<Tr> <Th> Weight </Th> <Td> 88 g </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Display </Th> <Td> Digital: LCD AMPS (Analog): Segment LED, Alphanumeric LED </Td> </Tr> <P> The Motorola StarTAC is a clamshell mobile phone manufactured by Motorola . It was released on January 3, 1996, being the first ever clamshell / flip mobile phone . The StarTAC is the successor of the MicroTAC, a semi-clamshell design that had been launched in 1989 . Whereas the MicroTAC's shell folded down from below the keypad, the StarTAC folded up from above the display . In 2005, PC World put StarTAC at #6 in The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years . </P> <P> The StarTAC was among the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption; approximately 60 million StarTACs were sold . </P>

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