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Samsung UpStage-M620 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, o2Wednesday, May 14, 2008How am I suppose to charge the Samsung Upstage-M620? Don't forget to submit your entry for the "PhoneDog Days of Summer" Giveaway! Win one of over 30 of the hottest new cell phones - no registration, no spam! Just PhoneDog sharing some goodies with our visitors & loyal fans! Thanks and keep the comments coming! Video: Phone in 60: Samsung UpStage for Sprint Samsung UpStage-M620 in-depth review - Introduction & Design 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 version of the track that downloads via EV-DO...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 heavier on icons and lighter on pop-up sub menus...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 three lines of text at a time. UpStage...The double sided Samsung UpStage available from Let's Talk with a new Sprint plan. 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 220. On the music side you have all your media... |
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