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Nokia Lumia X Windows Phone Concept is All Gold and Beauty
Each and every creator of a Nokia Lumia concept phone tries to focus on the camera and keeping a part of the Lumia legacy. However, none of them actually tried to make an ultraslim device. Well, designer Marcellus did and what came out was the Nokia Lumia X Windows Phone concept shown below.
The designer claims that this model is kind of unrealistic, seeing how bulky Lumias are, but one can dream, right? The Nokia Lumia X handset comes with an 8 mm thick chassis and it reaches 8.7 mm in thickness with the camera bump included. It weighs 140 grams and uses 2 GB of RAM, 32/64 GB of storage and a microSD card slot with support for an extra 64 GB.
The display is a 5 inch Full HD unit with PureMotion technology and Gorilla Glass 3 tech. The battery is non removable and has a capacity of 3000 mAh. There’s also Qi wireless charging and I imagine that since the battery is non removable, the microSD must be placed on the side or something. The camera of the Nokia Lumia X is a 10 megapixel Pureview unit with Carl Zeiss lens, OIS, dual LED flash and Xenon flash too, plus a 2.5 MP front shooter with Full HD video capture.
[via Mynokiablog]
Nexus 5 Design by Derek Kopet Gets Updated
Remember the Nexus 5 design from here? Well, the designer behind it, Derek Kopet has decided to update it, considering all the comments received on this device. The handset still goes for $299 (supposed price tag) and it’s still made by LG supposedly.
This Nexus 5 concept features 4G LTE connectivity, an edge to edge 5 inch IPS HD display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU. There’s also a front speaker in there and that trademark notification light at the bottom. The smartphone integrates a 13 megapixel camera, 3 GB of RAM and a 3140 mAh battery, as well.
Compared to the design from March, this Nexus 5 is a bit more elongated and seems to have a more proeminent metal edge. I guess that this model made by LG runs either Android 4.3 or Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. So, do you think this model is changed enough compared to the Nexus 4?
[via Derek Kopet]
New Microsoft Surface Phone Runs Windows 8 Pro
Created by Tomask621, the new Microsoft Surface Phone pictured here runs Windows 8 Pro instead of Windows Phone 8. That may also explain why it’s so bulky, since its hardware is probably on par with an ultrabook, if you allow me to exaggerate a bit.
Specs include a 5 inch 1366 x 768 pixel display, an Intel Atom dual core x86 processor, 2 GB of RAM and a 3600 mAh battery. I can’t seem to spot a Search button and Back button at the bottom, so I guess gestures will have to do, I mean the Windows 8 ones. I’m also curious if we’ve got a Desktop mode here or not, seeing how this is a phone and all.
Since this Microsoft Surface Phone is thick, the only hope of it not being too massive is having a lower weight. I aso think that the volume buttons on the right side are a bit exaggerated in size.
[Thanks Tomask621]
Sony Walkman is Back Baby! New Model Adopts Xperia Branding, Looks Hot!
Victor Cao offers us a new vision on the Walkman series of music phones, giving them the Xperia branding and a new look. The new device pictured here is the Sony Xperia W concept, that has an iPhone-ish back side.
The handset uses virtual buttons on Android and the typical Walkman player with minimalistic options. This Walkman smartphone has all the best acoustic technologies one can get nowadays: Clear Bass, Clear Audio and S Master MX. Specs of the Xperia Walkman W include a 1.7 GHz quad core CPU, probably the Snapdragon 400 or 600 and 2 GB of RAM, as well as NFC and maybe 32 GB of storage.
The concept Xperia measures 9 mm in thickness and seems to bundle a pair of sexy headphones. The front side of the Xperia W is to me a combo between the latest Xperia designs and the Samsung Omnia 7 for some reason. By the way, the display incorporated here is a 4.6 inch Triluminos HD display, probably with Full HD res. Is the Walkman back yet?
[via Victor Cao]
Nokia EOS Fresh Render From Yugatech and Some Details About the Camera
The Nokia EOS feels very familiar now, because it has been leaked on all major sites out there, in real life hands on pictures. Today we get a new render based on those pictures, coming straight from Yugatech and Bob Freking.
The device seems to have a big and bulky camera module, with an unknown resolution, etched on as “XX”, so it has two figures. It’s most likely the 41 megapixel sensor of the Pureview 808 model, but in a reshaped format. The handset is supposed to be able to do oversampling and loseless zoom, with 3.6x zoom on stills and 12x zoom on clips, without having to compromise on the quality.
Carl Zeiss technology and optical image stabilization are also included, as well as great low light performance. Nokia truly wants to rival the DSLR cameras with this handset, from what we understood. Nokia EOS also brings a Xenon flash, a mechanical shutter and an improved lenses system. Hopefully the price will be decent…
[via Yugatech]
iPhone 6 Design by G. Tedoradze Makes the Camera and Screen Bigger
Giorgi Tedoradze sent us an email with an iPhone 6 concept he designed, one that adopts a bigger screen and a bigger camera. The handset has a thinner body, so it probably measures around 6 mm in thickness or so.
It also comes with a larger Retina Display, possibly 4.5 or 5 inches in diagonal. Inside the device there’s the Apple A7 chip, that might as well be a quad core unit. All of the specs are speculations, of course, so take them with a grain of salt. I’ve heard rumors about the iPhone 6 packing a 12 megapixel camera, although a Sony 13 MP cam would make more sense.
The front side design of this iPhone 6 feels different compared to that we’re used to, with a rectangular shape with rounded corners. For some reason, this render feels a bit plasticky to me. How about you?
[via Giorgi Tedoradze]
Nokia EOS Gets Re-Rendered After Designer is Not Happy With Real Design
Jonas Daehnert is one of our favourite designer of Nokia
concepts and you can find his work on his
Facebook Page. After seeing the avalanche of Nokia EOS pictures on
the web, he took the real thing and reshaped it into a fresh bunch of
renders.
Jonas said that he didn’t like the way
Nokia integrated the Pureview camera and I have to agree, since the hump
at the back looks kind of massive. The concept he created involves a
camera design more in tune with the Fabula direction, generating a
device that’s 11 mm thick with the hump and 9 mm without it. The idea is
simple: as the phone gets thicker, the hump gets thinner.
This setup with the elongated and rounded camera area reminds me of
the days of HTC EVO 3D, that made me feel nostalgic, as it looked like a
Sony Walkman from back in the days. I have to say that the Xenon flash
here looks huge, maybe even too big. The front side still looks like a
Lumia 9xx handset.Samsung Galaxy O is a 4.6 Inch Smartphone with Mid to High End Specs
Rixxan Z created a brand new Samsung concept phone
here, that features a bit of a mistake, if I may say so. As far as I
know, a device can’t feature a screen that’s both a TFT and Super
AMOLED. Of course, if you have extra info to deny or confirm that you
should post that in the comments section.
Samsung Galaxy O is a 4.6 inch handset, probably with a Super AMOLED display in the end and other specs include a microSD card slot, 8 GB of storage, WiFi dual band, DLNA and Bluetooth 4.0. There’s also Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, running on a quad core 1.6 GHz Cortex A9 processor.
The specs may seem a bit outdated and I can’t really tell where this model fits in the Samsung lineup. Maybe if they place a lower power Exynos CPU inside it, like the equivalent of a Snadpragon 200 or 400, it would work… Or maybe it’s a Snapdragon or MediaTek.
[Thanks Rixxan Z]
Samsung Galaxy O is a 4.6 inch handset, probably with a Super AMOLED display in the end and other specs include a microSD card slot, 8 GB of storage, WiFi dual band, DLNA and Bluetooth 4.0. There’s also Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, running on a quad core 1.6 GHz Cortex A9 processor.
The specs may seem a bit outdated and I can’t really tell where this model fits in the Samsung lineup. Maybe if they place a lower power Exynos CPU inside it, like the equivalent of a Snadpragon 200 or 400, it would work… Or maybe it’s a Snapdragon or MediaTek.
[Thanks Rixxan Z]
New Microsoft Surface Phone Runs Windows 8 Pro
Created by Tomask621, the new Microsoft Surface Phone pictured here
runs Windows 8 Pro instead of Windows Phone 8. That may also explain why
it’s so bulky, since its hardware is probably on par with an ultrabook,
if you allow me to exaggerate a bit.
Specs include a 5 inch 1366 x 768 pixel display, an Intel Atom dual core x86 processor, 2 GB of RAM and a 3600 mAh battery. I can’t seem to spot a Search button and Back button at the bottom, so I guess gestures will have to do, I mean the Windows 8 ones. I’m also curious if we’ve got a Desktop mode here or not, seeing how this is a phone and all.
Since this Microsoft Surface Phone is thick, the only hope of it not being too massive is having a lower weight. I aso think that the volume buttons on the right side are a bit exaggerated in size.
[Thanks Tomask621]
Specs include a 5 inch 1366 x 768 pixel display, an Intel Atom dual core x86 processor, 2 GB of RAM and a 3600 mAh battery. I can’t seem to spot a Search button and Back button at the bottom, so I guess gestures will have to do, I mean the Windows 8 ones. I’m also curious if we’ve got a Desktop mode here or not, seeing how this is a phone and all.
Since this Microsoft Surface Phone is thick, the only hope of it not being too massive is having a lower weight. I aso think that the volume buttons on the right side are a bit exaggerated in size.
[Thanks Tomask621]
EmoPulse Smile Smartphone Bracelet Looks Promising, is Almost Real
I have to admit that bracelet phones haven’t
appeared on our website for a long, long while, so we’re happy to have
stumbled upon the EmoPulse Smile model, shown below. This is a
smartphone you can wear on your wrist like a bracelet and it’s in
crowdfunding phase right now.
The project was posted on Indiegogo and the device is supposed to be able to read your mood, monitor what you eat and also check out your health. The company EmoPulse is behind the bracelet phone, that can serve as a virtual wallet and it comes with 4G connectivity, an OMAP 5 processor and 128/256 GB of flash storage. There’s USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt as well, plus the product is said to be running on Linux.
You can preorder the Smile for $300, in the 128 GB version and you should know that this concept has 2 GB of RAM, WiFi, FM radio, GPS and the screen is a 2x FOLED unit. Other feats include wireless charging and 9 megapixel cameras. Do you think this product will ever make it to the market?
The project was posted on Indiegogo and the device is supposed to be able to read your mood, monitor what you eat and also check out your health. The company EmoPulse is behind the bracelet phone, that can serve as a virtual wallet and it comes with 4G connectivity, an OMAP 5 processor and 128/256 GB of flash storage. There’s USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt as well, plus the product is said to be running on Linux.
You can preorder the Smile for $300, in the 128 GB version and you should know that this concept has 2 GB of RAM, WiFi, FM radio, GPS and the screen is a 2x FOLED unit. Other feats include wireless charging and 9 megapixel cameras. Do you think this product will ever make it to the market?
[via Emopulse]
Nokia EOS Leaked Pictures Trigger Fresh Renders; Talk About a Huge Camera Module…
The scoop goes something like this: WPDang
leaked the Nokia EOS in a few shots, then came Vizileaks and
showed us a closeup of that beautiful camera module, that’s actually
pictured below.
And then came designer Edgar Mkrtchyan and imagined how the device would look like and created the following renders below. To keep everyone informed on the topic, we’re dealing here with the 41 megapixel Pureview Nokia EOS Windows Phone handset with a Carl Zeiss lens and a huge camera module. The design is also slightly different to the usual Fabula approach, at least at the back.
This is the leaked phone:
And then came designer Edgar Mkrtchyan and imagined how the device would look like and created the following renders below. To keep everyone informed on the topic, we’re dealing here with the 41 megapixel Pureview Nokia EOS Windows Phone handset with a Carl Zeiss lens and a huge camera module. The design is also slightly different to the usual Fabula approach, at least at the back.
This is the leaked phone:
The front remains the same and this model
seems much wider than any other Lumia I’ve seen. This has got to be the
biggest camera module I’ve ever seen on a phone and this requires great
processing power if you really want the resulting pics to look hot.
We’ve also got a Xenon flash and we’ve heard talks of Windows Phone 8
GDR 3 or Windows Phone Blue running on the device.
And here are Edgar’s concepts:
Sony Xperia UX Has a Triluminos Display, Midrange 2014 Specs
The Sony Xperia UX is a concept created by Ben Ling and its specs
sound like 2014 midrange material. The handset packs a 4.3 inch HD
screen with Triluminos display technology and this tech
was already spotted on a recent Sony Vaio Duo device unveiled at
Computex 2013.
The Xperia UX uses Gorilla Glass 3 technology with shatter proof abilities, a 13 megapixel camera with LED flash and HDR and also an Exmors RS sensor for mobile. There’s dust and water proofing and the back camera does 16x digital zoom. This Xperia concept also incorporates a 2.2 MP front camera with HDR and 1080p capture, a quad core Snapdragon 400 CPU and a removable battery.
It has PlayStation certification, uses an Adreno 305 GPU and all of that is crammed inside a 7.5 mm thick shell. The phone weighs 125 grams, packs in 2 GB of RAM, 4G LTE connectivity and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. We’ve also got Sony Mobile Bravia Engine 2 technology, glove input support, Sony White Magic technology, xLOUD experience and a Li-Ion 2500 mAh battery.
What do you think? Will MediaTek’s quad core CPU be a popular option for future midranges or the Snapdragon 400?
[Thanks Ben Ling]
The Xperia UX uses Gorilla Glass 3 technology with shatter proof abilities, a 13 megapixel camera with LED flash and HDR and also an Exmors RS sensor for mobile. There’s dust and water proofing and the back camera does 16x digital zoom. This Xperia concept also incorporates a 2.2 MP front camera with HDR and 1080p capture, a quad core Snapdragon 400 CPU and a removable battery.
It has PlayStation certification, uses an Adreno 305 GPU and all of that is crammed inside a 7.5 mm thick shell. The phone weighs 125 grams, packs in 2 GB of RAM, 4G LTE connectivity and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. We’ve also got Sony Mobile Bravia Engine 2 technology, glove input support, Sony White Magic technology, xLOUD experience and a Li-Ion 2500 mAh battery.
What do you think? Will MediaTek’s quad core CPU be a popular option for future midranges or the Snapdragon 400?
[Thanks Ben Ling]
New Nexus 5 Concept Created by Andreas Lossau Features Snapdragon 800 CPU
Every month out of the past 6 held a brand new Nexus
5 concept for us and June is no exception. This time we
get a fresh render of the next gen Nexus smartphone, that’s codenamed
Megalodon and is created by Andreas Lossau.
This Nexus 5 concept features a custom Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 SoC, MSM8994G (Google Edition), a 4 core Krait 400 clocked between 48 MHz and 2352 MHz. There’s support for 4K UHD decoding and encoding and the GPU is the Adreno 425G. Inside the handset we find 2 GB of LPDDR3 RAM, an ultra low powered DSP core and a Qualcomm modem.
Upfront we have a 5.3 inch Sharp IGZO display with Full HD resolution and low power usage, while out at the back the designer placed a 13 megapixel camera with Pelican Imaging technology, 4K UHD video recording and 1080p capture at 120 FPS. We’ve got 3 dual membrane microphones, enhanced noise cancellation, stereo sound recording, HDR video recording and instant preview. Nexus 5 also uses a 2.1 MP wide angle front camera, a removable 6900 mAh Li-Ion battery with a new technology involving nanowire anodes instead of silicon ones.
The case is all aluminum unibody, with the antennas behind the polycarbonate stripes. Would you like this to be the next Nexus? I like the back of the phone very much, since it’s so minimalistic.
[via Deviantart]
This Nexus 5 concept features a custom Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 SoC, MSM8994G (Google Edition), a 4 core Krait 400 clocked between 48 MHz and 2352 MHz. There’s support for 4K UHD decoding and encoding and the GPU is the Adreno 425G. Inside the handset we find 2 GB of LPDDR3 RAM, an ultra low powered DSP core and a Qualcomm modem.
Upfront we have a 5.3 inch Sharp IGZO display with Full HD resolution and low power usage, while out at the back the designer placed a 13 megapixel camera with Pelican Imaging technology, 4K UHD video recording and 1080p capture at 120 FPS. We’ve got 3 dual membrane microphones, enhanced noise cancellation, stereo sound recording, HDR video recording and instant preview. Nexus 5 also uses a 2.1 MP wide angle front camera, a removable 6900 mAh Li-Ion battery with a new technology involving nanowire anodes instead of silicon ones.
The case is all aluminum unibody, with the antennas behind the polycarbonate stripes. Would you like this to be the next Nexus? I like the back of the phone very much, since it’s so minimalistic.
[via Deviantart]
Nokia XpresShot XS5 is a Blast From the Near Past
It’s nice to look at concepts from a few years ago and see what could
have been. For example, the Nokia XpresShot XS5 here could have been a
kickass Symbian device or maybe an Android one. Created by Deviantart
member clintgt, the device looks like a very solid media
smartphones.
Nokia XpresShot XS5 comes with a 64 GB SSD, up to 2 GB of application memory, Bluetooth 3.0 with 24 Mbps transfer and a brand new interface. The OS on board is also totally new and it’s called Zilo, being a new project of the folks behind Symbian. This Nokia concept phone design comes with an 18.1 megapixel camera with Full HD video recording and other features include a 4 inch OLED display with 720p resolution and widescreen format.
The handset uses a CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, a Xenon and LED flash and 6x digital zoom. plus a full screen viewfinder. Nokia XpresShot XS5, as imagined by the Deviantart designer relies on a TI OMAP 3430 ARM Cortex A8 1.5 GHz processor, supports quad band connectivity and has a gyromagnetic meter for a new level of gaming, that allows you to move the finger through the air to control the game. Would this work nowadays?
[Via Deviantart]
Nokia XpresShot XS5 comes with a 64 GB SSD, up to 2 GB of application memory, Bluetooth 3.0 with 24 Mbps transfer and a brand new interface. The OS on board is also totally new and it’s called Zilo, being a new project of the folks behind Symbian. This Nokia concept phone design comes with an 18.1 megapixel camera with Full HD video recording and other features include a 4 inch OLED display with 720p resolution and widescreen format.
The handset uses a CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, a Xenon and LED flash and 6x digital zoom. plus a full screen viewfinder. Nokia XpresShot XS5, as imagined by the Deviantart designer relies on a TI OMAP 3430 ARM Cortex A8 1.5 GHz processor, supports quad band connectivity and has a gyromagnetic meter for a new level of gaming, that allows you to move the finger through the air to control the game. Would this work nowadays?
[Via Deviantart]
Ubuntu Eon Smartphone by Canonical, Designed by Rahul Sharma
Once every two weeks or so, Ubuntu is a topic of discussion in the
world of smartphones. Everyone wants an Ubuntu superphone, not just
customized software running on existing hardware. Well, Rahul Sharma
imagined such a device and created the Ubuntu Eon Superphone by
Canonical.
The tagline for the product is “the first canonical surprise”, since the phone is developed by Canonical itself, in this theory. The handset you see here is made from a blend of polycarbonate (front), while the back is all chrome. The back side has a beautiful design and has a specifically engraved Ubuntu logo. Specs of this Ubuntu smartphone include the Ubuntu Touch OS, LTE, a 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor and 2 GB of LPDDR3 RAM.
There’s also a 5 inch Full HD display on board with oleophobic coating and Gorilla Glass 3. AT the back we’ve got a 13 megapixel camera with optical stabilization developed by Nikkon lenses. The front camera is a 3.2 MP unit with 720p capability and we’ve also got SRS premium Surround sound and the usual sensors. Finally, we’ve also got a HDMI port for extending the Ubuntu experience onto the desktop.
The Ubuntu phone you see here measures just 6.7 mm in waistline, has augmented reality, gesture recognition, 64 GB of internal storage and a 3000 mAh battery. I really enjoy this design. Do you?
[Thanks Rahul]
The tagline for the product is “the first canonical surprise”, since the phone is developed by Canonical itself, in this theory. The handset you see here is made from a blend of polycarbonate (front), while the back is all chrome. The back side has a beautiful design and has a specifically engraved Ubuntu logo. Specs of this Ubuntu smartphone include the Ubuntu Touch OS, LTE, a 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor and 2 GB of LPDDR3 RAM.
There’s also a 5 inch Full HD display on board with oleophobic coating and Gorilla Glass 3. AT the back we’ve got a 13 megapixel camera with optical stabilization developed by Nikkon lenses. The front camera is a 3.2 MP unit with 720p capability and we’ve also got SRS premium Surround sound and the usual sensors. Finally, we’ve also got a HDMI port for extending the Ubuntu experience onto the desktop.
The Ubuntu phone you see here measures just 6.7 mm in waistline, has augmented reality, gesture recognition, 64 GB of internal storage and a 3000 mAh battery. I really enjoy this design. Do you?
[Thanks Rahul]
iPhone Fingerprint Scanner Concept is All Curves (Video)
Federico Ciccarese puts out iPhone
concepts rarely, but they’re usually very good and
original. This time he imagined an iPhone with a fingerprint scanner,
exactly what the recent rumors said we will get this year.
The device has a curved screen and curved case and the fingerprint sensor replaces the Home button. The handset uses a special iPhone fingerprint Scanner and has a big chamfer on the front side. This iPhone concept seems a bit bulky, if you ask me and also a bit too wide for my taste. The curved glass may feel a bit too curved and exposed to cracking.
Its metallic ring around the facade and the very rounded look remind me of an iPhone 3GS that has been beefed up seriously. This iPhone rendering uses the color combos black and slate or white and silver. Would an Apple handset with fingerprint scanner make the device more appealing? Would we actually use that security feature?
The device has a curved screen and curved case and the fingerprint sensor replaces the Home button. The handset uses a special iPhone fingerprint Scanner and has a big chamfer on the front side. This iPhone concept seems a bit bulky, if you ask me and also a bit too wide for my taste. The curved glass may feel a bit too curved and exposed to cracking.
Its metallic ring around the facade and the very rounded look remind me of an iPhone 3GS that has been beefed up seriously. This iPhone rendering uses the color combos black and slate or white and silver. Would an Apple handset with fingerprint scanner make the device more appealing? Would we actually use that security feature?
Nokia Lumia 945 Handset Features a 4.7 Inch Display, 41 MP Camera
Everyone is impatiently waiting for the Nokia Lumia EOS
model with 41 megapixel camera to arrive, but hints have been very few
so far. Well, today we’re having a look at a very nice concept, one that
proposes a fresh design for the upcoming smartphone.
This is the Nokia Lumia 945, created by Edgar Mkrtchyan, who kept the design of the Lumia 920 and threw in a bit of the Lumia 925. This means we get a frame made of anodized aluminum and a customizable back shell, made of polycarbonate. The speakers have been placed upfront, just like on the HTC One. The camera format, size and design is greatly similar to the one of the Nokia 808 Pureview, which is excellent news, since that was an almost perfect camera.
The Nokia Lumia 945 concept runs Windows Phone 8+, probably WP8 Blue and comes with a quad core Snapdragon 600 processor, 2 GB of RAM and a 4.7 inch Full HD display with PureMotion and ClearBlack technologies. There’s also Gorilla Glass 3 and other specs include the 41 megapixel Pureview cam with Xenon flash, 1080p recording, a 3 megapixel front camera and a 3500 mAh battery. It’s impressive that the bulk of the phone is only kept at 10 mm in this situation…
This is the Nokia Lumia 945, created by Edgar Mkrtchyan, who kept the design of the Lumia 920 and threw in a bit of the Lumia 925. This means we get a frame made of anodized aluminum and a customizable back shell, made of polycarbonate. The speakers have been placed upfront, just like on the HTC One. The camera format, size and design is greatly similar to the one of the Nokia 808 Pureview, which is excellent news, since that was an almost perfect camera.
The Nokia Lumia 945 concept runs Windows Phone 8+, probably WP8 Blue and comes with a quad core Snapdragon 600 processor, 2 GB of RAM and a 4.7 inch Full HD display with PureMotion and ClearBlack technologies. There’s also Gorilla Glass 3 and other specs include the 41 megapixel Pureview cam with Xenon flash, 1080p recording, a 3 megapixel front camera and a 3500 mAh battery. It’s impressive that the bulk of the phone is only kept at 10 mm in this situation…