Worn out pants collection to show mobile progression

Just as wallets leave impressions in rear pockets, cellphones can do the same for pockets in the front. One Aram Bartholl has decided to start a collection of battle-tested jeans that "show traces of mobile tech development in society." We've no idea if he's planning to tackle the whole thing on his own, but we'd suggest buying up old pants from around the globe in order to amass a sizable collection before death sooner. The image you see above shows what happens if you walk around for three solid years pocketing an original Nokia 6600. Anyone got any impressions (SFW, please) they'd like to share in comments below?

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[Ignatius @ Aug 18th 2008 8:22PM]

Heh... heh. Impressions.

[jabber @ Aug 18th 2008 11:24PM]

All in favor of making this the last grape-smuggling crotch-shot featured on Engadget, say Aye.

Sincere apologies for hijacking the first post; this is just too much denim-in-your-face action here...

[dzhiurgis @ Aug 19th 2008 4:37AM]

I got exactly same effect with nokia 6600 :)

[Reepa @ Aug 19th 2008 5:19AM]

The same happened with my 6600 too in a few pairs of my jeans. Not quite as prominent as this picture though.

[Chris Are @ Aug 18th 2008 8:22PM]

That's just awkward.

[Freakin Ijit @ Aug 18th 2008 8:23PM]

Three years one pair of jeans!!!!

Gack!

[Shaun @ Aug 18th 2008 9:54PM]

Three years one cell phone!!!!

Gack!

[Mike P. @ Aug 19th 2008 2:26AM]

Welcome to Canada!

Gack! ...eh?

[oxfdblue @ Aug 18th 2008 8:28PM]

Is that a cell phone in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?

[icepop4who @ Aug 18th 2008 10:31PM]

the impression on my pants helps me lie about how glad i'm to see my girlfriend. she never believes me of course, but she's happy.

[Lowest Ranked @ Aug 18th 2008 8:29PM]

I've got one on the right leg of my jeans.

[hexoDAT64 @ Aug 18th 2008 8:30PM]

Mine just get that mark on their own, why pay extra for them to put it on for me?

[Alex Land @ Aug 18th 2008 8:31PM]

Looks like an advertisement for nudie jeans, haha. They sell dry denim you wear for a long time without washing and they fade out uniquely and look bad ass.

The pocket in the article looks like the right most dude's jeans.

http://www.mycatwalk.com.au/pages/Resources/nudiejeans1a.jpeg

[BWin @ Aug 18th 2008 8:33PM]

3 years for one pair of jeans is not uncommon if you're trying to break in raw denim. I've been wearing a pair of Nudie Thin Finns for almost 8 months straight without washing. There is fading on the back pocket because of my wallet.

[Freakin Ijit @ Aug 18th 2008 8:41PM]

> ...I've been wearing a pair of Nudie Thin Finns for almost 8 months
> straight without washing...

Gack!

[adam @ Aug 18th 2008 9:02PM]

thats just gross. wash your clothes.

[o rly @ Aug 18th 2008 10:22PM]

It's a raw & selvedge denim thing; you guys wouldn't understand.

[TA @ Aug 18th 2008 11:34PM]

+1 for those who are into raw denim.

[Jhongerkong @ Aug 18th 2008 8:37PM]

Ive got a phone impression...


RRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kate @ Aug 18th 2008 10:33PM]

I will admit I laughed at that.

[nickbr00tality @ Aug 19th 2008 12:59AM]

Me too...

[Squid7085 @ Aug 18th 2008 8:41PM]

I only wear the same pair of jeans every week or so and don't always put it in the same pocket, if it even leaves my hand. I don't see this happening to me.

[Prokanda @ Aug 19th 2008 3:17AM]

if I had one of those phones... I'd be too afraid to put it in my pocket anyway. large piece of glass + pocket = the possibility of bad things.

and I agree.. really, who wears (even their favorite pair of jeans) more than once a week? I usually save my favorites for fridays and the weekend. =D

[Decoy @ Aug 18th 2008 8:52PM]

Who does this impress?

[sinai @ Aug 18th 2008 8:59PM]

that's because you don't have a penis shaped phone like i do.

[Stiv @ Aug 18th 2008 9:01PM]

@sinai

Or a phone shaped penis.

[sinai @ Aug 18th 2008 9:20PM]

those aren't buttons, you know...

[Stiv @ Aug 18th 2008 10:01PM]

Your phone and/or penis is shaped like buttons? Oh noes!

[Mustaine @ Aug 19th 2008 1:19PM]

@Chris
Give it a rest now. It's only OK for minority groups to do the bashing.

[Strange Quark Star @ Aug 18th 2008 9:00PM]

My black jeans look very similar to these, altough only a few months old...
I also keep my encased iPod nano in the same pocket (next to my Nokia 6800), so my jeans look even more "mobile progressive" (>^_^)>

[Korey @ Aug 18th 2008 9:01PM]

I had one from The old Blackberry 7290 no pics the jeans kicked last year but you can imagine the imprint of that beast

[happy_penguin @ Aug 18th 2008 9:04PM]

Lame-O-Rama.

[charlie @ Aug 18th 2008 9:16PM]

his man beans must be scrambled from the radiation. cellphones play key role in conspiracy to reduce procreation on an overpopulated planet straining its natural resources. ... pot helps.

[alex @ Aug 18th 2008 10:35PM]

His tight jeans doesn't help his little beans any better. You might as well called them baked beans now.

[BoredOne @ Aug 18th 2008 9:31PM]

Why are we looking at a dudes phoner?

[J-Rad @ Aug 19th 2008 8:09PM]

That has to be on Urban DICtionary for sure!

Yes: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=phoner

[Brandon @ Aug 18th 2008 10:02PM]

Just bought some new jeans after noticing I my pants were worn where my iPhone has been sitting for over a year.

[icepop4who @ Aug 18th 2008 10:34PM]

aww... early adopter. You could bought a few pairs of jeans with the $200 price drop.

[Jon Friedrich @ Aug 19th 2008 8:39AM]

Is that a 6600 in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

[j @ Aug 18th 2008 10:43PM]

SFW. So F*cking What?

[jabber @ Aug 18th 2008 11:20PM]

All in favor of making this the last grape-smuggling crotch-shot featured on Engadget, say Aye.

[Techkandai @ Aug 19th 2008 8:26PM]

Nowe.. :P

[chudgoo @ Aug 18th 2008 11:53PM]

My first thought was a zucchini shaped imprint
(ala Spinal Tap - Derek Smalls)

[jeanie @ Aug 19th 2008 12:54AM]

haha, i have an imprint from my att tilt in one particular pair of jeans, which ive only had since may. its also a relatively big phone

[kontera @ Aug 19th 2008 2:02AM]

my Nokia 6300 has left quite the impression on the front left pocket area of my jeans. To the point where I had to patch up the back and start carrying on the other side.

[donjumpsuit @ Aug 19th 2008 2:04AM]

Good luck having kids with a cell phone that close to your grundle for three years, yikes.

[Logboy @ Aug 19th 2008 2:05AM]

Is that a Nokia 6600 pocket or are you just glad to see me?

[Michael Gray @ Aug 19th 2008 3:02AM]

My TyTn II has officially violated my back pocket...

[Nate DiDonato @ Aug 19th 2008 3:56AM]

Never put anything that isn't completely flat and flexible in your back pocket. You'll end up with back pain from sitting on it for years.
My dad has a Costanza wallet and I never realized he was doing that to his back. I told him a few weeks ago and his back feels better already.

"hip-pocket syndrome or wallet-neuropathy"

The more you know...

[pSykes @ Aug 19th 2008 5:01AM]

3 Years???

Thats when I knew this was some kind of hoax. Noone has a cell phone for three years. They just don't last that long.