We've seen lots of Sony Ericsson phone concepts until today, and we'll surely see many others from now on, but one of the weirdest and at the same time nicest SE concept is the so-called Sony Ericsson Video Phone.

Like most of the Sony Ericsson concepts, the Video Phone does not come from the Swedish-Japanese company. The VP - we can call it this way - was conceived by Anthony Mapstone, a young designer / student from Cardiff, Wales.

The concept wants to be a user-friendly dual-mode device that combines advanced phone-related features with lots of multimedia goodies. Obviously, this new Sony Ericsson is not a real device - for the moment, at least.

According to the designer, the Sony Ericsson Video Phone should come with only four hardware keys and a wide touchscreen display that can be used either with a stylus or with your finger(s). The display can be rotated at 45 degrees, where it stays locked (if the user wants that) in order to provide a better video-calling experience as well as a better way of viewing videos.

Furthermore, the VP handset would pack a 5 Megapixel camera, Music and Video players, advanced Internet capabilities, a USB port and no less than 8GB of internal memory. If we add 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, GPS, a cool User Interface and maybe a 3.5mm audio jack too, then this handset could be a major hit. Of course, in order to achieve this status, Sony Ericsson has to actually build the phone.

Unfortunately, as the vast majority of the concepts made by fans or design enthusiasts, the Sony Ericsson Video Phone might never be transformed into a real device. Or, who knows, maybe Sony Ericsson is already on the matter, and the VP is actually the next best thing to come from SE.