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MONTREAL, Canada - World's second-largest handset manufacturer Samsung has been inundating the mid to high end handset segment for the major part of this year. Continuing the trend, the Korean giant has launched a QWERTY wielding Samsung Link under Bell Canada branding.
Another QWERTY device from the benches of Samsung, which has surfaced on the web, is the Samsung Rogue U960, which is expected to be released sometime in mid-August most probably in the Americas under Verizon branding. There has been no official media release regarding the device from Samsung; the Rogue U960 is widely rumored to be the update of Samsung Glyde U940, released last year.
Samsung Link
Image Courtesy of Unwired View
Bell Mobility is all set to be the network carrier with largest number (11) of QWERTY devices, with the launch of Samsung Link in Canada. Primarily targeted to the texting population, the specifications of the the device include A-GPS, Bluetooth with A2DP, MP3 player, web browser, a 1.3 megapixel camera, 30MB of internal memory, and microSD memory card support. The device is attractively priced at $ 19.95 on a 3 year contract and $219.95 on a contract-free basis.
Samsung Rogue U960
Images Courtesy of PhoneArena
Not much is known about this Samsung device and the only source of all speculated specifications has been the leaked images doing the rounds in the blogosphere. While the 4-row QWERTY keyboard is a welcome change from cramped 3 row QWERTY keyboards in most smartphones, Samsung is believed to have addressed the software and touchscreen issues with associated with Glyde, predecessor of Rogue. Pricing and specifications remain unknown.
Live Image of Rogue highlighting the size comparison with Glyde (Source: phoneArena)
I have had the Samsung Rogue since January 7th, it previously worked fine until about two months ago. my phone doesn’t receive texts messages till about 20-30 mins after the other person sent them. most of the occasion i will get multiple messages at once, when i do receive them. any time i send a image message at times it will send just fine and some other occasions it may take a few mins, hours, or a day to get to the other person. i have heard of others having problems with their phone randomly shutting off, mine does that too. my first samsung rogue got so bad i had to get a replacement unit, that was almost 2 weeks ago. I am still having the same difficulties with my new one! I am so distressed, i just want to get a new type of phone. i payed retail for the rogue and am so mad that it switched out to be a crappy phone :/ just my rant…