Replace Your Cellphone

Earlier in 2007, Samsung proudly released one of its most innovative ideas yet, the Samsung Upstage M620. No other mobile phone model has been designed with a phone on one side, and a music player on the opposite side. It’s often called the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of mobile phones. The model was originally named as the Samsung Ultra Music F300, but was later on renamed as the Upstage M620, more appropriately because it seems to upstage all other units.

So what else makes this phone stand out? Let’s run the numbers, shall we? The Upstage M620’s bar style body measures 4.07" x 1.73" x 0.37" (103 x 44 x 9 mm) and weighs only 2.57 ounces (73 grams), nearly as much as two candy bars.

The Upstage M620 has two LCD screens, one for the phone side, and one for the music player side. The phone LCD screen is 1.4 inches and has 176 x 65 pixel resolution in 65,000 colors. Caller information and text messages can clearly be seen on it, and whenever you dial, each digit is of a different color. The music player LCD screen is much larger at 2.1 inches, 176 x 220 pixels and 262,000 color display. That makes it great for listing songs, viewing photos and album covers and watching streaming video.

How well does it communicate? The Upstage is capable of Short Message Service (SMS) as well as Multimedia Message Service (MMS), where users can send sound files, photos, and video along with text to anyone in the world. Another bonus, the Upstage is capable of voice dialing, and voice dictation. Depending on the service provider, the Upstage M620 can be made compatible for AOL, Yahoo! Messenger, and ICQ.

With something that slim, you’ll be surprised to know the Upstage has room for a built-in digital camera. The 1.3 mega pixel camera is mounted on the side of the unit, and can take photos in widescreen mode, and can record any length of video, as long as the memory permits. Photos can be used as caller ID pictures, or attached to MMS files. Videos and pictures can easily be shared via Bluetooth, USB, or the memory card.

All this and more great features awaits the adventurous and the curious who want to check out the Samsung Upstage M620. You’ll be amazed at what this schizo of a mobile phone can do.