LG Surface, a Watch Phone for the Blind, Featuring a Braille Keypad

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As part of the LG Design the Future Competition, an honourable mention was also awarded to the LG Surface concept phone. This is in fact a watch phone for the blind, featuring a Braille keypad and an unique shape, allowing the user to sense the orientation of the device by feel.

LG Surface’s tapered shape helps the user distinguish its orientation and we learn that the two top pieces of the phone are connected. This concept includes a slide on/off watch band, allowing the unit to act as a free standing cellphone. The watch part is provided by two raised dots that move clockwise and tell hours and minutes.
The button on top will trigger the speak out loud function, the one on the left is used for send/receive features and right side button is used for delete/cancel. via

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Daiki: Smartphone Meets Cameraphone

Esato board user juris15 has created a brand new XPERIA concept, that he showcased recently. We’re talking about the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Daiki phone, pictured below, a pretty nice combo between the usual design of SE smartphones and the one of Cybershot cameras.

Although we have no info on the specs of this Sony Ericsson design, we can notice that it incorporates a 12 megapixel camera, with HD video recording, a pretty big flash and stereo speakers.
Combine that with a front touchscreen display, WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth and 8/16/32GB of memory and you’ve got a multimedia powerhouse. More info and images after the break...[via Esato]

LG Atlas Concept Phone for the Disabled Relies on Hand Gestures

Among the devices that got LG Design the Future Competition awards (honourable mention), we have to mention the LG Atlas concept phone. Designed with the disabled users in mind, this device docks into a base that projects pages, so the user can view multiple apps at the same time.

The phone’s dock uses a tracking system that senses your hand gestures, allowing the user to spin the pages in a loop, plus zoom in and out. A phone with a projector is not a new idea, but the way this innovation is implemented on the Atlas is really something new.

LG Flutter Phone Design to be Featured in Future Blockbuster Movie

We continue to show you the results of the LG Design the Future Competition and today we’ve found the LG Flutter concept smartphone. This device received the first-ever Prop Mater’s Choice Award, given to Dua Xiong for the great design shown below.

The LG Flutter concept phone will have the unique opportunity of being featured in a future blockbuster film. This smartphone opens up like a fan, as shown in the image above and reveals a flexible OLED touchscreen display that scrolls radially.
Since this is a device that tends to look like a weapon, we’ll speculate that it’ll be featured in a superhero movie… or maybe a sci-fi production? via

LG Design the Future Competition Winners Announced: LG AL-i Concept Takes the Crown

The LG Design the Future Competition has come to an end, so now we know the winners of the challenge meant to find the future of LG mobile phones. LG partnered with crowdSPRING in this initiative and received no less than 400 design submissions. The winner is the AL-i concept, created by Zack Filbert, Chris Carpenter, James Connors, and Kees Luyendijk.
Unfortunately we can’t show you the design, but we can show you the second placed handset, LG Premium.

Back to the winner, AL-i is the work of second year industrial design students from the same design class in Virginia Tech. LG AL-i is a smartphone concept based on one-handed use. The students will receive $20,000 for their effort, plus Autodesk Alias Sketch software.
As far as Premium is concerned, this is a mobile phone with 3D interface that connects the phone and car together. It’ll allow the user to adjust in-car climate, control infotainment features, select seat memory and check tire pressure. The concept is the work of Nouphone Bansasine, a professional car designer. via