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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Buying Mobile Handsets -- Design

In this, the first in a series on how to buy mobile phones, we look at what you should consider in terms of design of a handset.

Your cell-phone is probably the electronic gadget that you carry with you the most so it’s important to make sure you are comfortable with its physical design and overall feel.

There are two basic cell-phone designs: the clamshell phones which can be flipped open and non-flip, candy-bar phones. The flip phones offer more space and better protection for the screen. Non-flip phones are easier to use with one hand and have a simpler design with fewer moving parts. If you do buy a non-flip make sure it has a keypad lock to prevent accidental dialling when it’s in your pocket or bag.

Whichever type of phone you buy, you should check out the way it handles. Make sure it’s comfortable against your ear and that you can hear calls properly. The controls should be intuitive and the buttons themselves should be easy to identify and press. The navigating buttons are especially important and some phones come with a knob which makes for easier navigation.

Size and weight are also important and some recent phones like the Motorola V3, which is only half an inch thick, are small and still have decent features.

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