14 DAY TRIAL // Amidst the hype created by the official presentation of Nokia's latest N85 and N79 Nseries handsets, few might have noticed a newly-appeared concept phone that comes as one of the most interesting "unreal Nokias" seen so far.
Designed by Ulisses Gardim from Sao Paolo, Brazil, the new Nokia concept (which was not given a name) surprises us with its simple elegance, and it looks like nothing Nokia has done until now. Moreover, it's also different from the so-called Nokia Tube, the first full-touch phone to be commercially released by the Finnish manufacturer. While the Tube has "soft" and rounded edges, the Brazil-designed Nokia comes with square edges, thus appearing more like a modern sculpture than a mobile device.
The new concept might look like it has an alphanumeric hardware keypad, but it actually doesn't. There is only a wide touchscreen display that is somehow divided in two: the upper part is where the phone's User Interface appears, while the lower one has the role of a "keypad simulator."
Unfortunately, the creator of the new and unreal Nokia did not mention what it should feature (save for a photo camera and expandable memory – but these are included by default in most of today's mobile devices).
Anyway, if ever built in reality, the handset should feature advanced Web and Multimedia capabilities, a touchscreen display larger than 3 inches (maybe with a VGA resolution), HSDPA connectivity and – why not – GPS and Wi-Fi too. Its size could be similar to he one of HTC's latest and weird S740 smartphone, hence somewhere around 116 x 45 x 16 millimeters.
Of course, Nokia might never plan to create a handset that looks like this one, but there’s a chance the Finish giant's designers might want to consider such a project. With a good functionality, the resulting device could be a real touchscreen hit.
