Webopedia Term of the Day: What is Candy Bar?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 7, 2012

“A candy bar or candy bar mobile is a mobile phone form factor
where the phone is a solid device with no moving parts except for
the keypad buttons, and in some cases, the antenna.

“Because the candy bar style does not have anything covering the
buttons these types of phones offer a key guard that prevent keys
from being pushed when the phone is not in use. Several mobile
phones using the candy bar form factor include the Apple iPhone,
RIM Blackberry the Sony Ericsson, and the Motorola (Sprint) MOTO
Q.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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