9 Awesome Concept Phones We Wish Actually Existed
9 Awesome Concept Phones We Wish Actually Existed
There is no greater phone than the one that doesn’t exist. For as attached as people are to their iPhones and Androids (and some to their Windows Phones and BlackBerrys), there are just some hardware and software features—not to mention battery life—that phone makers have yet to master.
That’s where the Internet steps in to do what it does best: offer a fantasy version of what people already have. Concept phones proliferate online, created by designers who come up with what manufacturers haven’t yet imagined.
Paper phones get mentioned every few years. Some have been constructed of actual paper and work, like an origami-style handset from Chengyuan Wei. And then there are the e-ink-based concepts, including one from research teams at Canada’s Queen’s University and Arizona State University.
That’s not to say that manufacturers don’t get inspiration from concept phones.Phonebloks, a swappable-parts smartphone conceived by designer Dave Hakkens, caught the eye of Motorola and is now in the hands of Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group as Project Ara.
These phones may or may not (probably not) find their way into your pocket one day, but they are definitely interesting to look at. Check them out in the slideshow.
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