The advent of TV content in mobiles meant that the phones just got bulkier. The rising demand of TV in mobiles meant that such phones are flooding the market.



The looming ‘fat phone’ crisis emerged in remarks in DVB World Forum by Simon Mason, head of new product development at Arqiva. He lamented consumers’ fascination with ultra-thin mobile phones, typified by Motorola’s wildly popular ‘Razr’.



Mason said that consumers want small, neat, smart phones, but went on to add that the first generations of cell phones capable of receiving mobile television services will tend to be bulky - to accommodate the added electronics necessary.



As of now, we have a choice - either embrace the fat phone or think of mobile TV later. Slim TV phone is sometime away



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