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Old 11-07-2013, 10:51 PM
 
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makes a come back and you actually want one? Of course they would modify it to fit current user needs like internet and screen resolution.
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Old 11-08-2013, 04:03 AM
 
Location: Florida & Cebu, Philippines
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It is already here, it will be interesting to see how it sells

New Samsung Android flip phone bubbles up with quad-core CPU
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Old 11-08-2013, 06:03 AM
 
Location: Ocala, FL
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And that is only useful if you live in China. Useless for most folks.

Flip phones are going the way of the dinosaur.
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Old 11-08-2013, 10:55 AM
 
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There have been multiple attempts at making Android iterations with keyboards, flip or slider over the past several years. None of them sold well unfortunately.

I can see a different type of flip come out though. With the flexible displays coming out, we could very well see a resurgence in a flip type mechanism, but probably more 'fold' than flip and definitely not like the way it was.
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Old 11-08-2013, 11:09 AM
 
Location: Ocala, FL
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It's funny to think when in the original Motorola Razr flip phone was introduced how popular it became and now the new Razr devices or tablet-style with virtual keyboards. Maybe in a few years, the flip phone will make a resurgence with newer technology. Everything old is new again.
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Old 11-08-2013, 12:24 PM
 
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My First experience with a "smart phone" was the MOTO RAZR first generation. I was able to get Internet on the phone and I didn't know that until about 9 months into owning it. But back in 2005 the mobile internet wasn't what it was today.

I actually do miss the style of the flip phone. I hope that the fliexible screen technology makes it's way into a flip phone, wouldn't mind having it as a back up device?
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Old 11-10-2013, 10:15 AM
 
Location: Limbo
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And that is only useful if you live in China. Useless for most folks.

Flip phones are going the way of the dinosaur.
19% of the world lives in China and only 4.5% live in the US, so it would be most useful to them.
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Old 11-10-2013, 01:12 PM
 
Location: Ocala, FL
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19% of the world lives in China and only 4.5% live in the US, so it would be most useful to them.
I am going to go out on a limb and say that a higher percentage of American households have a higher percentage of cell phones per person than most Chinese households.
See the following article:

http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marke.../a#subscribers

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Old 11-10-2013, 01:51 PM
 
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Once techno world has perfected the human brain/computer interface your phone along with much else techno related will be available just by thinking about it, all possible by having a small chip implant presumably in your head.
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Old 11-10-2013, 02:34 PM
 
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Once techno world has perfected the human brain/computer interface your phone along with much else techno related will be available just by thinking about it, all possible by having a small chip implant presumably in your head.
scary thought, but I am down with it...I mean my phones on my all day long, screw cancer.
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