Flips, clamshells, sliders, swivels. Which manufacturer started which styles/features?

Posted by mode
Just curious looking at all of the phone designs these days. AFAIK, Motorola first came out with the swivel design. What about the rest of the styles? I have an idea/impression of which manufacturers started which styles but I open this up for discussion as I may be wrong and it might be interesting

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First Flip = Motorola
First Clamshell = Motorola
First Slider = Siemens
First Swivel = Motorola
First Colour Screen = ?
First External Memory Capable = ?
First Detachable camera = Ericsson
First Onboard camera = ?
First MP3 Capable = Ericsson (detachable)
First FM radio phone = ?
First 3G phone = ?
First Downloadable Games phone = ?
First PDA Phone = Ericsson
First USB charging phone = ?
First Polyphonic Ring Capable phone = ?
First Joystick phone = ?
First D-Pad phone = ?

Please feel free to add, edit, correct or confirm the list with specific models

[ This Message was edited by: mode on 2007-11-06 23:29 ]

Posted by razec
If we talk about sliders, the first i guess was Siemens SL10 and it's also the first phone to have color screen

http://www.gsmarena.com/siemens_sl10-89.php

first to have a flip and is touchscreen was SE R380

http://www.gsmarena.com/ericsson_r380-195.php

look at what GSMArena said in it's size specification : Big?

First Swivel phone: Motorola V70

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_v80-609.php
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Posted by gola
so is nokia the first with the two way slider? (n95)

Posted by razec

On 2007-10-24 12:19:42, gola wrote:
so is nokia the first with the two way slider? (n95)

and innovation indeed

first PDA touchscreen slider: QTEK 9090/O2 XDA IIs, any corrections?

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Posted by jcwhite_uk

On 2007-10-24 12:07:02, razec wrote:
first to have a flip and is touchscreen was SE R380

The old Motorola analogue phones used to have a flip about 5 years before the R380.

Posted by Sammy_boy
These Mobile-Review articles might answer most of your questions:

Form-factors of mobile phones, part one

Form-factors of mobile phones, part two

Form-factors of mobile phones, part three

Posted by mode
Thanks for the link, that kinda sums everything up. I did think Nokia 7650 was the first slider- well I was wrong, that's why I was quite reserved on sharing my thoughts in the first place. Excellent article

Posted by Sammy_boy
Though I think the 7650 was the first phone to have an integrated camera!

Posted by fatreg

On 2007-10-24 17:01:06, Sammy_boy wrote:
Though I think the 7650 was the first phone to have an integrated camera!

yup and T68 is first with an attachable cam.

Posted by himlims_nl

On 2007-10-24 17:32:02, fatreg wrote:

On 2007-10-24 17:01:06, Sammy_boy wrote:
Though I think the 7650 was the first phone to have an integrated camera!

yup and T68 is first with an attachable cam.

believe that was siemens with the X55 series (worked on m55/s55)

Posted by mode

On 2007-10-24 17:39:53, himlims_nl wrote:
On 2007-10-24 17:32:02, fatreg wrote:
On 2007-10-24 17:01:06, Sammy_boy wrote: Though I think the 7650 was the first phone to have an integrated camera!

yup and T68 is first with an attachable cam.
believe that was siemens with the X55 series (worked on m55/s55)

Well, actually Ericsson was the first to come out with the idea of attachable mobile imaging through MCA-10 which was compatible with models as early as R320 and R520m and later with T20e, T29, T39m.

Posted by Brightspark
first candybar = motorola

first clamshell = motorola

first flip = motorola

first swivel = motorola

first slider = siemens

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Posted by mode

On 2007-10-26 23:07:06, Brightspark wrote:
first candybar = motorola

first clamshell = motorola

first flip = motorola

first swivel = motorola

first slider = siemens

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[ This Message was edited by: Brightspark on 2007-10-26 22:11 ]

Yeah, Motorola did have a good head start in the business and had ample time to explore various designs and styles, rightly becoming leaders in this respect. And kudos to Siemens who seemed to be the only manufacturer to get ahead of Moto and break the monopoly. Just wondering if there are anymore room for new form factors to emerge. I just can't see it though

Posted by Brightspark

i would say that siemens, motorola, and ericsson are the 3 most innovate brands.

[ This Message was edited by: Brightspark on 2007-10-29 01:40 ]

Posted by razec
Anybody knows which was the first brand to integrate memory card slot? and triband/quadband? my guess in quadband was motorola.

first phone to have LED flash = K700?

Posted by *Jojo*
Despite it's OLDNESS . . . I still like my Motorola V60i, the BEST clamshell I've had since time immemorial

Posted by Brightspark

On 2007-10-29 02:49:16, razec wrote:
Anybody knows which was the first brand to integrate memory card slot? and triband/quadband? my guess in quadband was motorola.

first phone to have LED flash = K700?

well, i think that NEC had the first quadband phone. moto released one not long after (ie v600).

Posted by paul101
first cameraphone that took pics that were USEABLE

would that be the k750i

Posted by razec
First 3Mp camera phone was the Xcute DV1... it's also the first phone to have VGA video recording @ 30Fps

First Slim phone i guess was the Samsung C100, though it's not as slim as Motorola's RAZR that have started the trends for slim phones

First Phone to have dual front design= T630

Posted by mode

Ericsson's HPM-10 MP3 player started having the MultiMedia card (MMC) slot first AFAIK, but HPM-10 is an attachment, not onboard slot.

Posted by mode

On 2007-10-30 01:18:29, paul101 wrote:
first cameraphone that took pics that were USEABLE

would that be the k750i

I disagree, I actually took a lot of memorable and printable photos with my 1.3mp S700i which IMHO is still the best 1.3mp phone to this day

Posted by Brightspark

On 2007-10-30 01:18:29, paul101 wrote:
first cameraphone that took pics that were USEABLE

would that be the k750i

that award goes to the Sharp 902. in 2004 it had by far te best quality for its time and had optical zoom.

Posted by mode

On 2007-10-24 10:13:48, mode wrote:
Just curious looking at all of the phone designs these days. AFAIK, Motorola first came out with the swivel design. What about the rest of the styles? I have an idea/impression of which manufacturers started which styles but I open this up for discussion as I may be wrong and it might be interesting

*Edit*

First Flip = Motorola
First Clamshell = Motorola
First Slider = Siemens
First Swivel = Motorola
First Colour Screen = ?
First External Memory Capable = ?
First Detachable camera = Ericsson
First Onboard camera = ?
First MP3 Capable = Ericsson (detachable)
First FM radio phone = ?
First 3G phone = ?
First Downloadable Games phone = ?
First PDA Phone = Ericsson
First USB charging phone = ?
First Polyphonic Ring Capable phone = ?
First Joystick phone = ?
First D-Pad phone = ?

Please feel free to add, edit, correct or confirm the list with specific models

Motorola's Contributions:
First Flip = Motorola DPC650
First Clamshell = Motorola StarTac
First Swivel = Motorola V70

Siemens' Contributions:
First Slider = SL10

Ericsson's Contributions:
First Camera capable phone = Ericsson R320, used with MCA-10
First MP3 capable phone = Ericsson R320, used with HPM-10
First PDA phone = Ericsson R380

Anyone to comfirm/dipute this?

[ This Message was edited by: mode on 2007-11-05 09:47 ]