Samsung FlipShot SCH-U900
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>> Hi, I'm Ken Sherman, senior editor here at cnet.com.
Today we'll take a first look at a Samsung flip-shot.
This is also called the SBH 900. This is a Verizon
Wireless phone. The flip-shot is an update to the
earlier Verizon phone, the SBH 990. But has a similar
shape, it's a little bit boxy, really straight lines,
kind of sharp angles. Also it's similar to the earlier
phone because when the display flips up like this, it
also turns, and it can turn a full 180 degrees. You
might think that's a little gimmicky, and in some ways
it is, but actually it is pretty useful because it
allows you full use of the camera. If you turn the
phone like this, that means you can take self portraits,
so you can see the screen is facing toward you. And
[Inaudible] view finder. Also, you can tilt it on its
side, take photos above you, or down. It can even turn
the screen all the way around and flip it down, and that
actually starts the camera automatically. So you can
see that it actually looks like a camera. Especially
from the back. You have a flash, you have a lens. So
it really doesn't look like a stand-alone camera from
behind. You can activate the camera's menus without
going to main navigation array, which is nice. You can
use the controls up here which are the volume rocker and
other things. But when it's in camera mode they serve
camera functions. But of course it is a phone, so it
does other things as well. Has Bluetooth, has speaker
phone, has find of high end phone options you'd expect.
Call quality was pretty decent. Some callers sounded a
little breathy, but overall wasn't too bad. Also, it's
a V-cast phone, so it comes with all of Verizon's 3G
services, and a music player as well. The front does
have some dedicated music buttons. You can't see them
unless the music player's active. But if I hold this
down -- see, they light up right there. Inside,
navigation controls and key pad are flat with the is
surface of the phone, but I actually found them pretty
useful. Got a lot of room in the navigation array. On
the whole it's a pretty decent phone, it really has a
high end camera, one of the best cameras that I've seen
on a camera phone. But streaming video quality wasn't
that great, but call quality was decent. I'm Ken
Sherman and this is the Samsung flip-shot S B H 900. [
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