Smart phones for smart guys [intel squads leaders]
Decided to proceed with identifying various phones spotted on DOLLS pages, which are distinguishable enough.
The previous post about Shilibu's Nokia is over there.
Chapter 90 these pictures come from was released in November 2012, so we are looking for models released in 2010-2012.
Shizuka's is clearly a BlackBerry phone. It looks like one of the first models in Bold series (2009-2010), probably a BlackBerry Bold 9650 or a BlackBerry Bold 9700 (their appearance is more or less identical) with a white speaker as a distinctive feature:
Or, if taking a more up-to-date model, a BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 (2011) with its white line across the back panel:
I know very little about Blackberry smartphones, so can't add anything…
Kashiwabara's was a bit more tricky to identify.
Luckily, there's another picture of his device which makes it visible that it's a model with just two (or, maybe, three) hard buttons of very distinctive shape.
Those thin functional buttons under the screen look like those of Sony Ericsson Xperia phones.
(My first assumption was it's Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, but the on-screen indicators and the position of camera on the back panel contradicts this suggestion. But then we have Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro! That one would suit the image perfectly, if only it weren't too thick because of its keyboard slider. Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 is thin enough, but the camera flash is missing there. Wrong model again.:))
So, after comparing several models from the series with manga images, I think the most similar looking SE smartphone would be Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, which was released in the second half of 2011.
Sony Ericsson had made some great mobile phones back in its golden age, however, the few reviews on this model I read were not very enthusiastic.
Not a flagship but quite a decent model with a really good design plus Android on board. (RU: rv1, rv2, rv3, rv4)
The previous post about Shilibu's Nokia is over there.
Chapter 90 these pictures come from was released in November 2012, so we are looking for models released in 2010-2012.
Shizuka's is clearly a BlackBerry phone. It looks like one of the first models in Bold series (2009-2010), probably a BlackBerry Bold 9650 or a BlackBerry Bold 9700 (their appearance is more or less identical) with a white speaker as a distinctive feature:
Or, if taking a more up-to-date model, a BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 (2011) with its white line across the back panel:
I know very little about Blackberry smartphones, so can't add anything…
Kashiwabara's was a bit more tricky to identify.
Luckily, there's another picture of his device which makes it visible that it's a model with just two (or, maybe, three) hard buttons of very distinctive shape.
Those thin functional buttons under the screen look like those of Sony Ericsson Xperia phones.
(My first assumption was it's Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, but the on-screen indicators and the position of camera on the back panel contradicts this suggestion. But then we have Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro! That one would suit the image perfectly, if only it weren't too thick because of its keyboard slider. Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 is thin enough, but the camera flash is missing there. Wrong model again.:))
So, after comparing several models from the series with manga images, I think the most similar looking SE smartphone would be Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, which was released in the second half of 2011.
Sony Ericsson had made some great mobile phones back in its golden age, however, the few reviews on this model I read were not very enthusiastic.
Not a flagship but quite a decent model with a really good design plus Android on board. (RU: rv1, rv2, rv3, rv4)