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Flips, clamshells, sliders, swivels. Which manufacturer started which styles/features? |
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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
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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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so is nokia the first with the two way slider? (n95)
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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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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.
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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
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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
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Though I think the 7650 was the first phone to have an integrated camera!
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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. |
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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) |
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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.
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first candybar = motorola
first clamshell = motorola
first flip = motorola
first swivel = motorola
first slider = siemens
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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
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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
i would say that siemens, motorola, and ericsson are the 3 most innovate brands.
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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? 
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