Samsung Rogue U960

The mobile is covered by a bezel of gunmetal with the normal buttons in their respective places with the voice command, camera, speaker and the screen lock buttons to the right corner of the screen and no buttons are preen tot the left, top or bottom sides. The classic phone features a QWERTY keyboard having four rows which makes emailing and texting easy and you have a touch screen below.


The buttons at the front face have superb texture and feel with the back key feeling utterly solid. The screen is an input device with a semi-rigid touch that responds quickly and accurately on Web pages where small links are grouped closely together. The pictures and text are crisp and clear, but the hues looked strangely flashy and the color temperature of the screen is Off.

The secondary and primary colors are visible as neon and the white backgrounds have a tinge of blue to them. The complete feel of the mobile is perfect. The screen slides smoothly and left side makes the phone less firm. The bottom and top of the phone has a rubberized finish but the battery cover has a carbon mesh which makes the phone a bit slippery when held in your hand.


Samsung utilizes an authorized input jack for data transfer and charging. A headphone jack of 3.5mm is also available. The microSD card fails to keep the lock in place which makes the task of removing the card slightly difficult without using tweezers or a pen. The mobile featuring a fantastic interface for playing your favorite music, well-stocked V Cast store and a wealth of streaming videos that are free, may easily replace an iPod without any problems except the ‘Touch’ feature.


Headphones are essential in this cell phone to listen to music for high audio quality and a speaker which is internal can be accurately serviced for streaming videos and for conversations. You may not get the signal in school buildings and in concrete offices
. Otherwise, the phone offers amazing service. The feel of the face buttons are splendid. The feature of ‘No-look touchscreen dialing’ is made easier with the ‘Digital Dial Readout’ which performs the task of calling the numbers back once you dial.

You have the choice of setting your own homepages with the browser of ‘Verizon.’ The time it takes is seven seconds. ‘The homepage, ‘Digital Trends’ takes 16 seconds for loading, with the optimization of the layout being done for the display of the phone which exhibits the 3G network’s speed admirably. The camera has a resolution of 3 Mega pixels and can shoot plenty of detail. But the display colors are not correct and you have very few options to adjust the contrast and brightness.

The standard battery lifetime of the Rogue is 282 minutes. You can use the phone for nearly five hours while doing email, instant messaging, Web surfing etc. The extended battery lifetime is 456 minutes. In conclusion, the Rogue is a classic phone with a marvelous music player on-board and the convenient keyboard. The Rogue is offered with a contract for 2 years at a price of $100. The Rogue can be termed as one of the best phones at the entry level with very few drawbacks.