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The Samsung Glyde U940 is a bar style phone with a full QWERTY keyboard hiding beneath the large 2.78 inch display. Key features include a 2.0 megapixel camera, expandable memory card slot (microSD), 3G speed, HTML browser with touch naviagation, stereo Bluetooth, GPS and a full media player with video capture.

What’s Good: Touchscreen and Full QWERTY Keyboard in Compact Body; Clean Menus and “Croix” User Interface; 2MP Camera with Autofocus and Flash; GPS with VZ Navigator; Full HTML Browser; Good Sound Quality

What’s Not Good: Touchscreen Can Be Difficult to Use, Especially Around Edges and Using Web Browser; Slightly Thick Profile; No D-Pad

Bottom Line: Samsung shrunk the F700 down to a cool, compact size in making the Glyde. The slide-out QWERTY board is handy and surprisingly comfortable given its small size, and the finger-friendly touchscreen is generally quite good (with a few consistently frustrating quirks). Glyde brings much of Voyager’s flash to a smaller, simpler device, and is a fun new option in Verizon’s messaging phone lineup.

Specs:
Make/Model: Samsung Glyde (SCH-u940)
Network: CDMA 800/1900
Data: 1xRTT/1xEVDO rev.0
Carrier: Verizon Wireless
Size: 103.8 x 50 x 17.8 mm
Weight: 117 g
Form Factor: Candybar with Slide-Out Keyboard
Display: 2.8” Color LCD Touchscreen, 240 x 440 resolution, 262,000 Colors
Memory: 40 MB built-in, microSD card slot (up to 8GB officially supported)
Notable Features: Touch screen and side-sliding QWERTY board; 2MP Camera with Autofocus and Flash; Audio/Video Player with stereo speakers and VCAST streaming media support; GPS with new build of VZ Navigator Service

Samsung Glyde

jkenville91 @ Nov 10 6:39 AM

my phone doent work on account of the touch-screen worst buy i have ever made

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212mat212 @ Aug 7 2:48 PM

I actually love this phone. It's the best. :D

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monty14 @ Jun 9 1:15 PM

i loooovvvveeeee this phone the keyboard the touchscreen everything its one of the cheapest touchscreen phones ever

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danielf @ May 23 12:14 PM

cool phone and nice review on utube. im getting this fone in a few weeks and im so excited.

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razzlez123 @ May 16 9:32 AM

this phone is awesome but the only complaint is that at the top of the keyboard is kinda cramed

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beatnboxer16 @ May 1 4:50 PM

yes, watching this and looking around has really made me choose this over the voyager.. just as long as i get the refreshed one.
so i think Noah should do a review on the new one! =]

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tammystg @ Apr 24 7:18 PM

i love this phone

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Jwaggnerx3 @ Apr 13 2:15 PM

Im getting this phone in a couple of days. Which phone is better the glyde or the voyager?

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shortys @ Jun 22 10:42 AM

DONT GET THIS PHONE this phone is not good some people have been telling me Verizon is having "problems" with this phone right now my phone wont charge and we bought a new glyde and it still wont charge its my battery i can tell but its expensive just buying a new battery! thats why around ohio they took out glyde in the verizon stores so Warn everyone not to get this phone ^-^ hope i helped

confused66 @ Apr 6 5:47 PM

I haven't dropped my phone too severely but when it's sitting on the table it acts as if im clicking buttons. Does it need to be updated or how do i touch align the screen?

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Sparky090 @ Jul 17 1:44 PM

Get the refreshed version of the Glyde, just take it in to Verizon and they should give the new refreshed one without the buggy touchscreen.

weezywee @ Apr 4 3:12 PM

do all samsung glydes com with the update now and if so does it still have the pulsing blue box

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troyduh @ Mar 29 10:35 PM

i had this phone but my mom switched us to att. i miss it soooooo much and it was the best phone. i never had any problems like all the other people that leaves comments. hey if you dnt like the phone send it to me.....i'll take every samsung glyde ever made

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GLYDE13 @ Mar 25 8:58 PM

my glyde look diffrent.i can only have 9 shortcuts,and my button 4 it is a arrow,not a blue square.Do I need an upgrade or is my phone brook?PLZ HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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bonafide @ Apr 4 10:42 PM

no you already have the updated version. that is how they mad the upgrade the old format had the blue square and i know im sad about it too.

Ginamaried @ Jun 11 4:42 PM

You have the arrow, because it is the refreshed version. The Glydes that havent been updaed have the blue box

andreaNEEDShelp @ Mar 24 11:17 PM

my phone isnt working right anymore...it never pushes the right buttons. i've had it since december, and i dont think it should be THIS messed up already ? sometimes it wont send txt...like it'll say it's sent but then never go to a checkmark like it does when they have verizon ? do i need to update my phone? and if so how? plus i dont have the warranty anymore, so can i fix my phone at all ?

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New Version??????

Overall Rating:

3 out of 5

By: Anthony Rans on Thursday, July 30, 2009
From: Boston, MA (United States)
Experience: 1 Days

Summary: Appearently there is a new version of the glyde i must hav the old one cuz mine is the back of horse stable material ive already had it replaced 2 times! im goin to verizon again and i am gonna ask about the new version and mine is strangely blue not black =( dont no y but it has different setting and it doesnt hav that blue square in the middle of the home screen. they use a different sort of touch screen the old 1 is electricty i think and the new one is different so that might make a difference. do your research cuz mine is the worst phone EVER!!!!

Seems good but in the end ..........................

Overall Rating:

1.5 out of 5

By: Anthony Rans on Friday, July 24, 2009
From: Boston, MA (United States)
Experience: 1 Years

Pros: everything seems good in the beginning but it turns crappy after a month or 2
I reallyyy like the rubiks cube wallpaper
and the shooting star wallpaper :D

Cons: everything after a while

keys start breaking
touch screen is demented
battery gets wicked short
home button starts to not work
keys stick
just turns off for no reason when batterys full

Summary: okay the glyde is the WORST phone ever!!! Worse than flip phone or just plain old phones that are like walk-e-talkees!!!At first this phone seems great the touch screen is working the keyboard is so great and the cool wallpapers and stuff. well after a few months (like 2) the phone starts breaking!The screen goes white at any random moment and you hav to turn it off and then back on!It blacks out and then it wont turn off so you hav to rip out the battery and then turn it on again.the touch screen gets really messed up if you touch something on the top of the screen it says you touched something at the bottom of the screen! i hav had my phone replaced once and after the replacement that same day it did all of these things AGAIN! im returning this phone and getting the env touch DONT GET THIS PHONE !!!! NO MATTER HOW MANY GOOD REVIEWS THERE ARE!!!

The samsung glyde

Overall Rating:

2.5 out of 5

By: Owen Rogg on Friday, July 03, 2009
From: Summit, NJ (United States)
Experience: 2 Years

Pros: great style. nice qwerty keyboard. Great internet browser. small and easy to carry around.

Cons: bad touch screen. not the best battery life. screen gets lose a little after little use.

Summary: I use my samsung glyde a lot and i have to say its a good cheap touch screen cell phone now $79. The samsung glyde is a great phone for someone who's never used touch screen cell phone.

New Version

Overall Rating:

3.4 out of 5

By: john howe on Saturday, April 25, 2009
From: Santa Fe Springs, CA (United States)
Experience: 8 Months

Pros: QWERTY

Cons: speakers only on top

Summary: i had the old version of the glyde and i almost chucked it out a window. i went and got it exchanged for a new version. everything is the same but the touch screen. the old screen uses electricty from your fingers so if it gets dirty you are doomed. samsung revamoed it and put in a pressure sensitive screen and a calibriation screen so now it works much better. also the old one could only be used by your finger but the new version can use a stylus, a pluss in my book seeing as i have large hands.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

wish touch screen was better

Overall Rating:

3 out of 5

By: Shawn Kenney on Thursday, February 19, 2009
From: North Providence, RI (United States)
Experience: 5 Months

Pros: keyboard is great, messaging is good.

Cons: TOUCH SCREEN

Summary: I like this phone but i can't deal with all of the problems with the touch screen. I can't count all of the times i've wanted to throw this phone against the wall. sometimes i want to send a text message but i have to wait 10 minutes for the touch screen to become responsive. If this phone had a better touch screen i would love it but i am going to get a different phone.

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