Samsung SCH-i760 Rated 4 out of 5 by Review of Reviews from Wireless and Mobile News
The Samsung SCH-i760 is a Windows slider phone with a touchscreen, dial keypad and full QWERTY keyboard. It supports many media formats, Microsoft Office, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and real-time email delivery.
In benchmark tests the processor did well for fast email, webpage, PDF and document viewing. Reviewers found the dial keypad and QWERTY keyboards easy to use except for the small send and end buttons on the front of the phone.
For business users, the ability to sync with Microsoft business applications was highly rated. The call quality ranged from mixed to excellent with special praise for the speakers for music. Battery life was fair to good with reviewers suggesting users use the extended life battery that ships with the SCH-760. One reviewer thought that a scroll wheel was lacking and the phone was "bulky" while another called it poorly designed.
The SCH-i760 can be purchased for as low as $99 with a 2 year contract and an exclusive rebate for new subscribers who also buy other plans at Let's Talk or $299
with a rebate and contract from Verizon. It surely merits a test drive for business users who need a lot of power or functionality and for those who size does not matter.
Bonnie Cha at CNET rated the SCH-i760 8 out of 10 for its good performance as a business phone with integrated Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, EV-DO; a 1.3-megapixel camera; and real-time e-mail
delivery. It also features a full QWERTY
keyboard, external dialpad, touchscreen and full Windows Mobile Professional. She didn't like that it is bulky(it won't fit in a pants pocket), tiny talk/end buttons, doesn't have GPS, lacks VCAST support, mixed call quality, and doesn't have a scroll wheel.
Sascha Segan at PCMag rated the SCH-i760 4 out of 5, calling it "Verizon's best Windows phone," (as of 10/24/2007) with a "hot" form factor for its keyboard/keypads that are easy to use and a rotating screen. Call quality was good, with a touch of hiss with Bluetooth headset and OK battery life.. The processor passed benchmarks with fast email and fast webpage/PDF loading. It synced well with Outlook and Windows Media Player. For email focused use and world 3G, he prefers the BlackBerry Curve.
Michael A. Prospero
at Laptop Magazine gave it 3 out of 5 because he thought the design needed work for its sliver send/end keys but he did approve of the QWERTY keyboard. Sound quality was excellent, the speaker phone was good n' loud, with pretty good video playback. It's big strength is its business apps from Microsoft. Battery life was drained with Wi-Fi use and he reccomends using the extended battery. He calls the SCH-i760 a decent choice for road warriors.
Adama C. Brown on Brighthand admits that although publicity photos of the SCH-i760 look unbecoming, the phone is "extremely well-built" solid and durable, "like a tank" and withstood a big drop. Dialing is comfortable and 3G access worked well even in a small town. It is called an impressively robust device with excellent communications and a design for its keyboard and numeric keypad. On the downside, it was hard to navigate with one hand in portrait mode and the microSD slot is limited to 2GB.