Verizon's Samsung U470 spotted in the wild

Didn't take too long, now did it? Just a couple days ago we were waxing philosophical over a totally fakeable shot of a supposed Samsung SCH-U470, a svelte swivelphone for Verizon's '08 lineup -- and now here we are with far more legit-looking assets. Naturally, someone with a steady Photoshop hand could fake these up just the same, but our confidence is growing that Big Red's actually planning on taking a stab at releasing this thing. New to these pics is some honest to goodness carrier branding atop the display and a slightly more Verizon-esque UI (for better or worse). Funny to think a phone looking this ready to be in our pocket is still a good four months -- minimum -- away from store shelves, isn't it?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 12th 2007 2:24AM]

If this isn't a waste of natural resources, I don't know what is.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 12th 2007 3:02AM]

4 months until launch? That doesn't seem unusual to me- I saw a Samsung manager with the a930 about 3 or 4 months before it's launch. Probably give em those 4 months to feel all special for having an unreleased phone. I doubt anybody's going to feel that way about THIS phone.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 12th 2007 5:36AM]

Header correction: u470.

The u740 is a different phone that's already out.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 12th 2007 7:42AM]

You know, im not worried about the Samsung u740... Where is the Samsung i760?!?!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 12th 2007 11:21AM]

haha "SETTINGS & TOOLS" can't even fit the screen

skip this and get the new chocolate (VX8550)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 12th 2007 11:48AM]

Skip that chocolate and get the new 8800 chocolate slated for the end of the year.

[Mark Larson Posted Sep 12th 2007 11:50AM]

I can only take mp3 player phones seriously if they have a 3.5mm jack, which this Verizon Samsung most definitely will not have, which makes it irrelevant as its a poor phone and a poor mp3 player.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 12th 2007 1:47PM]

It will come out in red, blue & teal. There are mockup skus of different colors in the Verizon intranet.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 12th 2007 1:55PM]

wats with the mini chocolate look a like they should release the libra,titan already