We just sorta figured that there was some unwritten rule among cellphone manufacturers that loosely said something to the effect of "don't make a phone much smaller than a
Pantech C300." Don't get us wrong, we never doubted that the wonders of modern electronic miniaturization could produce a phone the size of a Bluetooth headset, but we're figuring you're likely to mistake it for a variety of other, far more disposable objects in your pocket -- coins, lighters, and the like -- not to mention the obvious usability concerns. Nevertheless, the Xun Chi 138 forges ahead with the submicronic form factor, trading a traditional keypad for a touch sensitive display with handwriting recognition while still managing to pack in USB connectivity, an MP3 player with 121MB of storage, and what we
think is a VGA cam (despite the clever "1.3 MEGA PLIXS" label). On the downside, the handset tops out with lowly GPRS, but then again, we can't imagine consuming terribly much data with a display the size of our thumbnail.
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posted Sep 25th 2006 3:50PM
This phone should come with a www.wheresmycellphone.com ad.
wow taht thing is tiny ive got a c3 and i didnt think that phones could get any smaller but i guess i was very wrong
It's amazing ..
Such a small phone with lot of feature.
I found a post on the same topic on this site
www.zahipedia.com/2009/02/12/world-smallest-mobile/
It would be nice if the phone is included with "location finder". Clap your hand or wistle and it will ring.
You _could_ always call it...
Zoolander, anyone?
Something about that picture DOES make me want an orange mocha frappucino. Or a gasoline fight. Hard to tell...
Whoah! Tiny!
So this is GSM? Triband?
Now if only I could perfect "Blue Steel"....
I want!
Me too!
Me three!
Good grief, it's the cell-suppository.
I think I'd accidentally eat that.
I can see it now - friday night, a couple of beers, hmmm, what's this? Ahhh, crackly.
Paul | http://www.theonemillionmasterpiece.com
Continuing with the trend of moving the mic further and further away from your mouth, which requires a more sensitive mic, which picks up more background noise, which requires the user to talk even louder on the phone in public places, which annoys me.
Not very practical for daily use maybe, but absolutely awesome for hacking. A phone that tiny with a USB connection is perfect for data logging in cases where you need something small/lightweight, with practically unlimited range (recption range, I mean. You don't have to keep close to something to capture data).
I'd rather have a bigger, less losable cell phone with more features.
assuming the hand in the picture is of normal size, that may just be able to be swallowed. niiice haha.
How very "Hello Kitty"
Me three! Any way to get it in the U.S.? Would it only have Japanese as the interface language? Why do us roundeyes always get the shaft when it comes to stuff like this? :(
reminds me of one of those Samsung's from a few years ago that was credit card sized.
but how much fun would it be to wrap it in plastic, swallow it, and then call yourself!!
how many days of work will it cost to get this,then have it broken/lost/stolen ?
,,is it worth it?
the phone is tiny, but the magnifying glass is HUGE!
It's pantech's illigitimate love child
If only it wasn't pink
This should really shut up those pissants who do nothing but complain about very functional phones like BB 8700 SK3 or Nokia 9300 calling them bricks or some other lame names. I know a good place they can lose this POS.
"GET IN MY BELLY!!"
Gotdamn that thing is small!
it looks as if it should fit in a cardbus slot or somthing
is it a coincidence that the YP-K5 ad on the page is hideously shrunken?http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/9858/engadgetbu9.gif
do you have smaller mobile? I need it for my kitty.
I hope it's waterproof. That's definately going through the spin cycle when you forget to check your pockets on laundry day.
Remember that episode of Family Guy where Peter swallowed his cellphone. It's very possible to do now!
So if they can make a phone this small, why hasn't anyone come up with the "headset" phones we see is absolutely every single near-future movie (Minority Report, I Robot). As it wouldn't need a screen, the size could be even smaller than this. Voice recoginition would have to be used for dialing, but that could actually be a plus. Get some good voice recognition software on there and it could read you you're email and allow you to write text messages (well, say them). If there is a market for this phone, i'm sure there is a market for a headset phone.
We have this mini mobile in exclusivity with the english menu have a look here:
http://www.securyploof.com/eng/company-news.php