PhoneScoop.com Takes a Look at the New i-mate Smartflip

[Mike Temporale]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/3gsm_2006/index.php?p=sf' target='_blank'>http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/3gsm_2006/index.php?p=sf</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Like so many new phones this year, the influence of the Motorola RAZR is evident in the design of this phone. Really, really evident in this case. Not only are the general size and shape the same, but the keypad is the same exact type of soft metal, right down to the etched "spun" finish that radiates from the d-pad. The front also has a curved row of media keys near the bottom that echoes the RAZR design, and the hinge even has the same exact design for a chrome strap-hole on the end."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20060216-Smartflip.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />The guys over at PhoneScoop.com have had some hands on time with the new i-mate Smartflip Smartphone and it looks like they like it. I know I sure do. This has great potential to be my first flip phone. :mrgreen: The Smartflip is a Quad-band GSM with EDGE, Bluetooth, and a megapixel camera.

[Jason Dunn]

Oh man, that phone looks GREAT! I really want to get my hands on one of those... :D

[ina-nyminute]

Oh man, that phone looks GREAT! I really want to get my hands on one of those... :D

I hope Verizon gets a cdma version.
I was very depressed when Verizon cancelled the samsung I645.
(windows 2003 smartphone-flip)
This phone looks way better.

[Kris Kumar]

I am scared by the small screen reference. I hope it does not turn out to be like the MPx220 screen. Folks who have seen the MPx220 and the SMT5600/SP3i side by side will know that the MPx220 has a smaller. I hope the size of the screen on the Smartflip is the same as that on the 2125/SP5. :twisted:

[Rocco Augusto]

I am scared by the small screen reference. I hope it does not turn out to be like the MPx220 screen. Folks who have seen the MPx220 and the SMT5600/SP3i side by side will know that the MPx220 has a smaller. I hope the size of the screen on the Smartflip is the same as that on the 2125/SP5. :twisted:

im sure they are refering to the size of the screen compared of the actual size of the device. that phone looks huge in that guys hand and the screen looks no bigger than the 2125.

[Mark Larson]

The Smartflip looks like an ugly 1999 phone compared the Panasonic X800, which is what a smartphone should look like. My girlfriend loves the looks and the fact that its a smartphone.

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