Nokia first made their mark in the cell phone industry when they released the original RAZR.
The super thin and sleek flip phone was like nothing we had ever seen before, and it changed the cell phone industry forever.
Since that time, however, Nokia hasn’t really been in the spotlight as far as smartphones are concerned.
In fact, the company had kind of been forgotten about as other industry leaders such as Apple, Samsung, and HTC began releasing super smartphones.
However, two recently released concepts have changed all that for Nokia. Not only are smartphone enthusiasts buzzing about Nokia’s new smartphone prototypes, the entire tech industry is as well.
The first prototype to be released was the Nokia Kinetic. Looking similar to a regular smartphone – well, as far as shape goes – the Kinetic can actually bend.
The phone is encased in flexible plastics allowing the phone to be bent and twisted without harming the screen or chassis.
However, the bendable feature isn’t just for durability purposes. The Kinetic’s UI is actually controlled by bending and twisting the phone.
So you are able to zoom in and out on pictures that you are viewing on the OLED screen by simply bending the phone.
The second prototype released by Nokia is the HumanForm, and it was created to deliver the ultimate human experience.
Forget worrying about strong IP geolocation or how quickly you can connect to Facebook.
With the HumanForm you can actually feel the photos you are looking at and you can have a phone that senses emotion.
Like the Kinetic, the HumanForm is also bendable and has a UI that responds to being bent; however, the HumanForm does have a more unique shape – it is more tear drop-like as opposed to the traditional square.
While both of these concepts definitely have everyone buzzing, the likelihood that they will make it into the consumer market is still unknown.
Both phones are still in prototype phase, and it is still hard to say whether or not either will be able to be manufactured or priced reasonably enough for regular consumers.
What the release of these concepts does signify, however, is that Nokia hasn’t lost its innovative touch.
Not only can we expect to see great things from them in the future, but we can expect them to keep even industry leaders, such as Apple, on their toes and striving for greater innovation in their own products.