+1
I don't see as many clamshells as "candybar" style handsets, but I've
never heard anyone refer to them as uncool. Most worries I've heard are
based around fears of the hinge snapping.
Clamshell is imho a good way of squeezing a larger screen+decent keypad
into a small device.
On 21 Apr 2004, at 14:07, <Sandra.Baron@swisscom.com> wrote:
> Sorry John, I do not agree with your opinion at all - plus the selling
> figures of the operators prove the opposite aswell. Clamshell handsets
> are selling extremely well
> in Europe and I really do wonder what makes you think they are uncool.
> Samsung, Sharp,
> Nec, Mitsubishi and even SonyEricsson are very successful with their
> clamshell phones.
> And I even think that it is quite cool to have a clamshell plus looking
> ahead to 3G phones (of which most are clamshell) I think that
> clamshell design has just started
> to become interesting.
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