The design crew of the Matrix worked closely with Samsung to develop a phone whose features and release date would coincide with the movie.

Instead, it was marketed solely to fans of the series as a piece of rare, high quality merchandise.

A small amount of the screen is left visible when the earpiece is down to display important status information.

The 1000 mAh lithium ion battery found in the N270 has a backplate matching the Matrix phone, making it somewhat proprietary.

Other than physical conveniences, the phone features an assisted GPS receiver, English and Spanish languages, multiple alarms, a calendar, a to-do list and a simple calculator.

The phone is mostly made of black plastic and the buttons show stylized green digits.

Samsung is only displayed on the phone's casing and Sprint is only mentioned on-screen when the battery is improperly inserted.

The phone was used only twice in the movie,[1] but accurate 3D models of it were portrayed in Final Flight of the Osiris and Enter the Matrix.

While USB transfer was available to some extent, the phone did not support Bluetooth or IrDA and had no video or MP3 capabilities.