Motorola StarTAC
E203718
The Motorola StarTAC is a pioneering clamshell mobile phone from the mid-1990s, widely regarded as one of the first truly iconic and ultra-compact cell phones.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Motorola StarTAC canonical | 1 |
| StarTAC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1774605 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Motorola StarTAC Context triple: [Motorola, notableProduct, Motorola StarTAC]
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A.
Motorola RAZR V3
The Motorola RAZR V3 is an iconic ultra-thin flip phone from the mid-2000s that became widely popular for its sleek, stylish design and metallic clamshell form factor.
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B.
Nokia 1100 series
The Nokia 1100 series is a line of ultra-basic, durable mobile phones that became one of the best-selling handset families in history, especially popular in emerging markets.
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C.
Motorola
Motorola is an American telecommunications and semiconductor company best known for pioneering mobile phones and designing influential microprocessors like the 68000 family.
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D.
Fitel
Fitel was a financial technology startup where Jeff Bezos worked early in his career, before joining D. E. Shaw and later founding Amazon.
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E.
Nokia Eseries
Nokia Eseries is a line of Nokia smartphones focused on business and enterprise users, featuring productivity tools, robust email support, and QWERTY keyboards on many models.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Motorola StarTAC Target entity description: The Motorola StarTAC is a pioneering clamshell mobile phone from the mid-1990s, widely regarded as one of the first truly iconic and ultra-compact cell phones.
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A.
Motorola RAZR V3
The Motorola RAZR V3 is an iconic ultra-thin flip phone from the mid-2000s that became widely popular for its sleek, stylish design and metallic clamshell form factor.
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B.
Nokia 1100 series
The Nokia 1100 series is a line of ultra-basic, durable mobile phones that became one of the best-selling handset families in history, especially popular in emerging markets.
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C.
Motorola
Motorola is an American telecommunications and semiconductor company best known for pioneering mobile phones and designing influential microprocessors like the 68000 family.
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D.
Fitel
Fitel was a financial technology startup where Jeff Bezos worked early in his career, before joining D. E. Shaw and later founding Amazon.
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E.
Nokia Eseries
Nokia Eseries is a line of Nokia smartphones focused on business and enterprise users, featuring productivity tools, robust email support, and QWERTY keyboards on many models.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clamshell phone
ⓘ
consumer electronics product ⓘ mobile phone ⓘ |
| antennaType | stub antenna ⓘ |
| batteryChemistry |
lithium-ion
ⓘ
nickel–metal hydride ⓘ |
| batteryType | removable battery ⓘ |
| brand | Motorola ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact |
considered one of the first iconic cell phones
ⓘ
often cited as inspiration for later flip phones ⓘ |
| designType | flip phone ⓘ |
| displayType | monochrome LCD ⓘ |
| era | 1990s mobile phones ⓘ |
| formFactor | clamshell ⓘ |
| hasDisplay | yes ⓘ |
| hasExternalAntenna | yes ⓘ |
| hasRingtoneType | monophonic ringtones ⓘ |
| height | about 94 mm ⓘ |
| inputMethod | keypad ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1996-01-03 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Motorola ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
premium mobile phone
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ultra-compact mobile phone ⓘ |
| networkTechnology | 2G ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic industrial design
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popularizing the clamshell phone design ⓘ very small size for its time ⓘ |
| operatingFrequency |
1900 MHz band (PCS/CDMA variants)
ⓘ
800 MHz band (AMPS/analog variants) ⓘ 900 MHz band (GSM variants) ⓘ |
| predecessor | Motorola MicroTAC ⓘ |
| priceAtLaunch | around US$1000 ⓘ |
| productionStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| productLine |
Motorola StarTAC
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
StarTAC
|
| releaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| successor |
Motorola RAZR V3
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surface form:
Motorola V series
|
| supportedStandard |
AMPS
ⓘ
CDMA ⓘ GSM ⓘ |
| supportsPhoneBook | yes ⓘ |
| supportsSMS | yes ⓘ |
| supportsVibration | yes ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
business users
ⓘ
high-end consumer market ⓘ |
| thickness | about 19 mm ⓘ |
| weight | about 88 grams ⓘ |
| width | about 55 mm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Motorola StarTAC Description of subject: The Motorola StarTAC is a pioneering clamshell mobile phone from the mid-1990s, widely regarded as one of the first truly iconic and ultra-compact cell phones.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
StarTAC