The StarTAC is a series of mobile phones released by Motorola starting in 1996. It is the successor of the MicroTAC, a semi- clamshell design first launched in 1989. [2] . Whereas the MicroTAC's flip folded down from below the keypad, the StarTAC folded up …

2013年5月31日 · Announced in 1996, the Motorola StarTAC phone was everything that other phones were not: sleek, small and stylish. Described by the company as a “wearable cellular telephone”, it was the...

2020年6月11日 · When Motorola launched the StarTAC in 1996, it was the smallest and lightest mobile phone on the planet. Not only that, it redefined the whole idea of what a mobile phone should look like. Its neat, clam shell design was a taste of things to come.

2020年7月2日 · On Jan. 3, 1996, Motorola introduced the StarTAC, which was made of black plastic (this colorful version came a couple years later). It was the world's first flip phone and it cost $1,000. Read...

2020年8月30日 · Read more: "Motorola's StarTac ST7867W is small, light, and loaded with features. Operating this phone is quite simple, even if you don't read the manual." A $1,000 phone in 1996 versus 2020

2021年11月16日 · Motorola itself started the revolution with its compact (for the day) MicroTAC, but StarTAC was the model that blazed into the future. For a start, you could feasibly fold the thing in half and shove it in a pocket – without it then pulling down your trousers.

2016年1月9日 · Twenty years ago, mobile phones were big brick-like affairs. But in January 1996, Motorola changed people’s perceptions with the Motorola StarTAC clamshell phone – a device that was half the weight of the competition, and which would easily slide into your pocket.

The StarTAC 80 used a full-size 1FF SIM card in keeping with Motorola’s belief that the SIM card would be used for banking and retail transactions. The phone also incorporated an LCD dot matrix display allowing the use of graphics for the first time in Motorola’s GSM products.

2023年8月29日 · The Motorola StarTAC was the first clamshell (flip) mobile phone. It was released in 1996 and was an instant success. It was small, lightweight, and stylish, and it made mobile phones more accessible to people who were not early adopters.

The Motorola StarTAC was released at CES 1996. The phone was an immediate success, being the lightest and smallest phone ever. It's one of the best-selling phones of all time, carrying a 1,000 dollar price tag during its release and yet selling over 60 million phones worldwide.