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The Pantech C300 is the world's smallest camera flip phone available commercially. It is manufactured by the South Korean cellphone company Pantech Curitel. The Pantech C300's dimensions are 2.72 by 1.69 by .76 inches. The C300 is licensed by AT&T Mobility and iWireless in the U.S. and Rogers Wireless in Canada.
Motorola applied for the StarTAC trademark name in September 1995. The StarTAC was unveiled in North America on January 3, 1996. [8] Then the smallest cell phone available, this AMPS phone was an immediate success.
LG claimed that the Pop was the "world's smallest touchscreen phone". [2] It featured a 3.0 inch display and dimensions of 97.8×49.5×11.2 mm. As of February 2010 the Pop has sold a million units. [3] The LG Pop had a solar power option, a small panel which would fit on the back of the phone that would render electricity to the battery.
This is the list of mobile phone brands sorted by the country from which the brands originate. The number of mobile phone brands peaked to more than 750 in 2017 before declining to nearly 250 brands in 2023. [1] Bold refers to major smartphone brand. [2] [3]
Martin Cooper, a former general manager for the systems division at Motorola, led a team that produced the DynaTAC 8000X, the first commercially available cellular phone small enough to be easily carried, and made the first phone call from it. Martin Cooper was the first person to make an analog cellular mobile phone call on a prototype in 1973.
The Motorola MicroTAC is a cellular phone first manufactured as an analog version in 1989. GSM-compatible and TDMA/Dual-Mode versions were introduced in 1994. The MicroTAC introduced a new "flip" design, where the "mouthpiece" folded over the keypad, although on later production the "mouthpiece" was actually located in the base of the phone, along with the ringer.
Unihertz Atom was marketed as "the ultimate rugged phone for outdoor adventures". Unihertz was associated with a previous very small 3G smartphone, the Posh Micro X, which launched in 2015. [6] Reviews of Jelly and Jelly Pro, the "world's smallest 4G smartphone" have been mixed, [7] [8] [9] but it drew international attention. [10]
Japanese cell phones increasingly diverged from global standards and trends to offer other forms of advanced services and smartphone-like functionality that were specifically tailored to the Japanese market, such as mobile payments and shopping, near-field communication (NFC) allowing mobile wallet functionality to replace smart cards for ...