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Why are concepts so loved? Because they don't take profitability in consideration, they don't have to please anybody and they live by the �love or hate� saying.
If you hate them you hate them big, but if you love them, you would die for them. Don't believe me?

Think of Apple iPhone, who flamed the minds of millions and now everybody tries to catch some of the strong points of this paper launched product in their next phones.

I said that prototype cell phones were looking just like different parts from Enterprise's control panel.
Well, you can call these flying saucers.

Other model, picture and links after the jump.

The Intruder (2.5'� diameter)

We can see concept cell phones around the internet almost in a daily basis, mostly looking like something took directly from Star Trek. Actually, most of them seems to be just different parts of the Enterprise's control board placed in a handset.

But some can still be noticed, like this one, the S-Series� from the designer Simon Enever. It is a beautiful concept that uses noble wood and results in a stylish and elegant gadget.

In the designer's own words:

looking at a new direction in styling for mobile phones.
looking at the market there is a distinct lack of “ultra stylish� phones. the few there are lack best features like top quality camera, large screen etc.
i tried to inject �my style� into a slightly more than standard slider phone.
the main concept being no need to open the phone to use all the features, apart from typing text.
main body made from wood, black acrylic wrap around facia, brushed aluminium/ steel features.

Dick Tracy was the very first one to use them; back in the 1940's when it reached the mainstream media, through the Chicago Tribune's pages.
Since then, some companies presented prototypes of wrist phones, a couple of them even launched some models, but all of them were big, heavy things. Nothing you would like to walk around with.

But the companies are still trying, here are some models, like the BenQ Siemens snake� model, the LiteON bracelet, the Nec Tag and finally the coolest one IMHO, the Nokia Icon.

LiteON