Bar-Type Cells Back in Vogue

According to The Korea Times, bar-type cell phones have made a come back in Korea thanks to the make-it-slim trend.

"... Experts projected that bar-type handsets would continue to hit shops as companies stage their uphill battles to crank out slimmer models.

"Cell phone manufacturers know it well but they have no choice but to embrace a bar-type design to make the gadgets wafer-thin, a mega trend of today’s mobile market,’’said Kevin Lee, an analyst at Woori Securities.

Bar-type phones were the mainstream format for mobile phones in the industry’s nascent stage but they phased out as clamshell and slider phones caught on. "

emily | 1:44 PM | Cell Phone Fashion |
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