Samsung UpStage-M620 Red Review - Conclusion
Editor Rating:   4.35 3 4 5 4 5 Samsung and Sprint took a chance with UpStage, hoping to push the envelope when it comes to designing the ultimate convergence device. Part phone, part music and media player, UpStage is certainly an eye-catching device with some great attributes. It's overall look and feel is excellent, it's lightweight and thin and yet loaded with features. Unfortunately, the dual-sided design wound up being better in theory than in practice. While the idea of devoting an entire side of UpStage - complete with a big widescreen display and touch-sensitive controls - to media, and the entire other side - complete with a dedicated display and roomy buttons - to phone functions might sound great, it just doesn't work that well. If you don't send text messages and don't mind scrolling through your contacts on a display limited to three lines, UpStage might just satisfy your need for an ultra-thin, ultra-chic phone that can (sorta) do it all. Pair UpStage with a 2GB memory card and stereo Bluetooth headphones, and you've got yourself an iPod-nano sized music player with a phone built in. Just don't plan to use all of those extra features - messaging, Internet, calendar, SprintTV, and so on - very often unless you really, really like flipping your phone over and over. And over and over.
Reviews by manufacturerVerizon Wireless, Sprint PCS, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, LG, Sanyo, HTC, Palm, BlackBerry, Sharp, Pantech, BenQ, Apple, Eten, o2Our fancy algorithm says this stuff is related...Wednesday, May 14, 2008How am I suppose to charge the Samsung Upstage-M620?  Phone in 60: Samsung UpStage for SprintWill you flip over the Samsung UpStage? Noah's phone in 60 second video review of the UpStage gives great insight on the music playing device and the benefits to music lovers who also happen to be looking for a cellular phone! Samsung UpStage-M620 in-depth review - Introduction & DesignI might be dating myself here, but do you remember those Reese's Peanut Butter Cups ads that hawked chocolate peanut butter cups under the slogan, "Two great tastes that taste great together"? Every time I used the Samsung UpStage over the past few weeks I thought of that slogan. Combining a phone on one side and a music player on the other, this inventive candybar phone seeks to answer the question, "What if I glued my iPod nano to...Samsung UpStage-M620 in-depth review - FeaturesFor such a small phone, UpStage is loaded to the hilt with features. Its main calling card, of course, is music. UpStage can play music sideloaded from a computer via Bluetooth, USB, or memory card, or songs purchased and downloaded direct from Sprint's Music Store. Upon introducing UpStage at CTIA in March 2007, Sprint also dropped the price of tracks from their store to 99 cents each. Your dollar gets you a low-quality...Samsung UpStage-M620 in-depth review - Display & AudioUpStage's two displays do their jobs quite well, despite the inherent design flaws that led to frustration with not being able to access all features from either display. The main display, a 2.1" LCD screen capable of displaying 262,000 colors at a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels, is bright and vivid, and made for easy viewing of menus, messages, images, and photos. UpStage uses Samsung's newer user interface, a modern design that's...Samsung UpStage-M620 in-depth review - Messaging, Internet, & ConnectivityMessaging on UpStage is a challenge, to say the least, given the display/controls limitations already described. If you use your phone regularly for texting or email, this is not the handset for you. Composing messages on the music side is possible, but you're not going tolerate all of the scrolling that's involved. Composing messages on the phone side isn't harder than it is on any other phone, it's just that you can only see... The double sided Samsung UpStage available from Let's Talk with a new Sprint plan.Let's Talk announced today the availability of the new Samsung UpStage, a double sided music device for $49.99 with a new Sprint calling plan. With no mail in rebates required, the $49.99 is the total price after a $100 instant rebate for selecting a calling plan of $29.99/month or more. The Samsung UpStage is ultra thin and houses a small screen on the front and a larger screen on the back for the...Samsung's M620 - The Sprint UpStage due out April 1, 2007Sprint will be releasing the all new Samsung M620 on April 1st 2007. The Samsung M620 is a brilliant new phone that has a very unique design. The M620 is double sided and has two different displays. The phone side has a very small screen measuring in at only 1.4 inches. The screen displays 65k colors and has a resolution of 176 x 65. If you flip sides to the music player you will see the 2.1 inch display which has a resolution of 176 x... |
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