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04 June 2010
Samsung SCH U450 Intensity
7 of 9 found this helpful I like that this phone doesn't have a hinge that'll bust within the first week of carrying it around in my pocket. I try to stick with candy-bar models, so I was surprised that this (my first) slider was able to withstand the stresses of bending and squatting in a pair of blue jeans, especially while sharing that pocket with a Jeep key. (Better that sharing the other pocket with my utility knife.) It has a full QWERTY keyboard, which is nice, but that just means that I can now type six times faster than the people I used to be able to only type two times faster than. Overkill for me, but handy. The keys on the keyboard do need a little work on spacing, since they sometimes double-type or get two characters with one push, so that does help me keep pace with other folks.
I hate that that my Jeep key has figured out how to surf the web with this phone. Locking the keyboard doesn't really lock the keyboard, so that kinda sucks. Especially since I don't pay a monthly fee for this, but I don't want to turn it off in case I need for something really urgent, like Googling the address of someplace I'm supposed to meet someone that insists on giving me driving directions instead of the address I can actually put into my GPS like I asked for politely three times.
The volume buttons seem to be especially vulnerable to my capricious key, which seems to be more interested in my missing work so it can go out rock-climbing or mud slinging. (Key's just don't have any appreciation for the cost of gasoline these days.)
If you're looking for an iPhone or Droid, this won't cut it. But if you don't carry this in your front pocket, it'll serve you well as a phone and text messaging cell phone. Hope you found this helpful.