The past few years have brought amazing innovation to mobile phone design, with the iPhone leading the way and competitors introducing new features in an attempt to dethrone it. This concept video from China introduces the Line Phone, a remarkable and slick-looking phone with some very awesome features. However, much like the concept cars that are unveiled every few months, there’s no plan for this phone to enter production anytime soon. Heck, the video itself is just a render of what the phone could be like rather than a prototype in action.
How many “flips” does it take to make your Smartphone super-sexy. The answer? Three flexible AMOLED touchscreens and a keyboard on the reverse! Here’s what the Flip Phone feels like: a smart triangular piece held together with soft steel mesh hinges, hosting a custom flavor of Android.The boundaries of a PC and phone have smudged-up big time and this is a sample of what that future looks like.
The trend
In recent past, social networking has emerged as a popular medium, especially among gen-next, to interact with friends and associates and discuss their day-to-day or business activities. Making the most out of the new trend, designers are working on different portable gadgets that promises a better platform for social networking not only within the our walls but on the move as well. The “Blackberry Empathy” by designer Daniel Yoon is an identical phone concept that apart from regular verbal communication also enables the user to go through the activities and updates of their friends, while reading the emotional state, using a biometric ring, of the wearer.
The latest trends and designs in the cellphone industry have simply outclassed the landline phones in the past few years. Reviving the grandeur of the desk phones, German designer Ronny Sauer has developed a stylish phone dubbed the “Hello Tomorrow” that comes with an adjustable interface that users can optimize individually at home or in the office to meet their personal needs. Embedding a clear display on the receiver, the phone concept gives access to all the functions, even when the receiver is docked in the phone. In addition, the sleek, trendy design of the table phone goes hand in hand with the decor of contemporary places.
FlexClick – Media Phone Concept that aims at solving current issues associated with touchscreen devices: lack of tactile feedback, finger stress, difficulty typing and lack of precision. Under the curved Soft Touch display lies a matrix of microswitches, these activate based on displayed content and can only be pressed where you expect to find a button or control. The user actually feels a click when pushing down a button and can navigate much faster even without having to look at the display.
