Skip to main content

Transparent smartphones coming in 2013: Polytron



Think transparent smartphones are futuristic? Not really. For, if Taiwan-based Polytron has its way, we will soon be holding a transparent smartphone. Polytron, which works on display technologies, has unveiled a smartphone prototype with a transparent body. A company exec has also claimed that users will see the arrival of transparent glass phone by the end of this year. 

The company's prototype is manufactured using glass that is light in weight and features a transparent screen and body. The prototype was not functioning and hardware like battery, camera and microSD card could be seen by the naked eye. 

Polytron has said that manufacturers can build smartphones with this specially designed glass, which has its patented electrical wiring which is nearly invisible. This wiring gives the see-through effect to the phone's body. 

Sam Yu, general manager of the company, reportedly said that the display technology is mature and various phone manufacturers are looking at using it. He did not, however, say much a phone with a transparent body cost. 

Samsung recently unveiled Youm, a curved display that is expected to be included in its upcoming flagship smartphone Galaxy S IV. Nokia was also in the news as it has been awarded a $1.35 billion grant to work on graphene, which is harder than diamond and steel and can be used to make smash-proof phones.

Comments

  1. It looks promising, but how will you see the display if it's hard to see while indoors? Current displays are hard enough to see outdoors for many phones.http://www.nwoow.com/techonology/worlds-first-polytron-technologies-transparent-smartphone-35361/

    ReplyDelete
  2. It looks promising, but how will you see the display if it's hard to see while indoors? Current displays are hard enough to see outdoors for many phones.http://tech24.in/technews/worlds-first-polytron-technologies-transparent-smartphone-12808

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Samsung ‘Galaxy Note II Incredible Art-Piece’

How you could become a part of a Guinness World Record thanks to the Samsung ‘Galaxy Note II Incredible Art-Piece’ which is an attempt to break an existing Guinness World Record. At that time, over 64,000 people had already contributed with their digital arts to the world record and back on Tuesday the record reached the halfway mark as 100,000 Indian contributed to the record. The current world record is being held by the Great Britain wherein 2,01,958 people contributed to create a single digital art piece and currently over 1,28,000 artists have already contributed to the record. Anybody can be a part of this attempt to break the World Record and if you still haven’t participated all you have to do is visit the Samsung Galaxy Note II The Incredible Art Piece page, wherein you will have to fill-in your details to get started. Once you are done with it, you are greeted with loads of options and tools to choose from using which you can draw something inspires y...

Samsung Galaxy Android camera with Internet connection is the best

The Samsung Galaxy Camera announced this year in August has hit the market. This much appreciated Androidcamera is one of the most advanced, impressive and a good gadget said initial reviews. Mashable says this Samsung Galaxy Camera an incredible device and is a very successful merger of Android with a point-and-shoot camera. . “Samsung‘s daring attempt to combine Android with a serious compact camera has created what could be the gadget of the year says a review by Pete Panchal. Reuters says this camera lets the users to “connect to a mobile network or Wi-Fi to share photographs and video without having to hook up the camera to a computer.” An earlier Cnet Review on 16 November gave it a simple three and a half star rating saying “Outside of its relatively high cost of ownership and average point-and-shoot picture quality, the Samsung Galaxy Camera definitely delivers the shoot-and-share experience of a smartphone with the features of a compact camera.” But in its lat...

Futuristic phone concepts we wish were real

The smartphone segment is here to stay and will definitely evolve further in the coming years. Here are 10 futuristic phone concepts we wish were real... The smartphone segment is here to stay and will definitely evolve further in the coming years. Smartphones will aim at getting sleeker, smaller and giving users a private space of high-tech functionality even in a crowded place. This would be accompanied with some really powerful processing speed, out-of-the box features and added zing in the form of uniqueness and convenience for users. Several such futuristic concepts have already made their presence felt and could pave their way into the mainstream market in future. Here are 10 such futuristic phone concepts we wish were real. LG Paper Touch Unfold to turn it from a phone to tablet L ook back at the smartphone generations and you will notice how they’ve gone sleeker and slimmer with each passing year. And yes, it won't stop here. So, one shouldn't be sur...