Future Phones: The 17 Coolest

Concept Cell Phones

Window Phone
• Designed by Seunghan
Song, this "window
phone" concept will
reflect current
weather conditions on
the screen. To input
text, you just blow on
the screen to switch
modes, then write
with your finger as a
stylus.
Cobalto
• the cell phone
concept way into
the future, with an
almost all-glass
design. The phone
would feature 3D
imaging that could
make Google Maps
even more useful,
as demonstrated
here.
Organic “Leaf Phone”
• melds aesthetic
creativity with
functionality. The
winding stem of
the leaves could
be wrapped
around a user's
arm, wrist, neck,
or other body
part.
Sticker Phone
• has a solar panel on
the back of the
phone and a curved
surface that will
allow it to stick to a
window via suction
to charge. Plus, you
won't lose your
phone somewhere
on your desk.
Kambala
• is a fascinating
concept that features
a center piece that
can pop out to fit
into your ear, making
it an earphone. In
theory, it will also
have the ability to
match your skin
tone, rendering it
almost invisible.
Packet
• won first place at
the Istanbul Design
Week 2007. The tiny
phone starts off at 5
cm square, then
folds out as needed
for different
functions.
Dial
• concept takes the
rotary phone of
the 'good ol' days'
and combines it
with mobile
technology and
modern jewelry
sensibilities.
Morph
• uses nanotechnology
to create a flexible
body and
transparent screen
that can be molded
to whatever shape is
the most convenient
for its user. The
nanotech could even
clean itself.
Natural Year Phone
• People tend to keep
cell phones for only
two years, and
Je-Hyun Kim’s Natur
al Year Phone
concept takes that
into consideration.
The phone is
designed to naturally
biodegrade after the
two years are up.
Fujitsu Concept “Pebble” Concept Phone
• At first glance, this entrant
into Fujitsu's cell phone
design contest looks like an
ordinary paperweight.
Actually, it's a cleverly
disguised phone. As the
picture shows, the small
black dot can be
transformed into a keypad,
media panel or web
browser depending on
what corner of the plastic
handset you drag it to.
Mobile Script
• starts with a
stylish and sleek
small screen, then
reveals a larger
touchscreen
hidden within the
phone's body to
meet all of your
media device
needs.
Visual Sound
• voice-to-text
concept phone for
deaf people is a
huge step from
current systems like
teletypewriters.
Coca Cola Powered Phone
• Forget solar
power,
electricity, or
fuel: Daizi
Zheng's
concept phone
is powered by
Coca-Cola.
Wearable Terminal
• NTT DoCoMo's prototype
"wearable terminal"
brings us one step closer
to being cyborgs. You stick
your index finger in your
ear to hear and speak
through the microphone
at the back of the
wristband, then snap your
fingers to connect or
disconnect the call.
Pen Phone
• This pen phone is one
of the thinnest and
smallest phone
designs yet. While it's
designed to be
connected mainly via
a bluetooth headset,
the top and bottom of
the phone do include
a receiver and
earpiece.
Nokia Flexible Concept Phone
• This Nokia concept
is made of memory
plastic that can be
molded to fit
around a wrist, for
example, then can
be heated to return
to it's original
shape.
Fujitsu Concept Phone
• A concept phone
from Fujitsu's
cellphone design
contest.
 Future Mobile Phones

• The mobile phone technology has made a giant leap over the last few years and basic
candy bars and clamshell handsets will be soon replaced by the future phones having
interesting and unique design. The cell phones of future will have very less
resemblance to the handsets we sport today like snap open, flat rectangular and
others.
• The design firm Pilotfish and sensor maker Synaptics have introduced a phone which
will be devoid of any buttons and will be operated by gestures.The popular designer
Manon Maneenawa has created a unique handset that can be converted into a wrist
watch as well as alarm clock.The Sweden’s GoldVish is already out with their handset
featuring diamonds and secret compartment with a price tag of $1.26 million.
• Thus there is no dearth of ideas and innovations in future cell phones and more and
more companies are coming out with their visions and creativity. So forget about your
clamshell or candy bar phone and get ready to experience something different and
exciting.
The future of mobile
• Mobile phone technology is
advancing rapidly, but what
can people expect to be
using in 2015? What will
their mobile be able to do
and what will it look like?
Nokia has collaborated with
Industrial Design students
from Central Saint Martins
College of Art and Design in
London to come up with
some ideas.
The winner
• The device was inspired both
by the advent of video calling
and the traditional practice
of carrying pictures of family
and friends with you. The
handset is designed to sit as
a picture frame wherever the
user is, serving the dual
purpose of communications
device and a comforting
familiar focal point at home,
at work or when away.
Design your own phone
• This is about stripping away
technology and making
your mobile phone more
personal. You can chose a
clear perspex case and put
in it items that are
individual and personal.
Alternatively, you can buy
attachments that say
something about you, like a
harmonica or a chess game.
Allmyfriends
• Small, representational
beads are exchanged instead
of numbers. These are
threaded on a necklace and
to make a call you squeeze
the bead of the person you
want to call. Their bead will
glow or vibrate. The
electronics are in the clasp of
the necklace, a microphone
is worn as a ring and there's
a wireless earpiece.
Multi-sensory
• The device works with
the sense of smell, sight,
hearing and touch. The
user experiences
communication on a
multi-sensory level. It can
detect, transmit and emit
smell. It can also radiate
colours, light and
temperature from a
caller's environment.
Blog a lot
• This phone is for those who
do a blog and provides a
fast, easy and more
advanced blogging device.
The phone has four layers,
allowing for a multitude of
functions and different
methods of use. It can also
be treated like a photo
album, with images easily
retreived, tagged and
published on the blog.
Regenerate
• It aims to get people to be
more green. It collects
information on how much
electricity and gas you use,
how you get about, the type
of products you buy and how
you dispose of waste. It works
on a reward system and you
can earn free calls and texts
by being environmentally
friendly, like walking to work
instead of driving.
Hello
• People constantly upgrade
mobiles and discard their old
ones. In the future new
mobiles will have to exist
alongside older models that
have become redundant in
their primary role. This project
proposes an afterlife for them,
using secondary functions like
the camera. This model allows
old phones to become part of
a CCTV network.
Get your friend
• The aim was a user friendly
product that gave an
emotional relationship, like a
friend. A new generation of
mobiles with Artificial
Intelligence will be able to
express a user's feelings, such
as anger. The phone will also
automatically recognise the
voice of the user, allowing
communciation between
them and their mobile.
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