We had a chance to check out the
ginormous, hand-built recreation of Samsung's
Messager on site in Chicago this week, and yep, we can confirm it -- this is one big phone. Be that as it may, we're still a bit surprised to hear that it's Guinness Record-setting big, but we guess Cricket's angle here is that the Messager is fully functional. There was a healthy line to use the phone when we stopped by; folks were given the option of making a call (over speakerphone, naturally) or sending a text message, but seeing how the display was just as functional as the rest of the phone, we wouldn't want to call up any numbers we didn't want half of the city of Chicago seeing. Follow the break for video of this beast in action -- and after seeing the amount of footwork involved in simply dialing a number, let's all hope phones never actually get this big, shall we?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
insky @ Mar 16th 2009 1:44PM
What's inside the door?
crazypenguin @ Mar 16th 2009 1:48PM
probably a battery/way to charge the fricken thing.
KGB @ Mar 16th 2009 1:49PM
Can you surf porn on it?
Josh Ladella @ Mar 16th 2009 1:51PM
"Up close" eh?...
I guess engadget isn't special enough for the "hands-on treatment"
The WC @ Mar 16th 2009 1:58PM
How... "green" of Samsung and Cricket.
*Eyeroll*
AVG @ Mar 16th 2009 2:08PM
A giant "messager?" Count me in.
Chris Ziegler @ Mar 16th 2009 2:11PM
Yeah, the spelling is ridiculous.
insky @ Mar 16th 2009 2:36PM
Whoa that's the actual spelling, I thought it was a typo.
Mike P. @ Mar 16th 2009 3:09PM
It's recession time. You know how much more ink would be required to print an "n"?
henrydhanse @ Mar 16th 2009 2:12PM
But does it come with free texting?
Silviu @ Mar 16th 2009 6:02PM
that looks like a nokia
Eddie @ Mar 16th 2009 2:30PM
I guess I can't complain about the keyboard buttons being to small.
Mr Epic Hero @ Mar 16th 2009 2:34PM
Messager isn't a word...
Sameer Surampalli @ Mar 16th 2009 2:59PM
Neither is RAZR or PEBL, but you didn't see anyone complaining.
benahad @ Mar 16th 2009 3:05PM
I'm gonna need bigger pockets...
rita hainsworth @ Mar 16th 2009 4:00PM
Ditch the keyboard and i would buy it.
Amez @ Mar 16th 2009 4:55PM
Seriously i want to fly to Chicago just to play with it! You don't see any of the big carriers doing this do you. Bad A**!
dvsbstrd @ Mar 16th 2009 7:40PM
Do we have a phone number for this thing yet?
Nakey Boy @ Mar 17th 2009 3:22AM
that thing seriously looks like an enlarged nokia 6120C in green. wtf?
RCC2k8 @ Mar 17th 2009 12:07AM
Ooh, Whoever gets the phone number of this thing can then call in the middle of the night. *evil* Can you imagine the vibration on that sucker?
jbooyah @ Mar 17th 2009 2:28AM
I was walking by yesterday and some kid called his mom (I think to win a t-shirt or something). It went something like:
Kid: I'm calling you on a giant cell phone.
Mom: What are you doing downtown?
Crowd: Ooooh!
Kid: I heard about this great opportunity and had to come over.
Crowd: Hahahaha.
Logan @ Mar 17th 2009 9:39PM
I wonder if it slides closed like the regular messenger??????????? hmmmm?
net625 @ Apr 30th 2009 1:15AM
I think if it slides closed you could take off someones head with it. Also I think all smart phones should have a slide out keyboard.
Chris Are @ Apr 5th 2009 12:37PM
That lady is kind of a tool. I mean she's probably getting the crowd into it (so therefore doing her job), but I just want to give people like that a sedative.