Designer Andrew Kim has cooked up a concept smartphone for HTC dubbed the "1" that makes the company's current offerings look, well... last generation. The device, built from a brass housing (coated in silver) eschews the phone-maker's recent crop of fairly standard looking mobile devices for something decidedly more sophisticated -- and cans the familiar Sense interface in the process. Not only is the shell of the phone rethought, the new UI (Sense mono) takes a cleaner, more thoughtful, high-end approach as well, joining Synergy like functions (combined messaging) with a Helvetica heavy interface that looks streamlined and mature. Some notable features of the hardware include stereo speakers (located at the top and bottom of the phone), a kickstand which is actually the bottom portion of the casing, and the lofty concept of a built-in UV light which kills germs on the surface of the phone while you charge up. As far as concepts go, this is one of the finest we've seen, so hit the source link below and take a look at the full spread.
posted July 12th 2010 10:38AM
While this is certainly attractive, the button layout works with neither WP7 nor Android. I do like it alot..
I think I just did a lil bit of sex wee....
Looks like a cheap toy to me.
Nice! Those who tend to think this looks like iPhone are wrong. It's more like Zune, especially the UI
Dear HTC
Please find attached my paypal account details, my password (take as much as you want!), and my right testicle.
Please forward my phone via the Engadget crew (hey, they need to review it for real!), who I am sure will send it on to me ASAFP.
Many thanks
BrianM
What does it look like from the sides??
oh I like the look of this phone
It looks pretty smart, but presuming this is a 3.7-4.0" screen, it's going to be a really long/tall phone, as there is a lot of space below and above the screen. However, saying that Dell's new offerings seem to have the same sort of design..
Christ almighty!!!!!!! My desire just turned ugly in an instant...
Not enough buttons. Having more than one is pretty damn useful, because context sensitive buttons don't always work the way you want them to.
Nice job!
PHONEGASM!
Looks like the next iPod nano 6th Gen.
this looks like a iphone killer
Very nice. Wonder if the antenna will be good on this one.
So beautiful, would buy if it would ever made, only one minor detail, why no flash, some of the other concepts had it, one not this gorgeous design
Sorry, but this isn't even an original design or particularly good render. I call this Engadget filler.
Why do you guys make it so easy to take your money? Anyways, thanks.