Counterclockwise: celebrating the weird form factors of yesteryear

01 July 2018
With phones like the Oppo Find X and vivo NEX S hitting the market there is hope that the boring slab of a phone is not the only option.

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  • 01 Jul 2018

xperia play is my favorite. i need new version of it. to beat razer, blackshar and asus rog

    Oppo N1 still one of the most beautiful phone and no doubt its prettier than the Find X

      Back in the last 90's, so many brands making a phone as small as they can, even it's only a feature phone like calling, sms and mms only. Nokia, siemen, and "the pioneer" ericsson too. Nokia 8210, 8310, siemen xelibri, ericsson t78, t28s makes the user speechless and proud to use it even with a tiny monochrome display. Now, all brands competiting make a phone as big as they can with the all full screen..

        MobileGeek, 01 Jul 2018How about Toshiba g450? weirdest ever...Kind of looks like the Xelibri 1, part of a whole line of weird phones.

        https://www.gsmarena.com/siemens_xelibri_1-506.php

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          • Anonymous
          • tDP
          • 01 Jul 2018

          My favourite is the handset that can be converted to tablet or laptop, so asus padfone and motorola atrix were on my list

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            • Anonymous
            • vgM
            • 01 Jul 2018

            I like flip handset, especially with transaprent cover like moto ming series. Look cool at the time

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              • Anonymous
              • nmM
              • 01 Jul 2018

              Akinaro, 01 Jul 2018Where is Sony Ericsson Pureness? Where is Nokia 7700? Sie... moreNokia 9110 and its family wasnt mention either, same as the iMates with similar designs.

              Happy times and history

                Phone manufacturers in 2008: we have to research what customers need and approach different customers differently
                Phone manufacturers in 2018: THIS PHONE HAS THE THINNEST BEZELS AND A 6.99" DISPLAY

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                  • mhB
                  • 01 Jul 2018

                  I always liked tiny phones.
                  The Samsung X830 is one of them missing from this list.

                  I don't have to do a lot of browsing on a phone on the go, but I do need to connect at times. And the tiny phones never delivered on that, unfortunately. Also today, I would need a couple of Apps, that I would consider essential.
                  I want to be able to play music on it, so it would have to support streaming services as well.
                  I would also need a decent camera.
                  I need those features so much that I unfortunately could not have a phone without it as a spare or weekend phone.
                  Watch phones or other small phones today, usually relies on special chargers, and have really bad batterylife... If it is going to have bad batterylife it should charge with a standard charger at least, so it possible to use a power-bank or borrow a charger.

                  I guess the biggest chance for really small phones in the future would be with folding screens, in the flip format. But I don't think it will happen.

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                    • Mircea
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                    • 01 Jul 2018

                    Motorola Aura

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                      • MobileGeek
                      • MkX
                      • 01 Jul 2018

                      How about Toshiba g450? weirdest ever...

                        shappy, 01 Jul 2018There is a need of Sony Xperia Play 2018 :)Yass! With a Sony DeX for gaming!
                        If Sony makes "Sony PlayStation Phone" I'd Definitely grabb!!!

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                          • 01 Jul 2018

                          shappy, 01 Jul 2018There is a need of Sony Xperia Play 2018 :)I will be exciting if sony try to counter portable gaming by introducing xperia play 2+home dock with exclusive title, and marketed under the name playstation
                          Like how ASUS with their ROG phone

                            Where is Sony Ericsson Pureness?
                            Where is Nokia 7700?
                            Siemens SK65?
                            Siemens Xelibri series?
                            Where is Monohm Runcible?
                            And what about Nokia 5510 and N-Gage?
                            No Mention about Siemens PenPhone?

                            If you start writing articles spend more time on it and show viewers some really weird looking devices that you actually could buy(beside PenPhone...)

                              There is a need of Sony Xperia Play 2018 :)

                                I have an Xperia Play here and I kept it for almost 7 years.
                                You didn't mention the "taco phone" for Nokia! (a.k.a. the N-Gage)

                                  Oppo Find X would be on the place of the glorious Cybershot.

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                                    • E7E
                                    • 01 Jul 2018

                                    Those old Nokia's were lovely the n93,n96,e7.
                                    Now all we have are iPhone clones.

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                                      • Haihai
                                      • tDP
                                      • 01 Jul 2018

                                      You forget about Sony ericsson S700i

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 01 Jul 2018

                                        All these phones have better design than the notched phones

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