Size and weight considerations for future Openmoko devices

[Sven Neuhaus]

Hello,

here's the size and weight of a few touchscreen mobile phones:

              Neo1973  iPhone   M600i   LG Prada
length (mm)   120.7    115      107     98.8
width         62       61       57      54
height        18.5     11.6     15      12
weight (g)    184      135      112     85
screen (inch) 2.8      3.5      2.6     3.0

As you can see, the Neo1973 is by far the heaviest of the phones with
touchscreen. It's also the biggest. It weighs almost *twice* as much as the
LG Prada, despite having a smaller screen! It's also 50% thicker than the
Prada (which, unfortunately, isn't a smartphone).
The iPhone has a *much bigger* screen than the Neo1973 and it's still
smaller and a lot lighter.

When designing future models, I'd really like to see something light and
small (but still with a touchscreen). I've been carrying around a rather fat
and heavy (160g) P800 phone for the last years and it's annoying. I was
going to buy a Sony Ericsson M600i phone but then the Neo1973 was announced...

I know the Neo1973 has an awesome hires-screen and I look forward to it, but
sooner rather than later I want to have a lighter, thinner phone once again..

-Sven