Played around with one of these at the Verizon min-store inside of a Circuit City while Xmas shopping. Didn't like it.

It looks pretty cool in pictures, but in real life, opening it just doesn't feel right. Its like you're using a Swiss Army knife, not a phone. I guess I now understand why swivel phones aren't so popular. Also, the keypad buttons are very small, and the phone in general didn't feel solid, like I might break the swivel pretty easily if I ever overtorqued it when opening or closing the phone. As flip-phone alternatives go, I'd rather have a slider (and Kyocera makes some decent ones).

Btw, the Circuit City Verizon mini-store was quite cool... nice design and layout, every bit as nice as the regular Verizon stores, just s...
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