The Evolution of Smartphones: A Look at Some of the Most Unique Devices Ever Created

One of the most significant developments in the smartphone industry has been the shift towards creating devices that cater to specific needs and preferences. In this article, we'll take a closer look at some of the most unique smartphones ever created, each with its own set of features and design elements.

The First Smartphone: A Device Designed for Distraction-Free Experience

According to reports, the idea behind this smartphone came about when the now CEO was on a hike and found himself trapped with a feature phone. The experience led him to realize that he could enjoy the outdoors more with the simple device. He decided to create a smartphone that would have the capabilities of an Android device but without the distractions that come with modern smartphones. This phone is designed for people who want to reconnect with friends and family, but it's definitely not going to be the next Galaxy S9. The phone also ditched the front camera, which is seen as a move to encourage users to become less vain.

The Runcible: A Circular Smartphone that Challenges Conventions

Another unique smartphone is the Runcible, designed by a group of former Apple employees who were fed up with convention. They decided to create a circular smartphone made from sustainably sourced Californian hardwood. The phone's design is meant to be a fusion of technology and nature, but it also has some practical limitations. Despite its impressive features, such as a 2.5-inch circular display, one gigabyte of RAM, and a Snapdragon 410 CPU, the phone is not user-friendly due to its small size.

The Cat S60: A Thermal Imaging Smartphone for Industrial Workers

The Cat S60 is another niche smartphone designed specifically for industrial workers who need advanced thermal imaging capabilities. Located just above the rear camera is a thermal imaging sensor that can detect temperature with high accuracy. The device is rugged, splash-proof, and drop-proof, making it perfect for those who work in harsh environments. Although the technology may seem unnecessary to average consumers, industrial workers could greatly benefit from its features.

The Acumen Holo Phone: A Media-Focused Device with a Built-in Projector

Last but not least, we have the Acumen Holo Phone, a device that's all about media and entertainment. This phone boasts 128 gigabytes of internal storage, a large 7-inch display, and an inbuilt projector that produces an HD output. However, the projector has one major limitation: its tiny bulb can only produce 35 lumens of light, making it barely visible in most environments. The phone also runs on an Intel Atom processor, allowing users to dual-boot both Android and Windows 10. While this unique feature may appeal to some, it's unclear whether the Acumen Holo Phone will be a commercial success.

These smartphones demonstrate that innovation can take many forms, even if they don't always make sense in terms of practicality or user experience. As technology continues to evolve, we can expect to see more devices designed with specific needs and preferences in mind.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: entoday we've got something completely different coming up our five or probably the weirdest smartphones you've ever seen in your entire life and just probably get right into it you probably know we are working so hard to try and hit 1 million subscribers by the end of 2017 so if you could help by subscribing that would mean so much to me let's get right into it the first phone is a Chang Hong h2 and aside from being terribly named it has a real ace up its sleeve the phone packs a near infrared spectrometer which allows it to shine a specialized beam of light that can penetrate objects and bounce off certain molecules and essentially that means the smartphone is going to know what you're pointing it at it can differentiate between sugars and fats proteins and carbohydrates even pills are given over the counter what that means is you could use it to essentially tell if a pill you've been given is fake or if it actually contains the ingredients it says it does you could tell without tasting any of them which Apple in your fruit bowl has the most sugar content in it you could even for example use on yourself to be able to predict your own body fat percentage so these aren't like life-changing features is probably not going to be in any flagship phone next year but it's a pretty cool thing nonetheless the next phone derived from the word simple is the CM probe smartphone and to be honest it's a completely ridiculous but at the same time intriguing idea it's a smart phone that is less smart so what the company has done is built a phone and actually a pretty decent mid-range phone at that on an android operating system they've then cut down all the features including Play Store and limited you to a very small selection of applications but why would they do this well the idea came about when the now CEO was on a hike and he was trapped there with a feature phone and whilst it was annoying after a bit having moved from a smartphone to a feature phone he soon realized that it allowed him to enjoy what was around him much more and he decided why not make a smart phone which has the capabilities of an Android device like Bluetooth like NFC like a really good internet browser but at the same time one which doesn't distract you from the things in people around you so I guess there is a certain audience who might appreciate a device like this people who want to reconnect with lost friends and family but at the same time it's definitely again not going to be the next galaxy s 9 interestingly enough the phone is also managed to ditch the front camera which isn't a mistake the phone is focusing as you can probably tell on people who want to self-improve themselves and by not having a friend camera on the phone it's trying to make people become a little bit less vain for people to basically stop checking themselves out every 10 minutes number three is the runcible it's made by a group of X Apple employees and they're basically fed up with convention what they decided to do probably went a little bit too far the other way these guys decided it would be a great idea to design a circular smartphone so the smartphone if you turn it over is made of Californian hardwood and it's meant to be a fusion of tech and nature now the wood is all sustainably sourced and the company is very proud of how they've done less damage than they've repaired but does it make sense as a phone well to be honest as soon as this phone here IndieGoGo fun funding flew through the roof having said that pretty much a couple of weeks after released a people started to realize it doesn't really make much sense because essentially they've crammed a 2.5 inch circular display onto the phone which is still impossible to use with one hand also considering it's a $500 smartphone it has some pretty meager specifications we've got one I repeat one gigabyte of RAM and the Snapdragon 410 what is a CPU from 2015 and only a mid-range one at that the fourth one is the cat s60 which is again an incredibly niche kind of smartphone because located just above the rear camera is a thermal imaging sensor and to be honest that's a technology that we don't really see under many tech products less than a thousand pounds to seeing on a smartphone that cost half of that was kind of impressive it also did his job pretty well the firm was praised quite highly for being able to detect the temperature of every object within a couple of degrees of accuracy why would you want that well for example if you're going out hiking it allows you to see the outline of animals in the dark you could detect how hot your tears before you touch it you could check how hot your stove is when you're baking you can even actually figure out where you have blockages in your pipes however cool as the technology is the average consumer clearly doesn't need it for an industrial worker someone who works in plumbing and all these sorts of things on a regular basis could be the perfect device because it's also rugged splash proof and drop proof but as you probably guessed it wasn't a commercial success rolling in at number five we've got the acumen holo phone again terribly named device but especially an impressive phone in quite a lot of ways you'll notice straight away when you glance at the spec sheet this is a really media focused device it's got 128 gigabytes of internal storage good room for microSD cards as well it's got a large 3500 milliamp hour battery and a 7-inch display which is almost unheard of but the really important thing the real thing that makes this such a unique phone is this giant bump at the back of it which houses an inbuilt projector and surprisingly considering its size this is an HD projector it's got a resolution of 720p the only problem is the bulb as you imagine is absolutely tiny so it's only capable of producing a light output at 35 lumens so unless you in absolute optimum conditions more or less pitch-black to be honest you're not gonna be able to see very much at all what is called oh and something I would like to see on more smartphones in the future as it runs an Intel Atom processor and that allows it to dual boot both Android and Windows 10 so that's the list of smartphones I really hope you enjoy the video and as we said earlier it would mean so much to me if you could subscribe to the channel for that being said I must use a boss and I'll catch you in the next onetoday we've got something completely different coming up our five or probably the weirdest smartphones you've ever seen in your entire life and just probably get right into it you probably know we are working so hard to try and hit 1 million subscribers by the end of 2017 so if you could help by subscribing that would mean so much to me let's get right into it the first phone is a Chang Hong h2 and aside from being terribly named it has a real ace up its sleeve the phone packs a near infrared spectrometer which allows it to shine a specialized beam of light that can penetrate objects and bounce off certain molecules and essentially that means the smartphone is going to know what you're pointing it at it can differentiate between sugars and fats proteins and carbohydrates even pills are given over the counter what that means is you could use it to essentially tell if a pill you've been given is fake or if it actually contains the ingredients it says it does you could tell without tasting any of them which Apple in your fruit bowl has the most sugar content in it you could even for example use on yourself to be able to predict your own body fat percentage so these aren't like life-changing features is probably not going to be in any flagship phone next year but it's a pretty cool thing nonetheless the next phone derived from the word simple is the CM probe smartphone and to be honest it's a completely ridiculous but at the same time intriguing idea it's a smart phone that is less smart so what the company has done is built a phone and actually a pretty decent mid-range phone at that on an android operating system they've then cut down all the features including Play Store and limited you to a very small selection of applications but why would they do this well the idea came about when the now CEO was on a hike and he was trapped there with a feature phone and whilst it was annoying after a bit having moved from a smartphone to a feature phone he soon realized that it allowed him to enjoy what was around him much more and he decided why not make a smart phone which has the capabilities of an Android device like Bluetooth like NFC like a really good internet browser but at the same time one which doesn't distract you from the things in people around you so I guess there is a certain audience who might appreciate a device like this people who want to reconnect with lost friends and family but at the same time it's definitely again not going to be the next galaxy s 9 interestingly enough the phone is also managed to ditch the front camera which isn't a mistake the phone is focusing as you can probably tell on people who want to self-improve themselves and by not having a friend camera on the phone it's trying to make people become a little bit less vain for people to basically stop checking themselves out every 10 minutes number three is the runcible it's made by a group of X Apple employees and they're basically fed up with convention what they decided to do probably went a little bit too far the other way these guys decided it would be a great idea to design a circular smartphone so the smartphone if you turn it over is made of Californian hardwood and it's meant to be a fusion of tech and nature now the wood is all sustainably sourced and the company is very proud of how they've done less damage than they've repaired but does it make sense as a phone well to be honest as soon as this phone here IndieGoGo fun funding flew through the roof having said that pretty much a couple of weeks after released a people started to realize it doesn't really make much sense because essentially they've crammed a 2.5 inch circular display onto the phone which is still impossible to use with one hand also considering it's a $500 smartphone it has some pretty meager specifications we've got one I repeat one gigabyte of RAM and the Snapdragon 410 what is a CPU from 2015 and only a mid-range one at that the fourth one is the cat s60 which is again an incredibly niche kind of smartphone because located just above the rear camera is a thermal imaging sensor and to be honest that's a technology that we don't really see under many tech products less than a thousand pounds to seeing on a smartphone that cost half of that was kind of impressive it also did his job pretty well the firm was praised quite highly for being able to detect the temperature of every object within a couple of degrees of accuracy why would you want that well for example if you're going out hiking it allows you to see the outline of animals in the dark you could detect how hot your tears before you touch it you could check how hot your stove is when you're baking you can even actually figure out where you have blockages in your pipes however cool as the technology is the average consumer clearly doesn't need it for an industrial worker someone who works in plumbing and all these sorts of things on a regular basis could be the perfect device because it's also rugged splash proof and drop proof but as you probably guessed it wasn't a commercial success rolling in at number five we've got the acumen holo phone again terribly named device but especially an impressive phone in quite a lot of ways you'll notice straight away when you glance at the spec sheet this is a really media focused device it's got 128 gigabytes of internal storage good room for microSD cards as well it's got a large 3500 milliamp hour battery and a 7-inch display which is almost unheard of but the really important thing the real thing that makes this such a unique phone is this giant bump at the back of it which houses an inbuilt projector and surprisingly considering its size this is an HD projector it's got a resolution of 720p the only problem is the bulb as you imagine is absolutely tiny so it's only capable of producing a light output at 35 lumens so unless you in absolute optimum conditions more or less pitch-black to be honest you're not gonna be able to see very much at all what is called oh and something I would like to see on more smartphones in the future as it runs an Intel Atom processor and that allows it to dual boot both Android and Windows 10 so that's the list of smartphones I really hope you enjoy the video and as we said earlier it would mean so much to me if you could subscribe to the channel for that being said I must use a boss and I'll catch you in the next one\n"