By Ashley Turner
(July 2013)
Within the last ten
years mobile phones have evolved from simple feature phones to smart devices
that we rely on in our everyday lives. The industry is moving fast, with
manufacturers unveiling unlimited numbers of smartphones within short spaces of
time – but what can we expect from the future? Rumours about
what’s next from the biggest smartphone manufacturers are constantly floating
around the internet. From flexible handsets to eye tracking security systems
it’s all seeming pretty 007 – and let’s face it, who doesn’t want to get in on
that.
Here’s our list of
futuristic phone concepts that we wish were real.
This one was
announced a few years ago but we are still yet to see any flexible phones
emerge on to the market. Reports are emerging this year that top brands like
Apple and Samsung have secured patents for flexible glass, so we could see some
in the near future. This concept has a flexible screen which can be folded to
resemble a clutch – one for the ladies perhaps!
2. LG Paper Touch
It seems that
future phone concepts often involve making the device smaller – and in this
case if you can’t bend it, fold it instead. This literally paper-thin
smartphone concept suggests that manufacturers could carry on making mobiles
thinner and thinner. The idea of this device is that it is tablet sized, but
can be folded down to a smartphone making it an incredibly practical,
futuristic mobile device.
3. Palm iPhone
wrist projection concept
This futuristic
iPhone concept is a wrist device which projects the display on to your palm –
and they could be closer to this than we thought when you consider Apple’s
recent iWatch patent. Forget thinner phones, this would be almost non-existent.
You would be able to use your fingers to control the display as you do now –
hopefully they’d update the OS before then though.
4. Ear cell phone
concept
Do you spend so
much time on your phone that you just can’t be bothered to hold it anymore?
Well, this could be the answer. This flexi-phone allows you to pop the centre
piece out to provide an ear clip. The clip would even perform in a
chameleon-like way by matching its colour to your skin tone when attached.
5. LG Flutter Phone
You can probably
tell why this one has the name LG flutter without too much explanation. We
think it looks like something out of a spy film. The idea is that you press the
circular LG button in the middle, which opens the phone like a fan revealing a
touchscreen display which works similarly to smartphones now.
6. Phillips Fluid
Phone
Here’ another
flexible future option. This device, by Brazilian designer Dinard da Mata,
would be made of flexible OLED and can be curled up on your wrist or
straightens out to be used as a normal smartphone. We’re probably more likely
to see this sooner than the palm iPhone.
7. Nokia 888 Mobile
Phone
Designer Tamer
Nakisci says that this phone understands and adjusts to different environments
due to its speech recognition, touch sensitive frame, liquid battery and speech
recognition. The idea is that you don’t have to carry it in your hand, or even
on your wrist – as it adapts so you can carry it in any way you could possible
want.
8. Glass phone
concept
If you are prone to
smashing phone displays or the smudgy finger prints on your screen drive you
crazy then this concept is probably your worst nightmare. The idea is from
designer Mac Funamizu who thinks its appealing look would be popular with users
– other than the transparent look this would function like a normal smartphone
though.
9. Nokia HumanForm
Here’s the perfect
device for those who just can’t choose between flexibility and transparency –
this Nokia concept would be eagerly awaited by the geeks of the smartphone
world. But its talents don’t just end here. The device would also be able to
read a user’s mood and could mold itself to the right shape to optimise your
user experience.
10. LG folding
headphones
Here’s a future
concept for the music lovers out there. This concept headset set doubles up as
a phone, meaning you could store your music and listen to it all on one device
without any wires, as well as making those important calls and texts. It folds
up so you can use it to play with every day smartphone features as well, making
it extremely portable.
Future smartphone
concepts summary
In a nutshell, it
seems that most people designing future phones are looking at flexible options
that literally mould to fit people’s lives. With manufacturers
now creating phones which allow people to carry their lives around in their
pockets, it’s hard to believe than many of these tiny, paper thin, bendy phones
are possible – but they certainly do seem to be the future. It’s going to be an
exciting evolution for smartphone technology.
Source :
http://blog.comparemymobile.com
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