candy bar phone

Rectangular mobile phone

A candy bar phone is a mobile phone shaped like a rectangular slab—the classic form factor before flip phones and smartphones.

The name comes from its resemblance to a wrapped candy bar.

The term now appears mainly in retrospective discussions of phone design: I still have my old candy bar phone from 2005.

Related

text messaging · nostalgia · battery · display · calling · Nokia · portable · pocket-sized · belt clip · phablet · speaker · SIM card · antenna · camera lens · rectangular · screen resolution · mobile gaming · ringtone

Opposites
phone form factor

candy bar phoneflip phone

Folding mobile telephone

clamshell phone · foldable phone · slider phone · smartphone · Motorola Razr

Family

candy, bar, phone, candies, candied, bars, barred, barring, phones

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G