Samsung SCH-U490 Trance

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

4

Pros:

Attractive. Standard-size headphone jack and side-mounted microSD card slot. Can multitask while playing music.
Nice design, good music quality
Sleek design with contoured ribs for easy sliding. Good GPS performance. Nice set of musical features. ...

Cons:

No 3G. Weak battery. Low-res screen. Side buttons are easily triggered during calls. Poor sound quality with music.
No 3G, not very rugged, questionable call audio

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Last revision on August 26, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Attractive. Standard-size headphone jack and side-mounted microSD card slot. Can multitask while playing music
Nice design, good music quality
Sleek design with contoured ribs for easy sliding. Good GPS performance. Nice set of musical features.
The Samsung Trance has a beautiful and sophisticated design, plus it has stereo Bluetooth and a 3.5 millimeter headset jack. The audio quality is fantastic, especially with 3D surround sound

Reviewers Didn't Like

No 3G. Weak battery. Low-res screen. Side buttons are easily triggered during calls. Poor sound quality with music
No 3G, not very rugged, questionable call audio
Bang & Olufsen ICEpower sound fails to impress. Music experience overall is muddy and sub-par. Interface needs an update.
We weren't pleased with the flat touch-sensitive navigation array, and the photo quality isn't great. The Samsung Trance also doesn't have EV-DO, which means it can't download songs over-the-air

Expert reviews and ratings

The glitzy, made-for-music Samsung Trance is a decent GPS-enabled voice phone, but it lacks 3G, and its music player...

By PC Mag on June 05, 2009

s The Samsung SCH-u490 Trance is a very attractive, thin device with core features that average users will appreciate. Though its delicate body is prone to damage, we cant help ourselves - its a sharp looking phone that demands attention. We would...

By MobileBurn on May 27, 2009

The Samsung Trance is the latest music phone from Verizon Wireless with enhanced courtesy of Bang & Olufsen’s ICEpower amp. The slider phone has ample internal memory and a built-in music player that can play mp3, non-copy-protected iTunes music...

By MobileTechReview on May 21, 2009

The Samsung Trance proves that, once again, branding cant save a mediocre product, and also that Bang & Olufsen should probably stay away from the phone market. This isnt a bad music phone, and it does have a few nice features like a 3.5mm...

By infoSync World on May 08, 2009

The Samsung Trance is a slick-looking music phone that is all about listening to music with everything from synching the cell phone with Rhapsody music service to it’s Bang & Olufsen audio features to the ability to pair two stereo Bluetooth...

By LetsTalk on April 30, 2009

The Samsung Trance is a great MP3 phone that combines excellent audio quality in a slim and attractive...

By cnet on April 28, 2009