NEC to launch credit-card shaped mobile phone in China

NEC to launch credit-card shaped mobile phone in China

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. said Feb. 3 it has developed a mobile phone (shown) which has the same shape as a credit card and will launch the product later this month in China. The mobile phone, which is 85 millimeters by 54 mm and 8.6 mm thick, comes with a built-in digital camera, an earphone and a tiny microphone.

The watertight board "Tomemi-chan" released by Hamaguchi Shokai

The watertight board "Tomemi-chan" released by Hamaguchi Shokai

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the annual number of rainfall events averaging more than 50 millimeters per hour nationwide averaged about 311 during 2009-18. This is about 40% more than the 226 times in the first 10 years of the statistical period, 1976-85. Small and medium-sized machinery-related companies believe that such data and the actual damage caused by the torrential rains in western Japan will increase demand for products that can be used to prepare for localized heavy rains such as "guerrilla rains. In June, Hamaguchi Shokai (Naniwa Ward, Osaka City) launched "Tomemi-chan," an aluminum watertight plate. According to Minoru Namba, deputy general manager of the sales department of Hamaguchi Shokai, its strength is its ease of installation at building entrances, "even women have no difficulty. Photo taken on June 7, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

NEC to launch credit-card shaped mobile phone in China

NEC to launch credit-card shaped mobile phone in China

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. said Feb. 3 it has developed a mobile phone (shown) which has the same shape as a credit card and will launch the product later this month in China. The mobile phone, which is 85 millimeters by 54 mm and 8.6 mm thick, comes with a built-in digital camera, an earphone and a tiny microphone. (Kyodo)