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Samsung's UpStage Looks To Trump iPhone

Posted by kdawson on from the flip dept.

bj sends word of Samsung's recently unveiled cell phone, called UpStage. It will ship April 1 (no fooling) for $300, or $150 with a 2-year contract from Sprint Nextel. "...the UpStage is a candy-bar style handset that's less than half an inch thick and not much taller or wider than an iPod Nano. Other multimedia-friendly cell phones struggle to balance the sometimes-conflicting requirements of a conventional handset and a music or video player; the UpStage solves this quandary by simply putting phone functions on one side of the device and the multimedia functions on the other side."

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  1. It's all about the looks by lemmen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It doesn't matter if a phone has all nice features, a lot depends on the looks (both physical and OS).
    A small phone with MP3 playback option won't win it of iPhone just because of the MP3 functionality.

    Just my 2 cts.

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  2. WhaHuh? by Telvin_3d · · Score: 5, Informative

    Um, how does this have anything to do with the iPhone? What is the point in comparing the two devices? For all I know this phone will turn out to be successful, but it is a completely different product.

    iPhone - 4-8 GB of storage
    Upstage - 64 MB (HA! yes Megabyte!)

    iPhone - 3.5 inch screen at 320x480
    Upstage - 2.1 inch screen at 176x220

    iPhone - Ability to upload your own video content
    Upstage - Access to Sprint TV video clips

    Why are these being compared? They are not in the same product class or market.

    1. Re:WhaHuh? by carpe_noctem · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why are these being compared? They are not in the same product class or market.

      Because it's an "iPhone killer", duh!

      Oh wait.... since the iPhone hasn't been released yet, I guess that would instead make it an "iPhone aborter"..

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  3. Re:double sided phone? by kjart · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You just know we are going to read about these in a couple of months failing because the screens are getting cracked and busted left and right.

    I don't understand - why would having screens on two sides of a phone make them more likely to be damaged? I'd be more worried about the screen on the iPhone since it is a) large and b) the only real input method on the phone. Lets say the the multimedia screen breaks on this device - you still have a functioning phone. If it breaks on the iPhone, you have an expensive brick.