Samsung Upstage makes you do a double-take
April 1st, 2007 - posted in Samsung
So it looks like Samsung will be releasing its Ultra Music phone here in the US; Now named the Samsung Upstage SPH-M620. From what I have been reading it looks like this phone may be carried by Sprint in the near future but I am sure you will be able to import one of these bad boys to work with T-Mobile or other network. The most interesting thing about this phone is the double sided setup. One side of the phone looks like a simple standard Samsung with a small wide screen just big enough for phone numbers; but flip the switch on the side of the phone and the screen goes off, you flip the phone over to reveal a larger second screen on the other side of the phone made for music and video control.
This whole double sided thing reminds me of the Nokia I just mentioned in my last post, but once again this looks like a nice little low end phone with MP3 and music as a main attraction (are we seeing a trend here?). Personally I think this phone is ok but I will wait for the Samsung Ultra Video to hit the streets, something about the chrome details and the swiveling screen gets me all hot and bothered.
What do you guys think? Is this phone hot or not?
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April 2nd, 2007 at 10:37 pm
I think this phone is hot but will it be the alternate of Sony,Nokia i think never?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:02 am
This phone looks very cool…esp. the double sided design. you may show off to your buddies anyway…
But I personally don’t like Samsung cell phones that much, biggest prob is the battery, though the screen is of the best level. I’m quite bothered with my first, also last, Samsung phone some years back, when i’ve to charge it every 1-2 days.
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Well Hinda, you are right this phone is no where near the caliber of a nice Nokia or Sony by any means, but as an entry level phone competing with t-mobiles new Nokia 5300 xpress music phone I think this is an interesting contender. I am about to put a post up about this Samsung’s bigger brother, the Ultra Video, and to me that is going to be waaaay cooler.
To John: I have had a couple of Samsung phones over the years and have not had a problem with the batteries. Generally a replacement battery isn’t very expensive it may have been that you got a bad one. Just a general tip (in case you didn’t know) but you should try to avoid charging your cellphone every night. You want to try and get your phone battery all the way to dead (or as close as you can to dead) before recharging to extend the life of your phones battery. Charging your phone when it still has a lot of juice will only lessen your batteries ability to hold a good charge over time. After a year and a half or two you will probably notice that your phone, which used to last 3 days between charges, now only lasts a day at the most. Of course, some phones tend to eat up batteries more than others, my Nokia N80 for example will only last about a day and a half before it goes completely dead. Sometimes only a day if I used it a lot that day, but thats the price you pay for a very Large and Bright screen.