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The StarTAC also came out seven years later. The market for $1000 mobile phones was a bit bigger in 1997 than the market for $3000 phones in 1989.
by creshal 11y ago
The StarTAC also came out seven years later. The market for $1000 mobile phones was a bit bigger in 1997 than the market for $3000 phones in 1989.
- masklinn 11y ago> The market for $1000 mobile phones was a bit bigger in 1997 than the market for $3000 phones in 1989. Not to mention adjusting for inflation the MicroTAC was 4 times the price of the StarTAC, not just 3. Clearly the shell direction is the one thing which made the StarTAC. Not SMS support, not being 25% the price and 25% the weight (assuming a slim-battery MicroTAC), not the vibrate mode, it was the flip opening up instead of down.