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04-02-2008, 03:33 AM
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| Super Techie  Join Date: May 2007
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|  How small can a phone be? If there are any cell phone experts here: How small could you make a phone? If you just wanted to make phone calls and nothing else? Most phones have internal antennas now, how big are they? And how much space would you need to have a phonebook that could hold about 500 names and numbers? And possibly bluetooth capability? Also, don't worry about the battery. I just have an idea for an invention that I got from my job, and I was wondering how small you can go right now.
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04-02-2008, 03:37 AM
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| Monster Techie  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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 | Re: How small can a phone be? you can buy pretty **** small ones (I'm not an expert) prob the smallest you could buy would be 2.5inches tall (when the phone is closed., 1.5 inches wide, 1/3 inch thick... but they would be really expensive.
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04-02-2008, 03:38 AM
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| Techie  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California
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 | Re: How small can a phone be? Well, it can get really small. The only limit is the size of the display, the battery, and the antenna or communication strength. Memory can now be those small chips but the screens are still 1-2mm thick. It all depends on how small we can make the battery.
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04-02-2008, 06:46 AM
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| Re: How small can a phone be? Well, my idea has no display.....and the battery would not be a traditional cell phone battery. And it would be all voice dialing so no need for a number pad. The idea is to wear something almost weightless and invisible, because I think what we have now with the bluetooth headsets looks stupid.....plus in my experience with bluetooth the quality sucks.
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04-02-2008, 07:39 AM
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| True Techie  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Loveland, Colorado
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| Re: How small can a phone be? Eventually I think our phones will be a small implant inserted into the ear. That is probably as small as it gets. As far as the cell phones we have now the smallest I have seen is about as small as a deck of cards.
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04-10-2008, 04:17 PM
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| Re: How small can a phone be? Good. People who walk around with bluetooth headsets 14 hours a day make me want to punch them in the ear. But as said earlier, the only real limiting factor to a phone is the size of the battery and keypad. Going too small makes it hard to use.
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04-10-2008, 06:10 PM
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| Re: How small can a phone be? Quote:
Going to small will get you no where. People wont buy it cuse they will lose it like they lose their car keys.
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04-10-2008, 06:44 PM
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| Re: How small can a phone be? Eh. I have never lost my car keys. Some people are just DEEDEEDEE.
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