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Sign in to saveThe StarTAC is a series of clamshell-style cellular mobile phones developed and marketed by Motorola beginning in 1996. The first notable flip phone, the original StarTAC model was uniquely at the time the size of a pager and weighed , making it the smallest and lightest cell phone up to that point. Officially, Motorola marketed the StarTACs as "wearable".
Key facts
- Mobile phone.name
- StarTAC
- Mobile phone.logo
- StarTAC logo.svgclass=skin-invert
- Mobile phone.manufacturer
- Motorola
- Mobile phone.image
- Motorola StarTAC Flip Phone.jpg
- Mobile phone.caption
- A digital (left) and an analog (right) StarTAC
- Mobile phone.screen
- Digital models: LCDAnalog models: Segment LED, Alphanumeric LED
- Mobile phone.networks
- AMPS, cdmaOne, TDMA, GSM
- Mobile phone.size
- 93 mm × 52 mm × 20 mm (analog/CDMA)98 mm × 57 mm × 23 mm (StarTAC GSM)94 mm × 55 mm × 19 mm (StarTAC 130)
- Mobile phone.weight
- or more
- Mobile phone.predecessor
- MicroTAC
- Mobile phone.successor
- Motorola V3620/V3688Motorola V60
- Mobile phone.made_in
- USA
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
28 sectionsContents
- History
- Design
- Qualcomm lawsuit
- Clip-On Organizer
- Models
- Analog
- StarTAC 3000
- StarTAC 6000 and 6500
- StarTAC 8500 and 8600
- ETACS StarTAC
- TDMA and CDMA
- GSM
- StarTAC Select
- StarTAC 70, Rainbow and 7000g
- StarTAC 80/90/100, 8000g and MR501/MR701
- StarTAC Lite and J
- StarTAC 130 and X
- StarTAC D
- Legacy
- In popular culture
- Modern day use and customization
- Effect on Motorola
- Revivals
- StarTAC 2004
- StarTAC III
- Cordless phone
- See also
- References
The StarTAC is a series of clamshell-style cellular mobile phones developed and marketed by Motorola beginning in 1996. The first notable flip phone, the original StarTAC model was uniquely at the time the size of a pager and weighed , making it the smallest and lightest cell phone up to that point. Officially, Motorola marketed the StarTACs as "wearable".
The StarTAC's groundbreaking design was a development from Motorola's MicroTAC, a semi-clamshell design first launched in 1989. Whereas the MicroTAC's flip folded down from below the keypad, the StarTAC folded up from above the display. While often cited as the world's first clamshell/flip cell phone, NEC of Japan had already developed and released such a cell phone as early as 1991. Nevertheless, the StarTAC is considered the first example of a luxurious or fashionable cell phone.