Samsung U960 Rogue

The Samsung SCH U960 (or "Rogue") is a CDMA touchscreen side-slider cell phone made by Samsung, which was released in the U.S. on September 8, 2009.

Samsung Rogue

Manufacturer	Samsung
Type	Smartphone
First released	September 8, 2009 (2009-09-08)
Compatible networks	CDMA
Form factor	Slider
Dimensions	4.29"(H) x 2.17"(W) x 0.65"(D)
Weight	4.94 ounce
Memory	200 MB, 28 MB RAM
Storage	512 MB
Removable storage	microSD, supports up to 16 GB
Display	3.1" AMOLED Touch Screen
Connectivity	Bluetooth, USB Cable, headphone jack.
Model	SCH U90

Main features

The Samsung Rogue measures 4.3 by 2.2 by 0.7 inches (HWD) and weighs 4.9 ounces. It features a QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, MP3 Player, GPS, and a 3 megapixel camera with Geo Tagging and uses Verizon's EVDO Rev A data network. The Rogue runs Samsung’s TouchWiz UI with a widget bar on the side (or the bottom when the phone is in landscape mode). Social networking widgets from Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, and Photobucket are available on the widget bar.

The Rogue also has widgets for most commonly used applications like calendar, favorite contacts, and tools such as Bluetooth and settings. Like other TouchWiz phones, the user can drag widgets to the phone’s today screen and select which widgets populate the widget bar. The phone does not support downloading additional widgets.

Display and menus

A resistive AMOLED touchscreen of 3.1 inches (7.874 cm) is included with the Rogue and the screen's native resolution is 480 x 800 pixels at 262,000 colors. Besides producing a brighter, more colorful image, AMOLED screen technology uses less power, allowing for longer battery life.

Samsung's TouchWiz UI, which supports "drag and drop" capabilities, is used by the Rogue.

Phone calls and phone book

The Rogue can also store up to 1,000 contact names with a photo ID, email, address, work, and mobile phone numbers, fax numbers, an IM screen name, information (like appearance), and birthday. The Rogue has Nuance voice command and voice dialing software.

Camera

The Rogue has an integrated 3.0-megapixel camera with flash, self-portrait mirror, camcorder and digital zoom. There is a dedicated camera and video key on the handset for quick access to camera features. The handset comes with numerous "pre-shot" options include single, multi-shot, panorama, mosaic or frame shooting; flash; brightness adjustment; timer; auto-focus; auto-shot; fine, normal or economy photo quality; white balance; metering and ISO; contrast; saturation; sharpness; normal, black and white, antique, aqua or negative color effects; and several resolution options from 2048 x 1536 px down to 320 x 240 px.

Once a photo is taken, users can add an effect (grayscale, sepia, green, blue, sketch, emboss, soft-glamorous, soft-elegant, soft-charismatic, spring sun, dawn, fright, cinema-normal, cinema-black and white, cinema-old), merge, rotate or flip, resize, adjust for weather or lighting conditions, copy and paste, save or trash the photo, or view it in a slide show. The photo can also be drawn on with a "pen", and items of selectable color, thickness and shape can be placed on the photo.

As a camcorder, recording features include an optional flash for recording, adjustable brightness, selectable size/resolution (storage or sending size), timer, white balance adjustment, color effects, and quality adjustment.

To edit videos, a "Video Wizard" splices and merges files into one video, adjusts volume, edits sound, trims, splits or copies video, inserts text, or adds an effect (black and white, sepia, posterise, solarize, blur, sharpen, noise, emboss).

Videos can be sent, saved, erased, viewed in a slide show, or saved as a project.

Ringtones and audio playback

The Samsung Rogue has a built-in speakerphone, a 3.5 mm stereo audio jack, Bluetooth A2DP and V CAST Music services. The phone has a microSD slot for additional storage that supports cards up to 16 GB. The built-in media player can play music in MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ as well as WMA formats. The music player is not able to multi-task.

The phone uses MP3 polyphonic and truetone ringtones, having also vibrate options.

Specs

Samsung Rogue specifications

Category	Sub-category	Info	Notes
Network	Type	CDMA
	Data	CDMA/PCS/1x, EV–DO, Rev A
	3G Capable	Yes
Size	Dimensions	4.29"h x 2.17"w x 0.65"d
	Weight	4.94 oz
Design	Form	Side Slider
	Antenna	Internal
Battery	Type	Li - Ion
	Talk	Up to 282 minutes (4.7 hours) with standard battery.
	Standby	Up to 300 hours (12.5 days) with standard battery.
Main display	Resolution	480x800 pixels
	Features	Light and Proximity Sensors
	Touch Screen	Resistive
Camera	Resolution	3.0 megapixels resolution
	Video	VGA (640 x 480)
	Features	Flash: Yes, Digital zoom
Notifications	Polyphonic Ringtones	Yes, MP3
	Vibration Alert	Yes
Messaging	Text Send/Receive	Yes
	EMS	Yes
	MMS	Yes
	Instant Messaging	Yes
Multimedia	Video playback	Video player for WMV, MP4, 3GP, 3G2 Formats
	Music Player	CMX.2.5.0, EVRC, QCELP, I-Melody, MP3, M4A, AAC, AAC+, WMA
Memory	Memory Slot	microSD/microSDHC (up to at least 16 GB), 512mb internal memory
Connectivity	Internet	Full HTML browser	3g2/AAC Audio/Video web browser player
	USB	Samsung S20
	Bluetooth	Stereo 2.1, yes (also works with movies and GPS)
	Connectors	HeadPhone Jack (3.5 mm)
Other features	PhoneBook	1000 contacts, Caller groups supported, Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
	PIM	Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, TO-DO, Stopwatch, World Clock, Notepad and Drawing Pad
	Voice	Recording, Speaker Phone
	BREW	Yes
	Email	Yes
	GPS	Yes
	FCC Approved	Yes

Sources

• Samsung Rogue at VerizonWireless.com Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
• Samsung Rogue at Samsung.com, archived from the original on September 23, 2009
• Samsung Rogue review at CNET
• Samsung Rogue Unofficial user group, archived from the original on August 18, 2009