eYeka, a crowdsourcing company that specializes in “online co-creation” of products, has published some intriguing concepts for future smartphones. eYeka’s community came up with the following list of requirements for a next generation smartphone: a minimalistic, non-complicated design; more features (which may clash with the previous requirement); a design which feels like an extension of the human body; the ability to be a “life guide” (Chandler, anyone?); eco-friendly; transparent (meaning to project information as a hologram).
Mobile companies like Nokia and Ericsson have been inventing next generation prototypes for years. But it’s the breakout products like Apple’s iPhone that ultimately win out. Some of the features shown below may be in whatever is the next iPhone, whether it be created by Apple or another company. You be the judge: videos of the two winning concepts are embedded below.