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Form factor terminologies
Furthermore, using the terms "bar" and "candy bar" to describe one-piece phones is only partially accurate: only certain types of candy bars (Hershey, Nestle Crunch) have the thin rectangular cross section that is typical of mobile phones. I have not see...
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Monolith examples: Motorola i265 and the Samsung M620
Slider examples: The Sprint Mogul by HTC and the UTStarcom PPC-6700.
six-ft-seven said:
Furthermore, using the terms "bar" and "candy bar" to describe one-piece phones is only partially accurate: only certain types of candy bars (Hershey, Nestle Crunch) have the thin rectangular cross section that is typical of mobile phones. I have not seen any phones that have a Snickers- or Milky-Way-type square cross section.
You obviously have never seen a Nokia 6019. Phones like that are where the term came from.
Oh well, at least I got it off my chest... 🙂
It is something we have given thought to; our choice of terms is very much intentional.
I agree that "candy" in "candy bar" has some odd connotations. I intentionally don't use the term "candy bar" in the spec database for that reason. We don't have a strict editorial policy against using "candy bar" when we write news and articles, but perhaps we should. It's a thought.
I think "bar" or "bar style" is a good term, though. "Clamshell" is also a good term IMO. It's a good real-world analogy that describes the form factor quite well. Think about how an actual clam shell is arranged and that's exactly how a "clamshell" phone works.
As for "form factor", I feel that really is the most accurate term for what w...
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