HTC Butterfly gets companion HTC Mini handset in China

2. ghanemsam posted on 26 Jan 2013, 07:28 11

may be this thing will be useful for a tablet not a phone

3. mocir posted on 26 Jan 2013, 07:30 6

Dumb.

4. brycdavis posted on 26 Jan 2013, 07:34 3

Dumb dumb dumb!

5. maxis3G (unregistered) posted on 26 Jan 2013, 07:45 0

Only in China...

6. nicholassss posted on 26 Jan 2013, 07:55 1

I'm the only one i'm sure, but i really like that. cant say I'd ever use something like that but its pretty nifty. haha

7. lovefist posted on 26 Jan 2013, 08:34 7

omg i hope no other OEMs think of following with this "tech" of using a remote for your phone. a black and white screen phone so you won't have to pick up your phone with it's beautiful slcd3 screen. quietly brilliant indeed.

8. scriptwriter posted on 26 Jan 2013, 09:01 0

Why?

How many times do you say this in a week? : Where the f### has the f###ing remote control gone?

9. appleandsonylover posted on 26 Jan 2013, 09:05 0

Asus has this similar technology on their Eee Pad MeMO 171 launched a while back. It's a 7 inch phablet. I wonder why they did not succeed in selling that phablet.

10. kanagadeepan posted on 26 Jan 2013, 09:21 0

Whether this remote is coming with removable battery or NOT????

11. mercorp posted on 26 Jan 2013, 09:23 2

Yo dawg, we heard you lije phones, so we gave you a mini phone to accompany your smartphone.

13. aayupanday posted on 26 Jan 2013, 10:03 0

Why didn't they fit it with a Snapdragon or Tegra Processor???

14. fanboy1974 posted on 26 Jan 2013, 12:05 1

Interesting idea but it should be wearable on the wrist. Give it a tri-folding body that detaches from a high quality holder. Your phone rings and you look at the watch display to determine if you want to answer. Either use your free hand to detach the body and unfold it to speak or keep it attached and use it as a speaker phone. There are so many options to implement this. Imagine keeping your 6 inch phone in your pocket or backpack while beaming news, traffic, weather, sport scores or stock info with the ability to make and answer calls via bluetooth. The watch is the the dumb terminal while the phone is the brains.
I don't see why a third party could not invent this and just release a app that does all the work. Wouldn't matter which brand of phone you own.

15. jibraihimi posted on 26 Jan 2013, 12:05 6

Omg, new innovation from HTC, a phone for a phone.......... And they are scratching their head, thinking why don't they succeed like samsung..............

18. gwuhua1984 posted on 28 Jan 2013, 10:23 0

Um... what's the point for this...

19. jroc74 posted on 28 Jan 2013, 19:05 0

For the other features...its a nice idea.. Very nice idea. As a house phone...leave the main phone near a network extender, maybe a nice idea. I have a Bluetooth headset tho....thats a lil more convienent than carrying a phone.... As a companion for tablets, nice idea if it can be done.

As a phone companion out n about....bad idea IMO. I use my smartphone for too many other things. Why do all the switching back n forth when I can just use my smartphone?

When I was using regular cell phones...I always made sure to get phones I could listen to music on, to get rid of another device: mp3 player. I do so much with my smartphone....this would be a waste. IMO...if you use this instead of your smartphone...whats the point of the smartphone? If you use this for calls and your smartphone for everything else....why not get a cheap cell phone and a tablet? Your bill will could be cheaper.