If you can't wait until the IPhone is available, you might want to check this phone out from Samsung: the "innovative, super-slim, two-faced UpStage (M620). The UpStage is a "chocolate-bar style hanset" that is "less than a half inch thick and not much taller or wider than an iPod nano. It has a 1.4 color screen, has music/multimedia functionality and its price is $300 dollars or $150 dollars for a 2 year contract with Sprint Nextel.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Super-slim Phones
- Opportunity for disruptive innovation in creating even thinner and more compact smartphones.
- Two-faced Phones
- Opportunity to design smartphones with dual-screen functionality for enhanced multitasking and user experience.
- Music/multimedia Phones
- Opportunity to develop smartphones with advanced media features and enhanced music playback capabilities.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Mobile Phone Manufacturing
- Opportunity for phone manufacturers to outpace competitors by producing super-slim and two-faced phones.
- Telecommunication Providers
- Opportunity for telecommunication providers to offer music-oriented and multimedia-focused phone plans and services.
- Consumer Electronics Retail
- Opportunity for retailers to cater to the demand for music and multimedia phones by offering a wide range of products and accessories.
