Photos: 11 Hottest Concept smartphones
 

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Ever wondered how mobile phones may look like, say, in another 5-10 years? What features they may offer: OLED screens, glass body, sensors....

ComputerWorld recently showcased a collection of futuristic phone designs. While some of these are from design firms, others are real prototypes from handset makers.

Here's over to 11 hot concept cellphones.

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Here's a phone from Kyocera that unfolds from a wallet-shaped, pocket-friendly device into a widescreen OLED display. The kinetic-energy-powered concept phone comes with a physical keyboard that almost disappears when not is use. Courtesy, the keys that are inset into the phone's frame.

Image courtesy: Kyocera

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Morph concept phone is a result of joint collaboration between Nokia Research Center (NRC) and Cambridge Nanoscience Centre (United Kingdom).

The concept phone is made of transparent and flexible material, can self-clean, and includes nano-sensors that can respond to the environment around. For example, the phone can sense airborne threats and alert users to them.

Image courtesy: Nokia

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As the name suggests `Bend in Touch' is a touchscreen phone from Ukrainian designer Andy Kurovets. The designer has placed a pop-out display that nearly doubles the screen space of the device. Thus, while one screen can handle, say, Internet browsing, the second can display videos.

Image courtesy: Andy Kurovets

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Here's a wearable phone that looks just like a bracelet. The concept phone with lots of ****ons has a directional pad, camera ****on and keypad.

According to Akihabara News, the phone is called a Kora Bracelet Phone and is made by Fujitsu.

Image courtesy: Akihabara News