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> The StarTac in 1996 was able to realize this: a quite different design from the DynaTac brick and its candy bar descendents. Having used both, the StarTac w
by mschaef 9y ago
> The StarTac in 1996 was able to realize this: a quite different design from the DynaTac brick and its candy bar descendents.
Having used both, the StarTac was pretty clearly an evolution of the DynaTac, in particular as far as the functionality goes. (But I tend to discount the significance of the flip phone physical design as any kind of major step forward. Which is borne out by the fact that it's so uncommon these days.)