What's your Favourite Form Factor?

[Jose_R.A.M]

The Bar? e.g. Nokia N70, S.E. K750i

The Flip? e.g. Motorola V3, BQS CF 61

The Slide?e.g. Samsung D500, LG KG800

The Swivel?e.g. S.E. W900i, Motorola V80

The Transformer?e.g. Nokia N93, Samsung D300

[MikeUK]

Slide for me.

[francisofarabia]

the flip you are talking about is a clamshell, the ericsson T-39, T-28 etc is a flip...

[carcomptoy]

Before, perhaps, but now that those flips no longer exist, the term flip or flip-phone is now considered the same as clamshell...however much of a misnomer it is:o

But yeah I like flip-phone/clamshell and/or transformer in general, but since there are no awesome clamshell S60s that're pocketable much less affordable, I'm stuck with candybars:o

[Jose_R.A.M]

Before, perhaps, but now that those flips no longer exist, the term flip or flip-phone is now considered the same as clamshell...however much of a misnomer it is:o

But yeah I like flip-phone/clamshell and/or transformer in general, but since there are no awesome clamshell S60s that're pocketable much less affordable, I'm stuck with candybars:o

Yeah, I decided not to include that type of flip (flip down) anymore to reduce confusion...Although it does, sort of still exist, e.g. the S.E. Pxxx series

flip up, as cct said, is sort of synonymous with clamshell.

As for me, I voted transformer. Its so versatile, looks great when your twisting it and it changes into something else, video cam mode, laptop mode, phone mode, closed mode :D (And if chokia's design concept is remembered, PDA mode;))

[carcomptoy]

I can't wait though for a pocketable sized transformer from Nokia!!!:rolleyes:

[Jose_R.A.M]

There are pocketable sized transformers from nokia. Its just that some people have small pockets :p

[MikeUK]

Jose do you have big pockets like this then?

http://moblog.co.uk/blogs/52/moblog_daeb9ec61fac9.jpg
http://moblog.co.uk/blogs/52/moblog_daeb9ec61fac9.jpg

[chokia]

i only choose 1 form factor and it can be or looked like the rest.
http://www.mypdacafe.com/members/chokia/concept4s.jpg
And unless one is hobbits descendant then perhaps 107.4 x 58.2 x 24mm is not pocketable.

[Jose_R.A.M]

Jose do you have big pockets like this then?

http://moblog.co.uk/blogs/52/moblog_daeb9ec61fac9.jpg
http://moblog.co.uk/blogs/52/moblog_daeb9ec61fac9.jpg

He's so cool...

:rolleyes: haha lol:p

Seriously - in some baggy jeans theyre go in comfortably...but for most people, if they can get it in, the N93 will look like some unsightly bulge.

There's a teeny little filipino nurse at work and she manages to hide her P910i very well. So that type of pocket (Health care tunics) its fine:)

lol, Chokia, its a moto now huh:p

I'm quite surprised transformer is winning the poll (although 50% of 10 votes doesn't inspire confidence) I thought everyone would be going for generic flip/clamshell.

Well with people like Chokia showing ultimately its potential (and imo its utter coolness - like how can you not be wowed with one device that literally transforms into many other devices!), then I guess its not so much of a surprise.

[chokia]

LOL yeah lets educate our members :)

[difenbaker]

mmm.... think I like the candybar. The less moving parts - the better.

:D

cheers!

[carcomptoy]

i only choose 1 form factor and it can be or looked like the rest.
http://www.mypdacafe.com/members/chokia/concept4s.jpg
And unless one is hobbits descendant then perhaps 107.4 x 58.2 x 24mm is not pocketable.
Why is it now Motorola???:eek:

I realize the N90 and such are still pocketable, but I guess the word I should've used is petite...one that isn't all the much bigger than an average clamshell:cool:

[chokia]

Why is it now Motorola???http://forums.mobileburn.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

LOL...

Moto always innovative in designwise, builtwise and originality

[carcomptoy]

I suppose so:rolleyes:...but they weren't the ones to introduce S60;)

[chokia]

Sharp introduced another form factor called cycloid

http://www.sharp.co.jp/products/905sh/image/cycloid_main.gif

I guess this can be categorised as transformer

[crazyze]

Sharp introduced another form factor called cycloid

http://www.sharp.co.jp/products/905sh/image/cycloid_main.gif

I guess this can be categorised as transformer

I have seen this transformer as well, an interesting concept and a neat idea for watching tv/movies. Shame that more than likely Sharp will mess it up with their own UI and keep it limited to Vodafone :mad:

[brad]

Sharp introduced another form factor called cycloidThey weren't the first to do this, there have been others like the Samsung P900.

[lloydo]

I would like to vote in this poll but I don't think I'm qualified... having only owned one phone (my darling 1100)!