A new HOOK cellphone design breaks from the bar form factor

05 November, 2009
We stumbled upon a new intriguing mobile form factor concept coming from Brazilian designer Fabio Dabori. The so-called HOOK promises to innovate the keypad locking mechanism and push the future...

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  • baqueRoc
  • jn}
  • 19 Nov 2009

Your honestly trying to tell me that you seriously need to have that...take the extra half a second to press the unlock buttons and im pretty sure your issues are solved. This has got to be one of the most ridiculous things i have ever seen...and then what...charge an extra 80-100 bucks for the phone cause of this snappable unlocking wasted thing? ya drop that.

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    • Amin
    • 0FR
    • 10 Nov 2009

    Realy bad idea . nothing usefull no extra beauty ,not operational . just a poor design

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      • strikex
      • vjs
      • 09 Nov 2009

      i think its stupid.. they must have gotten the idea from W995...

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        • Banjeze
        • Tmd
        • 09 Nov 2009

        redesigning the clamshell and slider mechanism? soooo lame!!!!

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          • Anonymous
          • Mx@
          • 09 Nov 2009

          these phone companies are running out of ideas

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            • Anonymous
            • n%n
            • 09 Nov 2009

            well this is pretty useless... i think the current technologie is working just fine and has been for the past years
            and second, most of the handsets will be (un)lockable by pushing 1 button so why pull out a thing like that hook
            and what if it breaks? getting your phone repaired several times a year seems a little stupid to me
            waste your energie on something else instead of innovating retard stuff

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              • DanD
              • ULZ
              • 09 Nov 2009

              That's a stupid design!

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                • Indian
                • u15
                • 09 Nov 2009

                to lock/unlock keypad. rather suggest a key, just like we found on left/right side of touchscreen phone.

                and for mic, you can use a anttena type mic that bends like we have on headsets. movable to any direction. and it resides in phone at stylus place.

                like we pullout the mic as we want and make it straight and pull it back in a phone.

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                  • safz
                  • uwV
                  • 09 Nov 2009

                  ridiculus and waste of time....

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                    • TSH
                    • PWn
                    • 08 Nov 2009

                    Uhm. This was done in 1999:
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_7110
                    Srsly, I can't believe anybody's impressed by this "new" development. 10 years isn't long enough for us to have forgotten this.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • LKm
                      • 08 Nov 2009

                      hello are these people losing it a hook that just sounds insane ?!?!

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                        • JonSnow
                        • f4v
                        • 08 Nov 2009

                        My apaologies, it was actually the phillips Genie

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                          • JonSnow
                          • f4v
                          • 08 Nov 2009

                          Not really that innovative, Phillips had a similar extendable mic on the Spark back in the late 90's, did provide for a nice compact handset though.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • u1u
                            • 08 Nov 2009

                            this s all done by apple to make users feel that their stones are best

                            long live samsung

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                              • Anonymous
                              • PWD
                              • 08 Nov 2009

                              such ideas are encouraged bur honestly this is lame..come on u could easily break the hook..i dont think phone manufacturers should approve this otherwise im sure it would have quite an effect on demand for sure..

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                                • Anonymous
                                • vb$
                                • 08 Nov 2009

                                won't work unless it's made of carbon fibre or something equally light and sturdy

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                                  • nadir
                                  • 2AY
                                  • 08 Nov 2009

                                  it the best now u can leave u phone like that people who think this is lame they r lame

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                                    • Sayef Hussain
                                    • uRB
                                    • 08 Nov 2009

                                    Getting rid of two button 'syndrome' for locking keypad is a good idea. But doing so with a fragile and breakable hook is no good idea. For locking/unlocking, a sliding button at the right side of the phone set would do real good.

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                                      • Bishal Ghimire
                                      • ttv
                                      • 08 Nov 2009

                                      Oh GOD ! this is the worst post i have seen in Gsmarena.com in last 3yrs time ... its a lame concept. Poor post by such a wonderful site :( total waste of time to read about it.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • vGt
                                        • 08 Nov 2009

                                        look at the Sony Ericsson W 350i flip pad. Does the same thing more elegantly, I think.