Cool Concepts – The P-Per Mobile.
Check out this cool concept mobile phone from design firm Chocolate Agency.
The design consists of just 4 layers, a printed circuit board, extruded polycarbonate, recycled titanium, and a wrap around flexible haptic LED touchscreen.
Not exactly a novelty considering most touchscreen, tech-toting mobile phones out in the market. What made it stand out though is the proposed materials in making it. By minimizing materials, the design is highly sustainable. However, the tech needed for making this possible isn’t exactly cheap, making it a thingamajig only the Steve Jobs and Bill Gates of this world can afford (and you can’t even count on either Stevie and Billy buying this because the former already owns the entire iPhone production and the latter the MicroSoft Zune). Still, it doesn’t take away the fact that this is a very cool concept. Anyone has a decent guess when they can make this go mass production? I sure hope it’s in our lifetime.
The wrap around screen allows for endless user interface possibilities not to mention bezeless picture/movie taking and watching.
If that weren’t enough to challenge the iPhone, how about a 7mm wafer thin form factor, 3 megapixel camera, and a 2 minute recharge time!
This is a stunning looking concept, I would love to see something like this go into production.
via Yanko Design and Best Laptops
January 31st, 2008 at 9:17 pm
It definitely rivals (and surpasses) the iPhone! Style-wise and feature-wise.
I’ll be interested in how it manages the 2 minute recharge time. This’ll be great for commuters who suddenly realise their battery’s dead a couple of minutes before they leave the house!
Dom
P.S. I’m not sure if my last post came through, sorry if this is a double/triple post!
January 31st, 2008 at 9:42 pm
FIRST!!!!
January 31st, 2008 at 10:01 pm
What a concept. Looks literally impossible, no such thing as invisible processors, or memory, etc. There’s no space for any of it.
Nor an invisible camera, for that matter. What I’m saying is this: I can draw pretty things, too. It’s making them realistic AND pretty that counts.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:09 pm
pure awesome
January 31st, 2008 at 10:19 pm
@Keith: You’re a moron.
@design: Awesome. I’d definitely take this over an iPhone.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Yay, yet another lofty concept operating on the tried and true principles of magic.
February 1st, 2008 at 1:13 am
you can make very flat processors in the circuit board
February 1st, 2008 at 2:45 pm
[...] image, by the way, is purely concept planned to recharge in two minutes. Vaporware [...]
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 am
The phone isn’t clear you idiots. That last picture simply show the 4 layers the phone is made of, the top layer being the clear plastic that will protect the screen. Idiots.
February 12th, 2008 at 4:53 am
@szorg
Have you checked out the size of microcontrollers, memory, and components these days? A 2GB nand flash chip used in your usb thumb drive only stands about 3mm tall and is only about .7cm x 1.2 cm in size. Go take a look on digikey or a site that sells/distributes flash memory and you’ll see. Even digital camera lens are extremely small (such as the ones already common in cell phones) and most microcontrollers aimed at cell phone platforms have built in support for them. As an example, the Ti (texas instraments) DaVinci DSP media system on a chip. It operates at 297Mhz, has io for just about any device, and is 19mm x 19mm x 4.19mm (L x W x H). Invisible components? Keep up with tech
February 21st, 2009 at 11:23 am
would love to have one of these phones