The Samsung SCH-B6550: like the U740, but not

by Chris Ziegler, posted May 11th 2007 at 10:50AM

Yeah, so this is how Sammy does up a dual-hinge flip in its domestic market. It looks a good deal like the U740 that we get over here -- in fact, if it weren't orange, it'd be a dead ringer from the outside -- but flip 'er open and you'll notice that the QWERTY keypad we get here has been replaced by a more traditional numeric type. The reason? Well, it seems the SCH-B6550 here does T-DMB mobile TV, so it'd make sense that users would want a convenient way of setting it on a surface and getting their couch potato on. Like the U740, the B6550 does 1.3 megapixels from its camera, but ups the display from 220 x 176 to full QVGA resolution. We're not sure how we feel about the orange, but then again, we're not sure how we feel about the original U740's champagne, either.

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, 1xRTT, EV-DO, CDMA

Tags: anycall, b6550, cdma, dual hinge, DualHinge, korea, qwerty, samsung, sch-b6550

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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tadpole615 @ May 11th 2007 11:27AM

If this is a samsung, why does it have a LG logo. Could this possibly be a fake?

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Chris Ziegler @ May 11th 2007 11:31AM

tadpole - the logo is actually that of LG Telecom, a carrier in South Korea. Good eye!

Chris

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stimr2 @ May 11th 2007 1:01PM

Anycall = Samsung

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