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MotherGunner

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NEC's New Cell Phone
« on: February 22, 2011, 12:33:29 PM »
I know this is a "Non-NEC"  [-X forum but have you guys seen this?  I like it!

http://gizmodo.com/#!5766009/the-latest-worlds-thinnest-phone-will-soon-eat-up-japan




The Latest "World’s Thinnest Phone" Will Soon Eat Up Japan


Kat Hannaford — The Latest "World's Thinnest Phone" Will Soon Eat Up JapanSpecs? I don't think the Japanese care—just as long as this NEC Medias phone lives up to its 7.7mm-thick promise. Unlike other super-slim phones that cry of a 6mm waist (the LG Optimus Black, at its thinnest point), the Medias is actually 7.7mm up and down.

The phone has leaked out ahead of its Japanese announcement, with claims of it weighing just 105g and having a 4-inch LCD face with 854 x 480 resolution (the same res as Sony Ericsson's Xperia Arc). Supposedly it's running Android 2.2 on an 800MHz processor, has a 5.1MP camera and digital TV tuner.

It's one only for the Japanese market, sure, but I just can't fathom how they got it so thin. After seeing Samsung's Galaxy S II (which seems impossibly thin at 8.49mm) in the flesh, I'd be really interested to try my hand as snapping NEC's phone in half. Purely for scientific reasons, you understand. [Datacider and Draft Life With Blogs via Akihabara News via MobileCrunch]
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Re: NEC's New Cell Phone
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2011, 12:45:26 PM »
Will Soon Eat Up Me!
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Re: NEC's New Cell Phone
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2011, 01:06:59 PM »
I wonder what battery life is like on something like this?
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Re: NEC's New Cell Phone
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2011, 02:17:57 PM »
There is a long history of products like this and from what I've seen the reason why the ultra portable, ultra thin, etc stuff is Japan-only is because only Japan would put up with such ultra expensive ultra fragile, bleeding edge stuff. Think: PCE LT.

My iPhone 4 is 1.6 mm thicker, I'll suffer.
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Re: NEC's New Cell Phone
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2011, 02:28:00 PM »
No slide out keyboard...  meh.
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« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2011, 03:08:57 PM »
The mobile phones here are used as a launch pad for new technology. For example, Sharp's latest display technology always shows up in their phones about 6-12 months before it hits the market in TVs. It's a unique situation and not much profit is made, which is one other reason that lots of these handsets aren't exported.
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Re: NEC's New Cell Phone
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2011, 01:44:01 AM »
Oh, it doesn't have a HuCard slot.  *yawn*
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Re: NEC's New Cell Phone
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2011, 02:28:42 PM »
Quote from: TheClash603 on February 22, 2011, 02:28:00 PM
No slide out keyboard...  meh.
+1  I will only buy phone with keyboards..

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Re: NEC's New Cell Phone
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2011, 02:46:19 PM »
DOES IT PLAY PC ENGINE?
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Re: NEC's New Cell Phone
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2011, 04:56:40 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2011, 05:04:53 PM »
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Re: NEC's New Cell Phone
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2011, 05:20:29 PM »
One of the more interesting specs that I haven't seen in a cell phone (and reminds me of the turboexpress) is that this phone has a TV tuner built in.
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Re: NEC's New Cell Phone
« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2011, 05:44:46 PM »
A built in Turbo-Vision?  :lol: It gets better!

Does it print money?
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Re: NEC's New Cell Phone
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2011, 12:11:40 AM »
Quote from: grahf on February 22, 2011, 03:08:57 PM
The mobile phones here are used as a launch pad for new technology. For example, Sharp's latest display technology always shows up in their phones about 6-12 months before it hits the market in TVs. It's a unique situation and not much profit is made, which is one other reason that lots of these handsets aren't exported.

True true.  The 3DS's "amazing new no glasses 3d screen" uses the same tech as my Hitachi Woo 3D phone.  And I got it almost 2 years ago now lol.
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Tatsujin

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Re: NEC's New Cell Phone
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2011, 02:49:44 AM »
BUT, the 3DS looks 10x better than your Woo 3D phone. The technics behind is quite ancient, the realization quite different.

@goban: it's hard to get a phone in Japan w/o a tv-tuner built-in. the norm here is called 1-seg, a digital broadocast system and free to use without any concession needed. even my walkman has one built-in.
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