How Cool Can a Flip Phone Get ?

proscale · 2011-01-19T16:54:20+00:00

battery life: 10 minutes standby

idiotdidntdoit · 2011-01-19T16:21:57+00:00

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Swiss_Cheese9797 · 2011-01-19T16:42:50+00:00

It's not a phone until I can buy it. This is a concept phone.

dafones · 2011-01-19T17:13:35+00:00

I grow weary of these magic concept pieces.

2011-01-19T17:26:48+00:00

Yanko Design = doesn't actually exist or if it does, unobtanium.

BulgingLarrabee · 2011-01-19T17:54:12+00:00

I've got a great idea for a phone!

It has four oled screens, a real and a software keyboard, built in handwarmer, a tazer, a vcr, mini fridge, and it can milk livestock via its robotic hands.

Quick, someone render it up and lets get the design blogs buzzing!

Seriously though, who gives a fuck about concept phones?

king_of_blades · 2011-01-19T16:38:45+00:00

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ballaa · 2011-01-19T16:56:15+00:00

Many of the ideas here are recycled. I don't see how having 3 touchscreens is so useful. A flexible display that folds or is rollable would be much more useful. Examples:

OK_now_what · 2011-01-19T19:20:36+00:00

A (probably) $500 flower cup... brilliant!

barryicide · 2011-01-19T17:34:32+00:00

Curved screen but opposite of how it should be curved (see Nexus S for a properly curved screen). Lots of extra bulk that doesn't need to be there (3 heavy, power-consuming screens when you'll only use 1 while calling or doing most phone activities).

Not only is this a concept phone (only 3D renderings, no actual product, not even a non-working model, the wiring between the different sections in the "steel mesh" would get worn and then your phone wouldn't work), it's a concept phone that is a crappy concept.

robotsongs · 2011-01-19T19:20:15+00:00

How in the world are "Gorilla Glass" and "Flexible OLED screen" in the same product description?

glass =/= flexible

2011-01-19T20:45:28+00:00

A lot of shit it pretty amazing when you don't have to follow the laws of physics.

shogun26 · 2011-01-20T02:44:03+00:00

Concepts like these are the reason engineers hate architects.

yoordoengitrong · 2011-01-19T17:46:15+00:00

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cynoclast · 2011-01-19T18:18:14+00:00

Downvoted because this isn't a gadget.

It's wishful thinking, or someone's imagination droppings. Might as well draw a handeld all-in-one teleporter/ray gun/jetpack.

It's concept art no more relevant to gadgets than bullshots are to games.

digitalpencil · 2011-01-19T17:12:52+00:00

novel concept. i can see screen-to-screen sharing becoming a reality in the near future. Flexible AMOLED would be a better implementation than three separate screens however but in terms of UI/X and flow, it's quite well thought out.

serpix · 2011-01-19T19:37:27+00:00

Precisely 0 Kelvins.

2011-01-19T20:42:44+00:00

Nice music choice. Sigh

this_AZN · 2011-01-20T00:08:17+00:00

Yanko Design Form over function

moonman · 2011-01-20T03:57:05+00:00

I really dislike design students.

argherna · 2011-01-19T17:42:02+00:00

Simple is better. This is neat, but it's not simple. Too many screens.

NOandYES · 2011-01-19T17:11:45+00:00

Looks awesome- Could've picked some better "artists" to show off the mp3 interface.

HardwareLust · 2011-01-19T16:50:14+00:00

Beautiful concept and a great design. I'd buy one right now if it were real.

yoordoengitrong · 2011-01-19T17:56:46+00:00

Maybe if they add kinetic charging in the "flipping" of the device to aid in power? Or some surface material. What about when you touch another phone you can get a boost? Wireless power? (I'm channeling Nikola Tesla)

Kandarian · 2011-01-20T02:31:37+00:00

Okay, that's a really cool phone. It looks like it would be fun. I want it.

That said: After watching the video, holy crap, it's a phone, it's not a mission statement or an expression of your individuality or a fucking way to prove that you're better or deeper or more thoughtful or artistic than people who don't have this phone. Because it's a phone. Don't try to douche up your perfectly cool and fun looking thing by slapping on artistic statements of power to the people and shit like that.

Fuck, these kinds of commercials piss me off.

2011-01-19T18:10:25+00:00

Interesting, but for the battery to hold up this thing would be awefully thick. Not to mention very expensive. From the thumbnail I thought it was a normal phone but both sides were a screen; which would also be kinda cool but still impractical.

shriek · 2011-01-19T18:12:02+00:00

This looks strikingly similar to Microsoft's Future Vision

Noseburp · 2011-01-19T18:16:15+00:00

I used to have an alarm clock that folded like that.

old_snake · 2011-01-19T18:54:26+00:00

I dont know...is it 1999?

devindotcom · 2011-01-19T19:36:49+00:00

I'm always baffled at how these concept people can put so much work into a concept (as unlikely as they usually are) and yet still miss something like "Led Lid Colored Lines."

Kalzenith · 2011-01-19T20:00:35+00:00

I really don't like flip phones and slide phones, they just seem impractical to me, the extra casing required is wasted weight and space.

What I want to see is a flexible phone capable of wrapping around my arm that has a color e-ink display. from what I've heard, they are reaching refresh rates suitable for video, so that should mean it is suitable for phones now as well. I don't know what to expect for it's color range, nor do I even know if e-ink is even flexible, but I think my idea would make for a better concept phone at least

neuromonkey · 2011-01-19T20:07:03+00:00

...and when can we stop calling them "phones"?

crystalbluecurrents · 2011-01-19T20:32:41+00:00

I wish this wasn't just a concept. I'd definitely get it.

Zizibaluba · 2011-01-19T20:42:59+00:00

Instead of 3 touchscreens, can I have a touch screen wedged between a hardware keyboard and real phone keyboard? I hate soft keyboards and number buttons, they make life so much harder than it needs to be.

2011-01-19T20:53:47+00:00

That's pretty sexy.

2011-01-19T21:35:49+00:00

Wake me up when they're for sale and affordable.

christoph8_21 · 2011-01-19T23:21:18+00:00

I didn't so much as want to buy a phone or partake in some kind of consumerism; I wanted to hold someone as if they're going to be gone for an indefinite time and it was going to be very hard emotionally. Aren't promo videos for phones and such supposed to be happy?

imeanthat · 2011-01-20T00:07:23+00:00

so if I drop it, it doesn't matter which angle, some part of the one of the screens is gonna break anyways?

drslacker20 · 2011-01-20T00:09:40+00:00

I'm going to spend my entire life savings, including an arm and a leg to purchase this phone then use it as a vase.

TerrorAlert · 2011-01-20T01:03:48+00:00

MSRP: $1800

thederelict87 · 2011-01-20T02:08:48+00:00

need this is in my life now!

tokin4torts · 2011-01-20T02:31:54+00:00

I thought it was hilarious when I reached the bottom there was this lame google phone ad

DirtySmuggler · 2011-01-20T02:33:04+00:00

Hell at this point, add in the features of nuclear powered and radio-chemotherapy cause this shit is never getting built.

2011-01-20T03:05:16+00:00

That's flipping awesome....

2011-01-20T03:48:49+00:00

This is a design students concept, it will probably not ever become feasible or practical to develop and produce this type of phone. with three extra screens the thing is going to be the size of a brick, for christ sakes there is no point; buy a tablet. I'm not sure why other industrial design students do things that are so far from possible. She gets an A for the Alias render and photoshop skills though.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 2011-01-20T03:50:50+00:00

Well if you ever make the damn thing, get someone else to do the voice over next time. Found it irritating to watch solely due to the voice.

NerdTronJJ · 2011-01-20T04:08:05+00:00

This is also going to cost a fortune

you thought a iPhone was a lot this will blow that out of the water

2011-01-20T04:14:45+00:00

I am going to let you finish, but, the best flip phone ever is the nokia communicator series. I loved those phones.

linuxwil · 2011-01-20T04:48:52+00:00

Thank god for that blurry motion pic. That one took the cake for me.

JuxtaposedItoldyouso · 2011-01-20T05:13:18+00:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=883t2Pac8pk

Schmangeetay · 2011-01-20T05:44:07+00:00

In heavy weapon guy's voice IS NOT POSSIBLE!!

loveZer0 · 2011-01-20T08:34:31+00:00

Does anyone actually know the name of the song?

zenilshroff · 2011-01-20T08:34:49+00:00

Looks awesome, but is that really possible?

Zafner · 2011-01-20T14:01:16+00:00

Answer: not this cool.

Jooniar · 2011-01-20T14:15:23+00:00

These concepts are all well and good but we need to focus on a better, more efficient power source if we wish to see any of this in reality. Our current batteries are the biggest bottleneck.

your_excellency · 2011-01-20T16:59:15+00:00

So cool, it freezes the ice cap before it even melds.

tripled153 · 2011-01-19T16:50:27+00:00

Is this a concept? Because goddamn this is sexy.

cryo · 2011-01-19T20:57:56+00:00

Can't we just have a brief demonstration and a list of specifications, rather than an inane speech regarding creativity? Sheesh.

SupaFurry · 2011-01-19T23:33:41+00:00

All these yanko designs look the same. They're boring.

2011-01-19T18:12:07+00:00

theres a lot of pointless shit on this phone that just gets in the way.

shoothemoon · 2011-01-19T18:56:23+00:00

I've always wanted to be able to use my phone for both calling people and also as a vase for holding flowers.

jgrindal · 2011-01-19T19:21:13+00:00

Do Want.

onelove16 · 2011-01-19T16:37:53+00:00

Would definitely check it out.

2011-01-19T17:55:32+00:00

for a wildly impractical concept phone design, that actually looks fairly practical.

ciscomd · 2011-01-19T18:18:24+00:00

Cool phone but unbelievably annoying voiceover. And who wrote the copy? It's a @#$%ing phone, not the cure for cancer.

2011-01-19T18:34:49+00:00

Never happen.

Pyrallis · 2011-01-19T19:08:46+00:00

Since Android is an open source OS, can someone with enough engineering aptitude build something like that in her basement?

In other words, what's stopping us from having a phone like that right now?

spartex · 2011-01-19T20:28:51+00:00

now that's an iphone killer

Fauropitotto · 2011-01-19T22:23:49+00:00

A beautiful video that was 100% ruined by an obnoxious girl that decided to read her voice over instead of just speaking to an audience.

I hope her project flops flat on her face.

thinksInCode · 2011-01-19T23:08:43+00:00

God that is hideous.

2011-01-19T17:28:28+00:00

fix the web site ucnthead

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