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The first part of the article here.
We continue the review of the concepts of mobile phones.
1. Flip Phone.
After the introduction of the smartphone, the
industrial design of the devices has converged into all looking more or less
the same. Due to the touchbased interaction every smartphone device is now a
flat rectangle with a screen on it, making it difficult for both the user and
the manufactures to differentiate the devices from each other. This phone by Kristian
Ulrich Larsen is trying to change that. The unique form and unique
way of interacting with it, is supposed to set it apart from other phones, but
more importantly it's supposed to add value for the user, making the experience
of using a smartphone even more exiting and engaging.
The phone has 3 screens that can be transformed in
different ways depending on what the user wants to do with it. Having 3 screens
on a phone opens up a number of possibilities in dealing with the content on
the device. Because people do not use their phones as a communication device
only. It's more and more used for the things, we usually use our laptops for,
but with the limited screen real estate on phones, there are still boundaries
for what you can do. But with the
ability to expand your content onto multiple screens or having multiple apps
running on separate screens, it's possible for the user to do a lot more
productive, and creative things.
2. Tarati.
Tarati which designed by Branko Lukic is a step towards rewriting
cell phone history, according to the company. This Tarati phone concept comes
with no key and button, and you to dial by pass your fingers through the
keyholes.
You might be curious about why
the Tarati prefer people to stick their finger through a hole just to dial. The
designer of Tarati said “This
action of dialing alone is a more magical experience and, hence, more
indicative of what’s really happening beyond the visible realm.”
3. Radia.
As cellular phones become a standard, the statement they make as a
symbol and a fashion accessory has become increasingly important. The Radia
phone concept by Michael Laut expresses
simplicity in form and sophistication in function and user interface. The outer
rim, which is made of brushed aluminum, makes both a refined professional
statement. The touch-display is large enough to read and display many types of
information, yet small enough to maintain a pocket-sized device. Simplicity is
also expressed in the power button, which is flanked by the earpiece speaker,
and balanced by the microphone which is 180 degrees around the perimeter.
4. Bend Mobile
We’ve seen dual sliders, even triple sliders, but
we’ve never seen a handset that’s based on the definition of sliding
components. The Bend Mobile was created by Andy Kurovets, who also has a couple of
other neat gadgets on his site, in case you’re interesting in cool-looking
futuristic design.
What we’ve got on our hands is a device that features
a screen which can double its size by sliding another screen next to it. The
camera of the handset also pops up (slides).
Also, the Bend Mobile features a touch keyboard, a
touchscreen, camera zoom buttons, camera flash and a sound system.
5. Samsung Jot.
Most people can’t remember a
single phone number anymore, but the Raymond
Bessemer ‘Samsung Jot’ cell phone brings back the dynamism of dialing. With
a colorful LED display and a rotary number wheel, the user can register each
digit the old fashioned way from a piece of 2015 technology.
Set to launch in a
few years’ time, the Bessemer ‘Samsung Jot’ backtracks for people who are
unhappy with the impersonal character of the contemporary cutting-edge. With a
detachable stylus, it allows for text and numbers to be scribbled on the
phone’s face, which can be stored away as well as any other mobile phone,
should you prefer to make a call using a single button.
6. Breitling Concept.
All of us have fantasized about those terribly suave
and secretive communicating devices of retro flicks. The way 007 (and other
less known secret agents) flicked the top of their watches and twiddled the
little antennae captured imaginations of the viewers. And it seems even modern
concepts are carrying the light. Elie Man
is an industrial designer from South Florida .
His Mobile Phone Lifestyle Concept jumps straight out of the retro flicks.
Designed for the well known watchmaker Breitling “the concept combines a
chronograph timepiece with a mobile phone”. The designer does not reveal too
much about the specs that he wishes to incorporate. Elie does however add that
the titanium make will hide in its belly a phone based on Motorola Mobile OS.
The watch itself will ooze luxury with the glare-proof sapphire crystals. All
in all the concept might seem a bit far fetched but worth seeing on the product
shelf.
7. On Time.
My
wrist is jealous. It hasn’t seen an accessory adorn its graceful neck in years
thanks to the advent of mobile phones. There have been several attempts by
designers and companies to integrate the two, they’ve never been successful.
The On Time Headset System by Pedro
Gomes seems to be a much better marriage between them and one I could see
myself using.
It’s technically a bracelet but it tells time so that
makes it a watch, but it also handles calls which mean it’s a mobile phone. When
someone calls, the bracelet rings and/or vibrates. The entire face pops out as
a wireless headset without sacrificing a screen since there’s a secondary LCD. Both LCDs are touch enabled.
8. Egg.
Czech designer Roman
Tubl from Prague
9. RIMINO.
Project Rimino
redefines mobile experience through human factors research and design thinking.
Informed by human experience, the project is guided by both observational and
experimental design research methods.
The Rimino concept by Amid Moradganjeh is an E-paper
mobile device with a user interface inspired by print posters. Historically, as
technology has progressed, devices have become more conspicuous. Rimino
challenges this trend and presents the alternative: technology that is more
integrated and more sensitive to the human experience.
Rimino concept video represents a future that is
envisioned to be more aligned with what we need and want as people instead of
our needs and wants being dictated by technology.
10. MINIMA.
The MINIMA by Seung-Hyun Yoon is a classic example of
how important form is in the design process. The adorable lattice style for
keypads and the wood finish, relay a completely organic look. Specific
attention to details like the camouflaged secondary display on the outer flip
and bamboo look, make this an object of desire.
11. HTC Tube.
Antoine
Brieux has an HTC fixation and I totally support his fascination. His HTC
Tube concept is a killer as far design and specs go. It’s basically about
splitting the phone into two segments, an outer shell and the inner cartridge.
What this means is three variations (8, 16 & 64GB) are symmetric, but when
it comes to the tech specs, it all depends upon the cartridge fitted.
12. Samsung B&O Concept Phone.
If you’re going to throw another smartphone into the
saturated market, you had better come with something different and that’s why I
like this concept Samsung B&O phone by NAK.
Inspired by Bang & Olufsen, it’s a mix between the current Samsung Galaxy
lineup with B&O’s traditional slant on masculine industrial engineering. I
think the final form works. It’s thin and sleek, yet manages to slightly
deviate from the “me too” crowd. LOVE the dock which transforms it into a
banging B&O speaker.
13. LG Paper Touch.
Can you imagine a phone that behaves like a piece of
paper? Well, the LG Paper Touch Phone by Leif Erickson is one such unique handset,
that’s able to unfold four times, each time providing different uses.
Four-folding is supported and the resulting folds are put together using
elastomer joint.
Once the LG concept phone is completely unwrapped, it
offers the user the chance to view an OLED display, useful for web browsing,
video chatting and e-book reading. When folded, the gadget is a mere phone, but
when completely and totally unfolded it become some sort of a laptop, with
multimedia integration.
This is not the first time I’ve seen a device that’s
both a tablet and a phone, so this trend might generate some real life gadgets
soon.
14. Aquaphone.
Seoul-based designer Bon-Seop
Ku's wicked concept phone has a killer, if fictional, interface: The
"Aqua GUI," comprised of water bubbles presumably manipulated by an
electric current.
15. Glance.
Having a problem with your bulky smartphone and tight
jeans? This is where the Glance skinny handset comes into play, a concept
created by designer Alan Gerardo Farias. We’re dealing with a 4 inch OLED screen phone,
with a display that’s scratch resistant.
This is an extremely slim dual display phone, with
dual speakers, mini USB port, a bottom 2 inch OLED display for notifications and a
front and back camera with flash. The reason why this unit is called “Glance”?
Well, in the moment you hold the handset in your pocket, only the smaller 2 inch screen can be seen,
so you can have a glance at it, to see the missed calls, texts, twitter
mentions and whatnot.
One can only guess the thickness of this model, but
I’m supposing it’s below the 7mm speculated for the iPhone 5. The only question
here is the material and the component types, since it would take serious
nanotech to produce something so skinny…
16. Line Phone.
Judging by some of the newly announced phones, you
might get the idea that we’re living in the future. But every once in a while,
a concept of a phone comes along that makes it very clear that it’s not the
future yet.
The Line Phone, which won the 2010 Furong Cup in
‘Digital Product and Service Design Competition’ in China
The Line Phone is a full touch phone in the extreme –
the front is a touchscreen edge to edge. Also, the defining feature of the
concept is the touch sensitive rim, which plays a key role in controlling the
user interface.
This rim serves a double purpose – it has a dynamic
backlight, which is used as an indicator, but it’s also used for gestures. From
simple scrolling to more complex gestures like changing the volume, skipping
songs, image rotation and even going back to edit a text before it has been
sent. All based on where and how you touch the rim and the currently active
app.
The touchscreen also boasts a variety of multitouch
gestures – who needs physical buttons when you have a well thought-out touch
UI, right?
Anyway, it’s a great concept though there are some
things I’m not quite certain about (the whole front face of the phone is a
touchscreen, so where’s the earpiece?). Not that it matters – avant-garde
concepts like this rarely see the light of day as an actual product.
17. Synaptics Fuse.
Synaptics have ganged up with a few other companies to
create the Synaptics Fuse
concept full-touch phone. The concept tries to take phone interfaces to the
next level by combining a touchscreen with other technologies to improve one-hand-usability
and reduce the need to look at the screen.
The multi-touch screen is a given, but Synaptics have
gone the extra mile and have covered the whole phone with a variety of sensors.
Force and capacitive sensors on the sides of the Synaptics Fuse sense the users
grip and control panning and scrolling.
The force sensors enable another gesture as well -
squeezing the phone. The back of the phone is touch sensitive as well and can
be used for 2D navigation. Yet another sense of the Synaptics Fuse is the
proximity sensor.
But input is just half of the interaction expression.
The Synaptics Fuse concept phone uses 3D graphics and "next
generation" haptic to interact with the user's senses. The press release
stays mum on the matter what exactly "next-generation" implies.
Still, from what we could tell from the videos below,
the Synaptics Fuse uses a WVGA AMOLED screen and is powered by a Cortex A8
based processor with PowerVR SGX graphics chip.
The Fuse debuted January 2010 at the Consumer
Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and February
2010 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona ,
Spain
18. Nokia HumanForm.
Nokia HumanForm by Nokia Design and Nokia Research Center was
created in a joint effort to translate the most promising new nanotechnologies
into meaningful user experiences, in order to create real devices and set goals
for future product portfolios.
The project is a key step towards bringing significant
user experience benefits to the market, enabled by nanotechnology. Nokia
HumanForm is a visionary solution for a dynamically flexible device for uses
beyond touch screen and voice communication where technology is invisible and
intuition takes over. Natural interactions are enabled with a kinetic user
interface.
19. Mobiado Aston Martin.
Mobiado Aston Martin CPT002 is a Smartphone hard to
describe without using superlatives. Did you ever think that there will be a
Smartphone called Aston Martin? In my opinion, this is one of the coolest
Smartphone’s ever made.
Result of collaboration between renowned Canadian
company Mobiado and Aston Martin, the device has a touchscreen display made of
an ultra-resistant sapphire crystal.
Mobiado Aston Martin CPT002 is provided on the side
with a frame made of platinum, which was introduced within the combined battery,
SIM card and other specific components. As design, the device also presents a
transparent tablet with multiple features.
Designed to be an electronic ignition for Aston
Martin, this unique Smartphone meet the hi-tech needs of the most demanding
users. It can be used for an ordinary phone conversation, can be connected to
the Internet, but can also be used instead of a GPS.
Slim, sleek, designed in a futuristic style, Mobiado
Aston Martin CPT002 offers extra safety for the lucky owners, because transmits
the airbags system the data motion recorded by the accelerator.
20. Gravity Phone.
Hello high definition. Four awesome designers (Lukas
Doenz, Joachim Kornauth, Toni Weichselbraun and Max Salesse) bring you an HD
cellular / mobile phone with a lovely shape, a flat screen with the highest
definition, and most excellently, a fabulous presentation. This is the “Gravity
Series” phone concept and it “offers HD technology within the dimensions of
your pocket.” Of course, if you’ve got those pants that have the notebook sized
pockets, it might be better to go with that, but this one is lighter.
This line of telephone will allow for upgradeable
components, plug in and plug out, switch how you please. There’ll be full
expandability allowing for perfect usability. Your personal needs fulfilled by
an open market and a uniquely shaped telephone.
It has that extra bar on there. It must do something
fantastic. It lets you play some fantastic games. It is just sensual.
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