Verizon and Samsung Unveil Rogue and Intensity Messaging Phones
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Verizon Wireless and Samsung have unveiled two horizontal slider messaging phones. The Samsung Rogue (pictured) comes in a bronze and black color combination, and features a 3.1-inch WVGA (800-by-480-pixel) touch screen and a four-row QWERTY keyboard. It also has a 3-megapixel camera with a flash, built-in photo editing, a microSD slot, and an Office document and PDF viewer.
The lower-end Samsung Intensity trades the touch screen for a hardware numeric keypad and a smaller, 2.1-inch non-touch LCD. It also drops the camera to a 1.3-megapixel sensor, loses the built-in editing capabilities, and drops the PDF and document viewers. It’s available in charcoal gray (in stores and online) and flamingo red (online only).
The Rogue will cost $99.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100
mail-in rebate. The gray Intensity rings in at $29.99 with a contract
and after a $50 mail-in rebate, while the red Intensity is free online
with the same conditions.
Incidentally, the Rogue is the first phone to support Verizon’s new data plan pricing: $9.99 per month for 25MB or $19.99 per month for 75MB. This seems to be true on other feature phones already available on Verizon. For example, with the LG enV Touch, I no longer see an unlimited data plan for $19.99. (I’m waiting comment from Verizon and will update this post when it arrives.)
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