Rating of the most unusual smartphones. The most unusual smartphones of the world smartphones with an unusual design

You know the main players in the smartphone market: the best phones in the modern world are manufactured by Apple, HTC, Samsung, LG, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Huawei and others.

But what about those smartphones that are not popular with us? Just because the phone is not popular somewhere, does not mean that he is not one of the best.

Some smartphones are also just a little misunderstood. So we will analyze the list of smartphones on which, as we think, you should look, especially if you are ripe for an "alternative" phone. So, proceed.

FAIRPHONE 2.

Fairphone has one key goal - to create a smartphone made on the principle of using "ethical sources and materials". The company seeks to create a smartphone using only conflict-free resources (the name Fairphone is translated as a "honest phone"), as well as reasonable wages of workers throughout the production process. The smartphone does not deliver spiritual suffering to those who care about the low-paid work of workers in China, where the iPhone is going.

You must admire the company's intention. Currently, the company has made its second phone and this time it is modular, so you can change the items and you do not have to worry about the utilization of the entire smartphone in a few years.

The device works on Android 5.1 and has a 5-inch 1080p display, the QUALCOMM SNAPDRAGON 801 processor and 2 GB of RAM. It also supports 4G LTE and offers 32 GB of integrated memory.
Smartphone Currently may not be in the company's warehouses, as Fairphone 2 is released in limited quantities.

WileyFox SWIFT 2 Plus

Perhaps you have already heard about Wileyfox. But if not, we will tell you.
Much in Wileyfox Swift 2 Plus hints on a premium smartphone, but the price is actually surprising (at least in Western Europe).
WileyFox is a new startup that has connected a smartphone with a large 5-inch 720p display, 32 GB of memory, a 16-megapixel camera and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor and asks for all this about $ 290.

For your phone with such characteristics and premium design (in the view of English users), the price is very impressive. Thus, you can get an unusual piece of England for a reasonable fee.

Yotaphone 2.

If you have not heard of the above-mentioned smartphones, then you exactly heard about it. Yotaphone 2 attracted a lot of attention (by the way, not only in Russia) with its unique dual display design. One of them is a traditional 5-inch full HD display, and the second is the screen on electronic ink on the rear panel. The latter is designed for some applications and battery savings.

The display on electronic ink works with some applications such as Facebook, Twitter, RSS feeds, messages and e-books and offers a much long battery life than the average full-scale display.
Under the hood is the Snapdragon 801 processor with a clock frequency of 2.2 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of integrated memory.

Lumigon T2 HD.

Lumigon seeks to attract a stylish consumer using the words "elegant" and "exclusive appearance." There is some truth in this and we must admit: Lumigon T2 HD has a pleasant design with impermeability for water and dust, which was built into the system without prejudice to the stylish The appearance. It has a 4.3-inch display with a resolution of 720p, the Snapdragon processor with a clock frequency of 1.7 GHz and 2 GB of RAM.

The main chamber has a resolution of 13 megapixels, and the built-in memory can reach 128 GB. Lumigon T2 HD works on Android 4.4 Kitkat. The price is expressed in Danish crowns - 4449, which in terms will be about 39,500 rubles.

Price: $665
Feature: Stylish design from the Danish manufacturer
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Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus

After a few years of focusing on affordable phones, Karbonn tried to break through into a higher class of smartphones and this company turned out in his last sentence.

Despite the fact that his name sounds like some element of the hadron collider, this inexpensive phone managed to achieve excellent sales indicators in 2016.

The Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus smartphone works on Android 4.4.2, has an eight-core MediaTek processor with a clock frequency of 1.7 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and the main chamber resolution of 16 megapixels. The built-in memory is 16 GB with the possibility of expansion due to microSD cards up to 32 GB.

Ulefone Power

Ulefone offers a smartphone that will often delight the endless charge of the battery. The phone is equipped with a 5.5-inch HD display, fingerprint sensors, Android OS 5.1, 3 GB of RAM and 64-bit eight-core processor. But the real highlight of the generic battery with a capacity of 6050 mAh.

Despite this ULEFONE battery, a pretty cute smartphone was created.

Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition

You see in front of yourself not iPhone, but Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition. A smartphone with a 5.4-inch display and an eight-year MediaTek processor, of course, is not a flagship phone.

It has 2 GB of RAM, built-in 16 GB memory and comes in different color solutions. Front selfie camera has a resolution of 2 megapixels, and the main one is a whole 21 megapixel. But this is not a feature of the smartphone.

The smartphone is running the Ubuntu operating system, the porting efforts of which began in 2013 and ended with success in 2015.

The appearance of smartphones seriously complicated the life of designers: users turned away from push-button phones, where there was complete freedom of creativity, people need a primitive brick with the screen.

In 2018, with the development of the trend of the cramp, allocate the smartphone is even more complicated. Nevertheless, among the army of Chinese clones with bangs and vertically arranged cameras, there are externally original devices with recognizable design. We collected five of the most unusual devices.

Xiaomi MI 8 EE

The flagship of the Xiaomi of the eighth generation was expected to have a 3D scanner and a fingerprint scanner under the screen. Both capabilities of the company equipped only the premium version of MI 8 EE. When unlocking the fingerprint, the display area of \u200b\u200bthe dactyloscopic scanner lights up - it turns out effectively and original.

In addition, the smartphone was surprised by the original body: it seems transparent, and the feeling is created that the chips are shouted through it, including the Snapdragon 845 processor. To see it easily: the chip is a red and white logo on the chip.

While the flagship is sold only in China in limited quantities. The fact that this is a good apparatus, no doubt: Xiaomi has released a premium smartphone concept Huawei Porsche Design and offers it for 3,699 yuan - about 35,000 rubles.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S

Here, the designers Xiaomi managed to be in the trend of unprofituity and at the same time to avoid an annoying cutout. This smartphone has only one thick frame - lower, on it and the front camera is located. Also, the flagship is highlighted by a ceramic case.

Otherwise, everything is usually: vertically located camera lenses, a finger scanner on the rear panel. But if you just want Android 2018 without cutting eye bangs, Mi Mix 2s -. He has flagship characteristics and an attractive price.

Vivo Nex

Vivo first showed a fingerprint scanner under the screen. The company delayed with the implementation, but still the first released a smartphone with such technology. The flagship Vivo Nex is completely unpaired: the dactylcon scanner is hidden under the display, the front camera is extended from the top face.

The innovations are also original: when the fingerprint is recognized, the area above the scanner lights up light green, the extension of the self-chamber is accompanied by an original sound.

Perhaps VIVO NEX is a prototype of smartphones of the future. The finger scanner under the screen is likely to be in Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S10 +, the retractable camera will also become more popular. But while Vivo NEX is the most original curious smartphone on the market.

It is also functionally decent: the top processor Snapdragon 845, good autonomy, a good screen, a good camera. The only negative is the lack of an NFC module. The brand doesn't ignore it, although in Russia, for example, he enjoys rabid popularity.

HTC U12 +.

The company which year decomposes and breaks through the bottom: Records on losses for months and quarters are updated more often than Windows 10, employees and even whole departments buys Google, electronics are sold poorly, the price policy is monstrous. The only department to which there are no complaints is designer. Externally, HTC smartphones are still top.

The latest premiere of the company is the flagship U12 +. Externally, it stands out by three features. First, HTC scored on trends, except for a curved screen: on the front panel instead of the cut-out on top of two thin frames, the master chamber lenses are horizontally. Secondly, there are no buttons in the device, the side faces are sensory and react to squeezing. Thirdly, the case is transparent. On the back panel you can see the motherboard.

According to the possibilities of U12 +, too cool: it works on Snapdragon 845, the sound is chic, the camera is second after Huawei P20 Pro via DXO MARK. The weak side of the flagship is the price: $ 800-850 per brand, which forgot almost everything.

Moto Z3 Play.

Motorola introduced the first smartphone with the support of 5G networks Moto Z3 Play, but first of all it stands out outwardly. In it, designers embodied the best features of the predecessor Z2 Play and abandoned outdated thick frames.

In front of the device is unprepared: thin frames, a large 6-inch screen. It is difficult to not know from behind: the double chamber is located in the protruding round area, similar to pork inches. Some users are annoying such a design, but still this is a distinctive feature of the company's devices. By the way, on the lock screen, the smartphone shows the time in the same round area in the form of Pyatak.

The second important feature is the location of the fingerprint scanner on the right side face. He did not take place on the front or back panels.

According to the characteristics, this is the middle class: Snapdragon 636, 4 GB of RAM, AMOLED-Screen with Full HD + Resolution.

2018 turned out to be rich in innovation, interesting engineering solutions and bold design ideas. Scanner print scanners, slider phones, unusual smartphones with a front camera-periscope, models with two screens, super fast wired charging, reversible wireless charging, telephone with four cameras - Even this list lists not all the innovations of the outgoing year!

Choose 5 of the most interesting smartphones 2018 was not easy. Some steep models remained out of sight, because on the background of truly experimental smartphones, they seem not so unusual. But we will definitely give references to publications in which you can get acquainted with all the new items of 2018 worthy of your attention.

What is the interesting smartphone? The main chip of the smartphone Vivo Nex S is the retractable camera periscope. The front camera with a resolution of 8 MP is placed on a small mechanized block, which under normal conditions are hidden inside the case. When you activate the camera application, the block rises above the upper face like a periscope. According to the developers, the "periscope" has a margin of strength, which is enough for three hundred thousand cycles.

The second feature of VIVO NEX S is a fingerprint screen sensor. This is today a dactyloscopic scanner on the screen there is almost one and a half dozens of models. At the time of the presentation VIVO NEX S was only the fourth telephone, in which this innovative solution was implemented.

Key features. One of the most unusual smartphones of 2018 received excellent specifications. Snapdragon 845 processor, AMOLED screen with a diagonal of 6.59 inches. The "bang" or "holes" on the screen is not, since the front camera is hidden on the retractable block. The main chamber also has good characteristics: 12 MP + 5 MP, there is optical stabilization. Battery - 4000 mAh, fast charging is supported.

Similar models. Other phones with the front camera-periscope we did not see. The only "analogue" is a slightly simplified version of the flagship, announced simultaneously with VIVO NEX S.

What is the interesting smartphone? The first feature of OPPO FIND X is a housing with a retractable unit, which is located not only the frontal, but also the main chamber. Thanks to this, the screen turned out to be crammed, and the back cover is virgin clean. The second chip of the smartphone is Super Vooc Flash Charge Super Vooc Flash Charge. 50 watt adapter is fully charged by the battery in just 35 minutes.

Key features. The OPPO Find X smartphone is built on the Snapdragon 845 hardware platform. There is no fingerprint scanner in the phone, although AMOLED screen allows you to integrate the sensor in the display. The identification of the owner is implemented by scanning a person. Battery capacity 3750 mAh. The rear chamber is built on sensors with a resolution of 16 MP + 20 megapixel. Optical stabilizer is.

Similar models. In the second half of 2018, many phones made in the housing with a retractable mechanism came out. Among them: with six cameras, and,. If you are interested in super fast charge, we recommend paying attention to, which also supports this technology. In addition, Huawei suggested its version of super quick charging and implemented it in Mate 20 Pro.

What is the interesting smartphone? The main chip of the ZTE Nubia X is the second screen on the back cover. The main display is equipped with an IPS LCD matrix with a diagonal of 6.26 inches and FHD + resolution. The company makes it an additional screen on the lid; Diagonal 5.1 inch, amoled matrix, resolution 1520 per 720 pixels. The second feature of this unusual smartphone is 2 fingerprint scanner. They are located on the right and left edges of the case in special "buttons".

Key features. ZTE Nubia X is the 2018 Flag Flag of 2018 with excellent gland and powerful battery. Snapdragon 845 processor, 8 GB RAM, constant - up to 256 GB. The capacity of the battery is 3800 mAh, fast charging is implemented according to QUICK Charge 4.0. The main chamber is represented by a double module on sensors with a resolution of 16 MP and 24 megapixel.

Similar models. At the time of preparation of the material there are only two smartphones of 2018 release with two screens. The second is represented in December. It is beneficial from ZTE Nubia X by the fact that both screens are built on amoled matrices, and the print scanner is integrated into the front display. When removing the blocking from the back of the rear display for identification, the face scan is used by the main chamber. The front camera in the phones of ZTE Nubia X and Vivo Nex Dual Display is not.

What is the interesting smartphone? ASUS ROG PHONE is a cool device designed to fans of computer games. With the help of additional accessories, this unusual phone turns into a full-fledged gaming console, which will even compete with PlayStation. It is worth ASUS ROG PHONE more expensive than Sony PS4, but it is justified - he is cooler!

Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018): First Smartphone with 4 Cameras

What is the interesting smartphone? SAMSUNG GALAXY A9 (2018) presented in October (2018) became the first smartphone with four-tile cameras. The main sensor with a resolution of 24 MP Korean engineers added a wide-angle module with a resolution of 8 megapixel, telephoto module on a sensor 10 megapixel and 5 megapixel depth sensor.

As a result, a four-headed monster turned out, capable of satisfying the requirements of not too attractive amateur photographers. Until the best cameramen Galaxy A9 (2018) are far away, but 4 cameras are definitely raising great interest.

Key features. The smartphone is built on the 8-core SNAPDRAGON 660 processor, which automatically sends it to the middle class. The screen with a diagonal of 6.3 inches, the SUPER AMOLED matrix, 1080 permission to 2220 pixels. There is no bang. Battery capacity 3800 mAh. Fingerprint scanner is located on the back cover.

Similar models. Other phones with four cameras have not yet been presented to us, so Galaxy A9 (2018) remains the only representative of the category of "four-chamber" smartphones.

Each manufacturer dreams to reduce the cost of smartphones produced by him as much as possible. For this company, they are not only on the installation of budget components, but also on the minimum attraction of the designer. After all, the design of a unique appearance in itself is very big money, and you will also have to reconfigure all the equipment in the factory. So it turns out that the current innovations are not surprised by their design. Fortunately, in the smartphone market, breakthroughs occur from time to time. Those or other companies are solved on the experiment, as a result of which some very original phone appears on the light. All unusual smartphones 2016-2017 will be mentioned just below.

Dignity

disadvantages

• Space price tag;
• There are certain claims to the speakers;
• The operating system seems flawed.

LG G5 SE

• CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976, 8 cores, 1800 MHz
• Memory: 32 GB ROM + 3 GB RAM
• Main camera: 16 mp, f / 1.8
• Operating system: Android 6.0

Price: from 29 990 rubles.

Large manufacturers of smartphones rarely put experiments. And almost never they conduct experiences on their own. G5 SE is a kind of exception to the rule. South Koreans risked, providing their expensive creation by a modular structure. No, it is impossible to change the processor, the display and some other most important components. But you can change the battery and a small block connected to it. For example, you can buy a module supplemented by a shutter button, which should provide more comfortable shooting. But, unfortunately, the undertaking from LG failed. It was planned that replaceable modules will be made by third-party companies. But no one is interested in this idea, and the LG G5 SE is sold very well.

As for the remaining characteristics, they only cause positive emotions. The 5.3-inch screen is endowed with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 points, which led to an unusually high pixel density. The built-in camera has a widely revealed diaphragm. Nothing is bad to say about wireless modules that support almost all the most modern technologies.

Dignity

disadvantages

• Not the most capacious battery;
• Quite high cost.

Yotaphone 2.

• CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 801, 4 cores, 2260 MHz
• Memory: 32 GB ROM + 2 GB RAM
• Main camera: 8 mp.
• Operating system: Android 4.4.

Price: from 11,300 rubles.

The most unusual smartphones should be able to surprise. And Russian 2 amazes from the first seconds. It looks like the usual monoblock. But only before the first launch, after which the rear panel turns into a second screen created on the basis of electronic paper. Let it be black and white, but the information on it can be displayed even at a time when the device is in standby mode. And such a screen almost does not consume electricity. Read on it books and some notes - one pleasure!

Do not think that for several years that have passed since the release of the smartphone, the characteristics managed to be outrage. Yes, it is easy to buy a device with more advanced components. But no phone will offer the second screen. Yes, and it is worth Yotaphone 2 now much cheaper than any flagship. At the same time, it can work in LTE networks and transmit data by Wi-Fi 802.11ac. You can regret here only about the main and frontal chambers that have a resolution of 8 and 2.1 megapixels.

Dignity

• A decent memory for such a device;
• The main screen is created by amoled technology;
• Very high pixel density;
• There is an additional display;
• A large number of wireless modules;
• Weigh no more than 145 g;
• Adequate value;
• Wireless charging is supported.

disadvantages

• Someone will miss the second slot for the SIM card;
• No memory card slot;
• An old version of the operating system;
• Simple cameras.

Now the overwhelming majority of mobile phones are equipped with touch screens and have standard bars or soap-like design and differ except with dimensions, color and case materials. Less often - the presence of a physical keyboard under the screen or in the form of a slider. Really memorable phones are available. Previously, the designers were fantasized and perverted significantly more and looked out really extraordinary products, sometimes weakly suitable for comfortable use and causing an invalid question: "What drugs used the creators." Below are some of the devices released into mass production that are surprised by their form.

Toshiba Portege G450.

Let's start with the Japanese company Toshiba, which at one time released a very strange Mobile Phone Portege G450, which could still serve as a 3G-modem part-time. He had very compact sizes ( 98x36x16 mm), oblong shape and rounded ends. The front panel consisted of three circles, in the first of which there was an OLED screen, the remaining two were a keyboard unit divided into two parts. They were placed in circle around the central. In the first case, it was the "5" button, in the second - "0". This design did not differ in particular ergonomic and many used the gadget exclusively as a portable USB modem.

CEC F88 Wrist Watch (Telson TWC 1150)

The following apparatus can be considered one of the first "smart" clock. CEC F88 Wrist Watch (in India was released called Telson TWC 1150) visually similar to some kind of device from fantastic films. This massive miracle of technology really needed to wear on hand. On a wide strap, a block of digital buttons was placed, above was the color screen and navigation unit. The device could be connected to the headset and the removal chamber. All you need a novice secret agent.

Haier Pen Phone P7

Another fruit is not quite a healthy fantasy - a mobile phone that in shape resembles something among the handle and the thermometer. With its impressive (especially at that time), a length of 15 cm, the device was subtle and narrow ( 27x18.2 mm) and weighed only 65 g. At the same time, it was placed in it LCD display, voice recorder with the possibility of a 90-minute record, digital chamber with a resolution of 0.3 megapixel and the usual set of controls, including a digital block and joystick. Despite the external similarity, the gadget did not know how to measure the temperature and write, but supported the Mobile Internet GPRS, and the batteries were enough for 4 hours of conversations (ideally, of course).

Nec Medias W.

I managed to make a fairly exotic Android-smartphone Japanese company NEC. Its apparatus called Medias W represented a horizontal clamshell with two touch screens. This was done in order to find a certain semblance of one large screen for a more convenient browser or using one of the screens as a QWERTY keyboard without reducing the area of \u200b\u200bthe second. The smartphone used two screens of 4.3 inches with a resolution of 960x540. Worked a smartphone under the control of the OS Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, inside there was a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960 processor with a clock frequency of 1.5 GHz, 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB built-in.

Nokia 7600.

The Finnish Giant Nokia at one time did not hesitate to experiment with the form factors and design of his devices and there are many strange models in the portfolio. The company could afford it without any special plans for the commercial success of a similar separate apparatus. Nokia 7600 is an image of a non-standard form, remotely resembling a sheet of wood. This is an asymmetrical monoblock with a color display and buttons on the sides of it. From a technical point of view, 7600 was very attacked (according to the standards of 2003): there was a built-in VGA camera, Bluetooth, infrared port and MP3 player.

Motorola A925

We remembered many interesting and innovative Motorola mobile phones in the relevant article, and here we can recall the strange monoblock A925. It was equipped with a touchscreen display and physical buttons, both from above and from the bottom. He had large sizes, a large antenna and externally resembled a tourist GPS navigator, which is not surprising: the GPS module was almost the main chief of the smartphone, it was possible to connect an external antenna. The gadget was the built-in camera, the memory cards, GPRS-Internet, Bluetooth 1.1, were supported, and it worked on Symbian OS V7.0, UIQ 2.0.

Samsung SGH-E910 Serene (Bang & Olufsen)

Samsung from time to time collaborated when creating phones with Bang & Olufsen and every period of the result became strange mobile phones with a memorable design, but very controversial ergonomics. One of these devices was the imageSGH-E910 SREENE. It was a loose-like clawling with an automatic disclosure mechanism, the ability to work in different orientations (the image was turned upwards upwards) and the round keyboard unit. Inside there was a navigation circle, around which there were diguristic buttons.

Sharp Touch Wood SH-08C

Another Japanese strange phone - Sharp Touch Wood SH-08C, which reminded in the form of bean seeds. Released was a circulation of 15,000 copies at home. The main part of the body was made of specially treated wood cypress. Wood is heterogeneous, as a result - all the copies were unique. Despite such unity with nature, the phones were quite technological: they were installed in them 3.4-inch screens with a resolution of 854x480, operation was maintained in GSM and 3G networks, was a microSD memory slot and 5 megapixel camera.

BenQ Qube Z2.

Shortly before the purchase of the Siemens mobile division, in the same 2005, BenQ has released a Qube Z2 mobile phone, which visually reminded cheap Chinese MP3 players. The navigation block was placed under the screen, the other buttons were to the right of it. I'm not sure that such a solution was distinguished by ease of use. The phone was a color screen, M P3-player, support for MINISD memory cards, 1.3 megapixel camera and FM receiver with the ability to record. The phone supported the transmission of MMS messages, GPRS (Class 10) and T Java.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X5 Pureness

The last mobile phone has become the first gadget with a transparent screen. Sony Ericsson Xperia X5 Pureness is the image apparatus in which the manufacturer consciously decided not to shove as many functions as possible, but to concentrate on an unusual appearance and "lightness". A 1.8-inch transparent screen was installed in the phone, which not always remained reading, but "Wau" -Factor did not cancel. XPERIA X5 Pureness had relatively modest dimensions: 102x43x13 mm and weight: 70 g. And yes, despite Xperia in the title, he was not equipped with a smartphone and was not equipped with a built-in camera. Only a set of basic functions and a media player.