A new HOOK cellphone design breaks from the bar form factor
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- Zamroni
- xtb
- 06 Nov 2009
Probably the design was inpired by PSTN-era terms, on-hook and off-hook.
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- Anonymous
- iBt
- 06 Nov 2009
thats stupid.........
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- waheedtheone
- t@G
- 06 Nov 2009
i don't think its a good idea. this hook would ruin the concept of user friendly handset.
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- EdB
- 4dA
- 06 Nov 2009
Ridiculous. Pressing two keys is hardly hard work and is less apt to break. Phones can be plenty small and still pick up your voice w/o apparatus that might break. If this were April 1st, I'd think it was April Fools.
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- stupid
- uQ5
- 06 Nov 2009
this is stupid
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- Anonymous
- GLP
- 06 Nov 2009
can't believe gsmarena wasted space for this...
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- Anonymous
- uC4
- 06 Nov 2009
weird plus useless???
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- beezy
- PAW
- 06 Nov 2009
uhh oh..what kind of design is that. its a mess..
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- x-tacy
- uSS
- 06 Nov 2009
weird!
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- Anonymous
- uSS
- 06 Nov 2009
I'd stay away from a hook
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- alfred.B
- IaA
- 06 Nov 2009
yes, doesn't make senses and quite agree with the hook become the bluetooth device.
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- starboi
- 9Lb
- 06 Nov 2009
im not gonna get HOOK on this one.
not even captain hook. :P
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- Warren Gyulay Canada
- 01X
- 06 Nov 2009
The hook should also be detachable wear it becomes an earpiece, considering driving laws are getting strict. In walking mode, the hook can work as shown, based on phone designers styles.
Once in the car, it can detach so to fit in your ear or possibly wrap around all the while still using the mouthpiece to pick up voice/cheek vibrations.
I disagree with the design as shown as you are left with a groove that picks up dirt and debris. It should be a built-in thingy within the phone. It should work on bluethooth as well, why not?
This is not really innovative actually. I use to use (and still have it but not in use) the sony CMZ-100....remember? oh yeah baby, I was a star with that piece of hardware back in the day!
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- neyad
- PMT
- 06 Nov 2009
Not good idea. Its a downgrade thing.
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- Anonymous
- t7J
- 06 Nov 2009
wtf is this crap? is this the new "side talk"?
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- Flip phone
- tWi
- 06 Nov 2009
the regular flip phone which has been around for so long actually is a lot better than this as it can give you bigger screen space while maintaining the small size.
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- fly
- w9L
- 06 Nov 2009
Doesn’t make sense
if it could be used as a stand????? Better
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- Anonymous
- 2IC
- 06 Nov 2009
hm.. pressing two buttons would be much faster (imo) compared to sliding or flipping the HOOK thingy..
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- eoin
- t7K
- 06 Nov 2009
this is a design failure. pressing 2 buttons is way much easier than flipping a "hook".
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- qbws@hotmail.com
- iqh
- 06 Nov 2009
this is a new concept,but it must be improve:
1,flip isn't convenient than slide
2,no direction key,how to choose the charter
3,how to control the cost
if you have some new idea,you can connect with me.