Whenever you say Mac Funamizu, we get ready for a glossy and futuristic concept, like the transparent phone pictured below. Known as the Thru Phone, this device uses two sliding parts, one as the main touchscreen and the other as the virtual keyboard, but we’re sure it’s also able to
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Kristian Ulrich Larsen has truly impressed us with his latest design, the Flip Phone. This is a triple display handset, as you can see below and it’s based on flexible AMOLED touchscreens, plus a keyboard on the back side. This can become a triangular photo frame-like thingie or the perfect
Designer Vitor Gomes created the Envy 4G concept phone having in mind the Microsoft Metro interface, as main inspiration. This revolutionary handset uses a brand new type of processor dubbed Carbon and its innovative OS bears the name of MasterMobile. Considered a rival to the Apple iPhone 4G and the
Although this concept may sound creepy to us, it’s serious business, since the design of the “smooching phone” was shown at the TED event in Berlin. Design researcher Fabian Hemmert did the presentation, that you can see below, in order to be creeped out for yourselves. There are 3 prototypes
British designer Emma Caddick created a cellphone concept dubbed the SimpleSee, meant to reach the hands and pockets of visually impaired users. Elderly people will also be able to use this unit, that will make their life easier. Its graphics are simple and easy to read and the casing uses
We’re back with a smartphone concept for the blind, dubbed the Voim, which means seeing in Korean. The device includes word recognition features, object identifications and route navigation. These are displayed as Braille language on the silicon screen of the handset. Audio cues are transmitted via Bluetooth headset and it
We had to do a bit of reading before showing you this concept, since it’s not as easy to figure out as it sounds. We’re dealing with a hovering cellphone concept, created by In-oh Yoo and Sun-woong Oh for the Metatrend Institute. This is a handset that’s able to spin
Daniel Yoon created one sweet, sweet BlackBerry concept, the Empathy Phone that comes with a mood ring, as shown below. This social networking-focused device delivers biometric data regarding the user’s emotional state, relying on the mood ring accessory. Imagine sharing your feelings not directly, but via the ring we mentioned.
Are you the type who forgets to charge a cellphone? Then the Second Life Mobile Phone concept is for you! Created by Cho Sinhyung and Jeon Jungjae, this device uses an AMOLED screen, that’s powered up when the handset has plenty of battery and switches to E-ink screen technology when
Luca Benedetti has shown us a couple more of his phone designs, featuring Telus-branded devices with rectangular shapes and handsets that rely on an iPhone-like UI. As you can see, the devices are simplistic, use touchscreens, rounded edges and borrow their interfaces from the Apple iPhone. If only they were
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