good. When my contract expires in 7 months, i may have to give up on Verizon..

Wegmans