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It was used in The Matrix with a spring-load mechanism because, IIRC, the Wachowskis thought it would be cool if the phone worked like the slide release on a ha
by philwelch 4y ago
It was used in The Matrix with a spring-load mechanism because, IIRC, the Wachowskis thought it would be cool if the phone worked like the slide release on a handgun. For the sequels, they managed to convince Samsung to design a phone with a similar spring-loaded mechanism that you could actually buy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_SPH-N270 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_SPH-N270
- Sharlin 4y agoNokia also introduced an actual spring-loaded model already in 1999: the 7110, which also, incidentally, was the first mobile phone to include a WAP browser.