Shout About Mobiles

After a spate of sleep and tiny phones a few years ago, phones then got big and bulky again as manufacturers tried to pack it with feature after feature. But it now looks like Phone Style has come full circle, as we seem to have a wave of new “mini phones” making their way onto the market.

The release of the N97 Mini pretty much killed off the N97 straight after its launch, and now Sony Ericsson are releasing Mini versions for its X10 and its X10 Pro, we can probably expect a similar effect on this range. So it seems that phones are going to start heading back down towards the Samsung Ultra range…

Don’t get me wrong, I loved my Samsung X820, the fact that I had to actually put my hand into my pocket to check the phone was still there, rather than just patting my pockets, did get annoying after a while. The trend seems to be that manufactures are making large phones, and then just when people start to buy them, its little brother comes out from the gym having burnt off lots of millimetres!

But it will be interesting to see what people find more important: that all important screen size (if you see how little space you get after the keyboard pops up on your touch screen phone, you will understand why HTC have put a 4inch screen on their HD2), or the sleek style a small phone?