The Matrix Phone (a new one!!)

drewprops · 03-06-2003, 01:59 AM

<a href="http://www.thematrixphone.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thematrixphone.com/</a>

check it out!

pesi · 03-06-2003, 02:16 AM

i saw pics of that thing on some other site as well.

ugliest piece of crap EVER manufactured.

the basic design isn't too bad, with the slide up top and all, but the styling is absolute crap. looks like some shitty toy walky-talky from the 80s.

ZO · 03-06-2003, 04:32 PM

<a href="http://www.thematrixphone.com/phone.swf" target="_blank">http://www.thematrixphone.com/phone.swf</a>

ZO · 03-06-2003, 04:33 PM

crap... is there any way to take a screenshot of the last second when the phone flashes?

billybobsky · 03-06-2003, 04:46 PM

yes... easiest on a pc with 2 button mouse -- right click near the end, deselect play and forward slide by slide to the phone -- its not worth it

robMaurizi · 03-06-2003, 04:50 PM

[quote]Originally posted by ZO:
crap... is there any way to take a screenshot of the last second when the phone flashes?<hr></blockquote>

<a href="http://dln.uvm.edu/~rmaurizi/matrixPhone.jpg" target="_blank">http://dln.uvm.edu/~rmaurizi/matrixPhone.jpg</a>

-Rob

Slotracer152 · 03-06-2003, 05:06 PM

and I thought the mid-90s nokias were ugly

Michael Grey · 03-06-2003, 05:36 PM

No kidding. What are the unique features of this phone? Aside from people not wanting to steal it.

Jeremiah Rich · 03-06-2003, 05:42 PM

Eek. I went there thinking "It cannot be THAT ugly" but oohh. Sick.

torifile · 03-06-2003, 05:59 PM

Wow. That is one ugly phone. I cringed when I saw it.

ZO · 03-06-2003, 06:17 PM

holy crap thats ugly.

looks like a fake phone used as a prop in a movie.

Yeah, totally looks terminator/robocop 1980's design... ickkk

ZO · 03-06-2003, 06:20 PM

[quote]Originally posted by billybobsky:
yes... easiest on a pc with 2 button mouse -- right click near the end, deselect play and forward slide by slide to the phone -- its not worth it<hr></blockquote>

btw, when I took a screenshot Apple+Shift+3 or 4 the screen was blank. DO SWF files act like DVDs or something???

murbot · 03-06-2003, 06:41 PM

OMG I have to have this phone. Uh... yeah.

fireants22 · 03-07-2003, 01:33 AM

<a href="http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C1512/" target="_blank">http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C1512/</a>

DaveGee · 03-07-2003, 07:22 AM

Hmm....

Maybe it's just me... Does anyone else think that the phone looks like it belongs to G.I. Joe?

Dave

03-07-2003, 07:45 AM

OMG. What the hell were they thinking?

This isn´t real!?!

Is Samsung trying to die?

Is this a multibiliion dollars version of "The Producers"?

I find nothing even remotely compelling about that. Even the buttons looks like something you find on a toy.

"Transformers" is the first word I thought of when I saw that thing.

"Vogon ship" was the two next.

I wanted to add a lot more but that phone makes me speechless. And sick.

bradbower · 03-07-2003, 08:42 AM

Some better shots, not that they help much:

DrCreations · 03-07-2003, 10:27 AM

Its Darth Vaders phone!

Kecksy · 03-07-2003, 12:57 PM

looks like a grenade

03-07-2003, 12:58 PM

[quote]Originally posted by DrCreations:
Its Darth Vaders phone!<hr></blockquote>

That would be why he was killed in the end. Anyone who has a phone like that needs to be dealt with.

Those buttons in the side. Please tell me that they doesn´t extend the upper part of the phone like a compact umbrella. It would be a insult to every engineer on the planet.

03-07-2003, 02:27 PM

[quote]Originally posted by Anders the White:


That would be why he was killed in the end. Anyone who has a phone like that needs to be dealt with.

Those buttons in the side. Please tell me that they doesn´t extend the upper part of the phone like a compact umbrella. It would be a insult to every engineer on the planet.<hr></blockquote>

IT does.

frawgz · 03-07-2003, 03:40 PM

I have trouble even stomaching the idea that they would use this as a prop in The Matrix. It's so thoroughly nasty, it would look out of place anywhere.

murbot · 03-07-2003, 03:57 PM

Is it just me, or are those images bradbower linked to not showing up? Maybe their site no likey the linky.

I'll stick 'em on my iDisk.

Alpha Mac · 03-07-2003, 04:12 PM

Slotracer152 · 03-07-2003, 04:37 PM

[quote]Originally posted by fireants22:
<a href="http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C1512/" target="_blank">http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C1512/</a><hr></blockquote>

how can they write that short article and keep a straight face?

trevorM · 03-07-2003, 04:53 PM

[quote]Originally posted by robMaurizi:


<a href="http://dln.uvm.edu/~rmaurizi/matrixPhone.jpg" target="_blank">http://dln.uvm.edu/~rmaurizi/matrixPhone.jpg</a>

-Rob<hr></blockquote>

Oh shit thats nasty looking.

giant · 03-07-2003, 05:14 PM

It looks like some 80's transformer knockoff

Elric · 03-07-2003, 11:22 PM

I like it! I also have the first 60 something episodes of Robotech on DVD, a 12" figure of the Silver Surfer on my desk next to a cut crystal bowl full of lego

ironchef82 · 03-08-2003, 12:18 AM

Hmm... well the ad itself certainly grabbed my attention, made me more pumped about the movie itself...

But as for the phone, yeah it does look pretty ugly. I'd much rather have whatever phone Morpheus used in the original.

Mac_Man · 03-08-2003, 01:31 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Kecksy:
looks like a grenade<hr></blockquote>

LOL now that made me laugh, almost as much as the fone <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> that is a real piece of shit. Looks like it weighs a ****in metric ton. I dont believe that is the real fone!

[ 03-08-2003: Message edited by: Mac_Man ]

low-fi · 03-08-2003, 10:53 AM

Hrm. They are not seriously going to actually manufacturer that thing?!!! <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

Mediaman · 03-08-2003, 07:48 PM

I want one!!!!

To beat the designer of it over the head with.
All the tec of todays phones, made to look like a pice of shit 1990 Motorola.
What's the tagline on the add going to be? how about "because nobody steals a shity phone"

I read the article. The point about the Nokia's 8110 mised the entire fact that the phone was not crap.

[ 03-08-2003: Message edited by: Mediaman ]

04-11-2003, 05:20 AM

Well they didn´t cut it out, at least not from the game.

See the game trailer and go to 1:24.

CosmoNut · 04-11-2003, 08:36 AM

It reminds me of some little phaser or communicator the Star Trek people used in #4, the Voyage Home. "Scotty...NOW would be a good time!"

tmp · 04-14-2003, 02:06 PM

Oh good lord..

Quote:

The phone will have 65K+ color TFT LCD screen, 40 polyphonic ringtone, automatic sliding earpiece utilizing piezoelectric motors (opens and closes with one touch of the button on the side). It's believed this might start out as a US exclusive only.

I wonder if they hired the same guy who designed this:

Amorph · 04-14-2003, 07:49 PM

HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!

ALL YOUR PHONE ARE BELONG TO US!

04-15-2003, 09:58 AM

oh god...

amorph...

i don't know whether to 'LOL' or tell you to 'STFU N00B'

Not Unlike Myself · 04-15-2003, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Amorph
HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!

ALL YOUR PHONE ARE BELONG TO US!

w00t

Amorph · 04-15-2003, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jonathan
oh god...

amorph...

i don't know whether to 'LOL' or tell you to 'STFU N00B'

Yeah, it's dated and overused, but that just makes it all the more perfect for this phone.

03-06-2003, 01:59 AM	#1
drewprops Magnificent Bastard Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 2,315	The Matrix Phone (a new one!!) <a href="http://www.thematrixphone.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thematrixphone.com/</a> check it out! Steve Jobs ate my cat's watermelon @ drewprops.com Oldest Member of AI (Jan 99) until JRC snaps to his senses and starts posting again. (the blackout borked my join date)

03-06-2003, 04:32 PM	#3
ZO :::: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Paris Posts: 3,047	<a href="http://www.thematrixphone.com/phone.swf" target="_blank">http://www.thematrixphone.com/phone.swf</a> I'm having deja-vu and amnesia at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.

03-06-2003, 04:50 PM	#6
robMaurizi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Colchester, VT Posts: 11	[quote]Originally posted by ZO: <strong>crap... is there any way to take a screenshot of the last second when the phone flashes?</strong><hr></blockquote> <a href="http://dln.uvm.edu/~rmaurizi/matrixPhone.jpg" target="_blank">http://dln.uvm.edu/~rmaurizi/matrixPhone.jpg</a> -Rob

03-06-2003, 05:06 PM	#7
Slotracer152 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 205	and I thought the mid-90s nokias were ugly Chilli www.sexynerds.com

03-06-2003, 05:36 PM	#8
Michael Grey Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baltimore Posts: 374	No kidding. What are the unique features of this phone? Aside from people not wanting to steal it. Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.

03-06-2003, 02:16 AM	#2
pesi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 420	i saw pics of that thing on some other site as well. ugliest piece of crap EVER manufactured. the basic design isn't too bad, with the slide up top and all, but the styling is absolute crap. looks like some shitty toy walky-talky from the 80s.

03-06-2003, 04:33 PM	#4
ZO :::: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Paris Posts: 3,047	crap... is there any way to take a screenshot of the last second when the phone flashes? I'm having deja-vu and amnesia at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.

03-06-2003, 04:46 PM	#5
billybobsky Underwritten Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: where the walls bleed orange Posts: 1,914	yes... easiest on a pc with 2 button mouse -- right click near the end, deselect play and forward slide by slide to the phone -- its not worth it

03-06-2003, 05:42 PM	#9
Jeremiah Rich Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 846	Eek. I went there thinking "It cannot be THAT ugly" but oohh. Sick. 1 Peter 1:6-7 Powerbook G4 12" 1.33ghz, 60gig hd, 1.25 gigs ram. Powermac G4 "Sawtooth" 400 mhz, 80gig hd, 384mb of ram, Rage 128 Pro graphics.

03-06-2003, 05:59 PM	#10
torifile Resident Psychologist Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Athens, GA (again.) Posts: 4,019	Wow. That is one ugly phone. I cringed when I saw it. for sale. or rent

03-06-2003, 06:17 PM	#11
ZO :::: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Paris Posts: 3,047	holy crap thats ugly. looks like a fake phone used as a prop in a movie. Yeah, totally looks terminator/robocop 1980's design... ickkk I'm having deja-vu and amnesia at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.

03-06-2003, 06:20 PM	#12
ZO :::: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Paris Posts: 3,047	[quote]Originally posted by billybobsky: <strong>yes... easiest on a pc with 2 button mouse -- right click near the end, deselect play and forward slide by slide to the phone -- its not worth it</strong><hr></blockquote> btw, when I took a screenshot Apple+Shift+3 or 4 the screen was blank. DO SWF files act like DVDs or something??? I'm having deja-vu and amnesia at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.

03-06-2003, 06:41 PM	#13
murbot Hulking Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 5,257	OMG I have to have this phone. Uh... yeah.

03-07-2003, 01:33 AM	#14
fireants22 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: japan Posts: 119	<a href="http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C1512/" target="_blank">http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C1512/</a> "look at all these wonderful toys..."

03-07-2003, 07:22 AM	#15
DaveGee Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,073	Hmm.... Maybe it's just me... Does anyone else think that the phone looks like it belongs to G.I. Joe? Dave Thank you for a funky time, call me up whenever you wanna grind...

03-07-2003, 07:45 AM	#16
Anders the White Guest Posts: n/a	OMG. What the hell were they thinking? This isn´t real!?! Is Samsung trying to die? Is this a multibiliion dollars version of "The Producers"? I find nothing even remotely compelling about that. Even the buttons looks like something you find on a toy. "Transformers" is the first word I thought of when I saw that thing. "Vogon ship" was the two next. I wanted to add a lot more but that phone makes me speechless. And sick.

03-07-2003, 08:42 AM	#17
bradbower Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 1,068	Some better shots, not that they help much: art may imitate life, but life imitates tv.

03-07-2003, 10:27 AM	#18
DrCreations Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Madison Posts: 104	Its Darth Vaders phone!

03-07-2003, 12:57 PM	#19
Kecksy Freaking Web Addict Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 998	looks like a grenade 14" iBook 700MHz G3 640MB RAM Kecksy's Korner

03-07-2003, 12:58 PM	#20
Anders the White Guest Posts: n/a	[quote]Originally posted by DrCreations: <strong>Its Darth Vaders phone!</strong><hr></blockquote> That would be why he was killed in the end. Anyone who has a phone like that needs to be dealt with. Those buttons in the side. Please tell me that they doesn´t extend the upper part of the phone like a compact umbrella. It would be a insult to every engineer on the planet.

03-07-2003, 02:27 PM	#21
Jonathan Guest Posts: n/a	[quote]Originally posted by Anders the White: <strong> That would be why he was killed in the end. Anyone who has a phone like that needs to be dealt with. Those buttons in the side. Please tell me that they doesn´t extend the upper part of the phone like a compact umbrella. It would be a insult to every engineer on the planet.</strong><hr></blockquote> IT does.

03-07-2003, 03:40 PM	#22
frawgz Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 545	I have trouble even stomaching the idea that they would use this as a prop in The Matrix. It's so thoroughly nasty, it would look out of place anywhere.

03-07-2003, 03:57 PM	#23
murbot Hulking Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 5,257	Is it just me, or are those images bradbower linked to not showing up? Maybe their site no likey the linky. I'll stick 'em on my iDisk.

03-07-2003, 04:12 PM	#24
Alpha Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: England Posts: 459	Because the people who are crazy enough to think thay can change the world, are the ones who do

03-07-2003, 04:37 PM	#25
Slotracer152 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 205	[quote]Originally posted by fireants22: <strong><a href="http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C1512/" target="_blank">http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C1512/</a></strong><hr></blockquote> how can they write that short article and keep a straight face? Chilli www.sexynerds.com

03-07-2003, 04:53 PM	#26
trevorM Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 827	[quote]Originally posted by robMaurizi: <strong> <a href="http://dln.uvm.edu/~rmaurizi/matrixPhone.jpg" target="_blank">http://dln.uvm.edu/~rmaurizi/matrixPhone.jpg</a> -Rob</strong><hr></blockquote> Oh shit thats nasty looking. trevorM - Apple Dual 1.85Ghz Power Mac G5, 2Gb, 80Gb, Superdrive, Bluetooth, Airport. - Apple 30" Cinema HD - Apple 800Mhz Powerbook G4, 512Mb, 40Gb, Combo drive, Airport

03-07-2003, 05:14 PM	#27
giant Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: up above Posts: 6,032	It looks like some 80's transformer knockoff

03-07-2003, 11:22 PM	#28
Elric Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 230	I like it! I also have the first 60 something episodes of Robotech on DVD, a 12" figure of the Silver Surfer on my desk next to a cut crystal bowl full of lego

03-08-2003, 12:18 AM	#29
ironchef82 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ithaca, ny Posts: 83	Hmm... well the ad itself certainly grabbed my attention, made me more pumped about the movie itself... But as for the phone, yeah it does look pretty ugly. I'd much rather have whatever phone Morpheus used in the original.

03-08-2003, 01:31 AM	#30
Mac_Man Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 46	[quote]Originally posted by Kecksy: <strong>looks like a grenade</strong><hr></blockquote> LOL now that made me laugh, almost as much as the fone <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> that is a real piece of shit. Looks like it weighs a ****in metric ton. I dont believe that is the real fone! [ 03-08-2003: Message edited by: Mac_Man ]</p> 01000111011011110111010000100000010100100110111101 1011110111010000111111

03-08-2003, 10:53 AM	#31
low-fi Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: UK, Edinburgh Posts: 355	Hrm. They are not seriously going to actually manufacturer that thing?!!! <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

03-08-2003, 07:48 PM	#32
Mediaman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 169	I want one!!!! To beat the designer of it over the head with. All the tec of todays phones, made to look like a pice of shit 1990 Motorola. What's the tagline on the add going to be? how about "because nobody steals a shity phone" I read the article. The point about the Nokia's 8110 mised the entire fact that the phone was not crap. [ 03-08-2003: Message edited by: Mediaman ]</p> It took me ages to find this post without my image sig :(

04-11-2003, 05:20 AM	#33
Anders the White Guest Posts: n/a	Well they didn´t cut it out, at least not from the game. See the game trailer and go to 1:24.

04-11-2003, 08:36 AM	#34
CosmoNut Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Non-Cupertino-based Posts: 4,831	It reminds me of some little phaser or communicator the Star Trek people used in #4, the Voyage Home. "Scotty...NOW would be a good time!" AppleInsider's "journalists" are anything but.

04-14-2003, 07:49 PM	#36
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