[2] The first version of the Enhanced Telephone, the 99A model, was beige and featured a keyboard and monochrome miniature CRT screen.
"[3] The physical hardware was manufactured by Transaction Technologies Incorporated (TTI).
The second version of the Enhanced Telephone, the P100 model, was manufactured by Philips Electronics based on experiences gained from manufacturing Minitel and featured a miniature keyboard, an LCD screen, and more sleek styling.
Citibank believed that it was considerably easier to manage financial transactions with the enhanced telephone than with a personal computer,[5] but the product ultimately failed to become a viable product because by the time it was introduced, home banking via PCs was becoming more common and by the 1990s the Enhanced Telephone had been rendered obsolete by the growing popularity of the World Wide Web.
[citation needed] The Philips P100 phone lived on and to this day[specify] variations of it are used for other applications.