The Samsung Renown SCH-u810 is an affordable handset that comes with a good build quality, a well-designed screen, clear voice calls, and also a numeric keypad.
The weight of the Renown is 4.1 ounces, while the dimensions are the following: 3.9 by 2.0 by 0.7 inches. As you may guess, it is a bit large phone and is covered with copper-tinted plastic that has dark brown accents as well as a sturdy hinge mechanism. There is a 2.3-inch LCD screen that provides the resolution of 240-by-320 pixels which is considered to be bright and sharp as well.
You can take advantage of the numeric keypad that is really decent and comes with clicky as well as large membrane keys. There are defined plastic ridges that separate columns and rows. It is a real pleasure to dial numbers.
The Samsung Renown is a handset that is equipped with quad-band GSM back up and dual-band EV-DO. You can make calls in more than 200 countries. The voice quality is decent, i.e. clear and crisp. Unfortunately, it has a weak speakerphone. When it comes to battery life, it is normal and provides 4 hours and 8 minutes of talk time.
There will be no problems when navigating with the main menu. VZ Navigator 4.5 includes turn-by-turn and voice-enabled GPS directions.
The handset devotes 36MB of internal memory, but there is a microSD card slot that can expand the memory up to 16GB. It is difficult to use a music player app and also the phone has the 2.5mm headphone jack.
The 2-megapixel camera does not have a flash and auto-focus. You can also record videos at the resolution of 320-by-240 pixels.
