Samsung m620 to be christened "UpStage" for Sprint

by Chris Ziegler, posted Mar 25th 2007 at 12:50PM

So it won't be called the "Flipper" or the "Ultra Music" -- no, it seems Sprint wanted a name all its own for the very unique m620 musicphone from Samsung. When it launches at CTIA this week, the two-faced handset will get slapped with the name "UpStage," which in our opinion really doesn't convey the craziness of the phone's form factor appropriately -- but does give a nod to its unusually strong audio capabilities. As the Flash presentation points out, the UpStage's key features include touch-sensitive music controls, a 1.3 megapixel cam (which is shared with the phone side's face), stereo Bluetooth, built-in speakers for rockin' out the old-fashioned way, and microSD expansion. We're hoping that everyone is going to be able to waltz into their friendly local Sprint store in the next few days and pick up an UpStage of their own, but either way, expect some serious hands-on action from the floor of CTIA!

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, Samsung, Sprint, 1xRTT, EV-DO, CDMA

Tags: f300, flipper, m620, music, sprint, sprint nextel, sprint-nextel, SprintNextel, ultra music, UltraMusic, upstage

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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r0fl @ Mar 25th 2007 3:16PM

You could give credit to where it's due ;(

http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=8939574&postcount=78

http://sprintusers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1339332&postcount=201

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Joe @ Mar 25th 2007 9:54PM

Sounds like "UpStage" is a dig at the iPhone...

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lisa dennard @ Dec 12th 2007 10:56PM

when i download the music manager cd i cant get the cd to activate what am i doing wrong or do i need
a new cd the phone is brand new and i can't get to download any music help

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