Fujitsu's Latest Mobile Phone Splits In Two

angry tapir writes with news of Fujitsu's new phone which is taking the sliding phone keyboard a step further by allowing it to detach completely. "The F-04B was announced as part of NTT DoCoMo's new line-up and is scheduled to hit Japanese shelves in March or April next year. At first glance it looks like a conventional slider cell phone: grab onto the bottom of the phone and a numeric keypad slides out. But decouple a catch and the entire back half of the phone can be pulled off."

Comments

It really needs to go on a diet.

[alvinrod]

I thought that this would be really cool until I saw a video of it. That phone is quite thick.

I found a website that lists the dimensions as: "11.4 x 5.1 x 20.4 cm and weight is about 173g."

For reference, an iPhone is 11.6 x 1.2 x 6.2 cm and weighs 135g. The Droid is 11.6 x 1.4 x 6.0 cm and weighs 169g.

I can't think of anyone who will want to carry something that thick around in their pocket. Even if you split it in half, both halves are still going to be thicker than either the iPhone or the Droid. I suppose it could help you pick up women in a bar though.