I’ve been reading rumors all day regarding the 2012 Google Nexus Phones, that may be unveiled soon. It appears that there’s a LG Nexus 4 out there, plus a Sony Nexus, Galaxy Nexus II and even a HTC Nexus 5. The latter fits what Hasan Kaymak has sent me a couple of days ago: his HTC Nexus concept with a Nvidia Tegra 4 CPU inside. We’re dealing here with a handset that packs a 5 inch 1080p Super LCD3 display, just like the HTC J Butterfly announced officially yesterday. HTC Nexus 5 also comes with 2 GB of RAM, an 8 megapixel camera at the back with LED flash, a 2.1 megapixel cam with LED as well and WiFi, plus Bluetooth 4.0. There’s also NFC and LTE and powering it all up is a 2,550 mAh battery. Wireless charging is available Android Jelly Bean runs the show, maybe in version 4.2.
Beats Audio technology is included and the device comes in 3 colours: white, grey and orange. The smartphone reminds me a bit of the HTC One X, but in a flatter and more rectangular way, if I can say so…

While we’ve got our hands full with iPad Mini speculations and Apple has just confirmed an event for its launch on October 23rd, Bob Freking is already thinking about the iPad 4. Not only thinking, but also doing, since he created a concept of the future generation Apple tablet, that you can see below.
The iPad 4 brings colored cases, borrowing from the flavours of new iPods, plus it keeps the 9.7 inch diagonal size and the widescreen Retina Display idea. It’s powered by the Apple A6 processor from the iPhone 5, making everything work faster and smoother. The cameras have also been upgraded and get the same flash as the iPhone 5 and better 13 megapixel optics. Another thing he improved was the thickness, since the iPad 3 was a bit bulky.
So, as you may have expected the jump in specs isn’t huge, the design is pretty much the same and I doubt Apple would change the design of the main iPad for the years to come. Now, the iPad Mini is an entirely different story, one that will be told starting next Tuesday. Any expectations for that? Buying the product?

Aitor Amigo sent me one of his new designs, the 2KX Windows 8 smartphone, that’s supposed to have the graphical power of a PS3 console. The handset packs a 5.3 inch 2K resolution screen, that’s also 3D and uses an AMOLED panel. For those of you wondering, 2K means 2040 x 1080p and we also get some other incredible specs, detailed below.
If I were to analyze the design, I can spot a format that hasn’t been used lately: a side sliding QWERTY keyboard smartphone that looks like some sort of crossover between that older and smaller Vaio from Sony and a Galaxy Note II. The Windows 8 smartphone concept comes with 128, 256 or 512 GB of microSSD storage at 6 GB/s speed, with 600 MB/s reading and 550 MB/s writing speeds. Inside there’s a Cortex A15 processor with 8 cores at 2 GHz each and a turbo mode that takes it up a notch, to 2.7 GHz.
The CPU Can work in 2x, 4x and 8x cores for less consumption. Also on board we find the Mali-T678 GPU with 8 cores at 6 GHz, for a total of 192G pix/s in 2 memory versions, 2 GB or 4 GB of GDDR5. Powering up this fantastic monster is a 9500 mAh battery and as far as video/photo capture is concerned we’ve got a dual 16 megapixel camera that can record Full HD at 60 FPS in 3D mode. Finally, the handset runs Windows 8 Ultimate 64 and measures 7.95 mm in thickness, while weighing a decent 119.80 grams. Fantastic device and a true powerhouse!

Here at Concept Phones we usually show you designs of phones or mockups, maybe even prototypes, but sometimes when a mystery handset leaks, we share our opinion on its authenticity. For example, what you see here is the Sony Nexus X, apparently, that was leaked on Picasa. We’ve been expecting a bunch of Nexus devices this year, but only LG made a move in that direction so far, as leaks already showed. As you can see, the phone has a pretty special design, different from the classic Xperia look. The back is curved and the device seems quite bulky, although it could be just an optical illusion. At the back we have a camera with a pretty big lens and a LED flash, plus a lower side that looks as if it were made from a different material than the rest of the back. To me the shape of the Sony Nexus X back is very much like the one of the HTC 8X. Also, notice how the microUSB port is on the side and close to it we find pins for a potential docking mechanism.
The front side is pretty typical for a LG or Sony phone, but this time it includes virtual buttons and not capacitive ones. I’m calling this one a fake and a render/mockup. How about you? What do you think of this presumed Sony Google Nexus Phone?

One of our readers, DJArmani sent us an email requiring us to create a Nokia Lumia concept phone that slightly resembles the Lumia 920 and adopts a list of specs that he request. Designer Rahul Sharma from India was kind enough to turn the request into a real concept and the result can be seen below. Meet the Nokia Lumia 950 Atlantis, a 4.8 inch smartphone.
We’re dealing with a phone that arrives with the tagline “Be the change” and it offers a single unbibody design, engineered with titanium steel. Upfront we’ve got a 4.8 inch Puremotion display, Windows Phone 8 as the OS and a 2 GHz quad core Snapdragon CPU with Adreno 320 GPU inside. 2 GB of LPDDR3 RAM are also included, as well as dual Dolby surround speakers for a more immersive experience. At the back we’ve got a 16 megapixel Pureview camera with a 3 point Xenon LED flash.
There’s also a removable 3100 mAh battery on board and aside from the request Rahul Sharma added a metallic triangular kickstand at the back. This is a magnetic detachable kickstand, created so it won’t stick to the phone at all times, in order not to look weird. There’s also a dedicated camera key on board and dual 2 megapixel cameras at the front. NFC, facial recognition, gesture tracking and up to 128 GB of extra microSD storage are features also included by Rahul Sharma.
He also performed slight tweaks of the design of the Lumia 920, like the curves at the bottom, while keeping the main idea intact. Fancy it? We sure do! As usual we advise you to send us your ideal design and our designer friends will make them real.