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Emir Rifat ISIK’s Packet is the winner of Istanbul Design Week 2007 where it won the first place for this concept phone.



It is a cool cell phone concept that measures 5 cm x 5 cm, about half cigarette package when folded and when opened it reveals 5 surfaces with the keypad, display, 2 mini keyboards with letters, and the center face with touch-sensitive button areas.

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In fact, the entire cell phone is made of a material similar with the e-paper and is touch-sensitive.
On the back it shows the time in large character format.

Packet is extremely thin and lightweight, easy portable and would probably be made of eco-friendly materials.

iLounge, maybe the world’s largest iPhone and iPod resource of information, has just announced the Design The Next iPhone, Win The Next iPhone Contest, where you can submit your ideas about how the next iPhone should and could look like, as well as what new functionalities it can come with.



After the end date, only 6 concepts will win the competition and they will win 3 Apple’s next iPhone model, while other 3 will get $100 iTunes Gift Cards.
To participate you have to submit at least a 1600 pixels wide image with the next generation iPhone and description, as well as your personal information including name, e-mail address, and location.

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You can do this until May 25, when the international contest ends, and the winners will be announced in the Free iPod + iPhone Book 4 on June 1.

And now, to give you an idea about what others have submitted, here are the ideas of other designers about how the next generation iPhone could look like:



iPhone Dual Track Balls
Someone saw the next iPhone model as a handset with dual track balls, a design addition meant to make scrolling easier for those that use the iPhone for gaming.



iPhone Air
It is inspired , of course, by the MacBook Air look but not to make the handset lighter but probably just to match it with the world’s lightest notebook



iPhone Air:Thinnovation
It’s the thinnest iPhone concept, it too inspired by the MacBook Air design, but this one really matches the notebook, don’t you think?
If MacBook Air fits a manila envelope, iPhone Air: Thinnovation inserts easily into an airmail envelope.



iPhone Pico
iPhone Pico would e the world’s smallest iPhone, and it’s so small that we can’t see it.



iPhone Nil
iPhone Nil is no phone but just application icons.



iPhone Clear
A thinner version than the iPhone Air : Thinnovation.



iPhone Slide
-the slider version of the iPhone candybar. It would have two displays with multi-touch input, Video Conferencing, Ambient Light Sensor, Accelerometer, 32 GB storage, and 512 MB of RAM memory.



iPhone Bio
It’s called Bio because it uses Biometric Security technology aka Fingerprint Scanning for identifying the right user for full access grant.



iPhone Archetype
This is a concept version for the first 3G iPhone, a handset covered in a metallic black layer with backlit Apple logo. What it brings new is the glossy bezel replacing the chrome finish, and it also integrates the iCam mounted in the front.
The iBall sphere is scrollable and can be used for sound control and navigation, while there is also the multi-colored LED indicator that shows categories statuses.



Smallest Phone Ever
Smaller than iPhone Pico? Maybe but it looks kinda ugly.

We’ve discovered it on Concept Phones and found that it is a cell phone concept created for O2 telecommunication company by Arthur Schmitt, a designer from UK, Marek Bereza and Andy Broomfiels, who described it as a model dedicated to Role Playing Gamers.




In order to be able to use the phone you have to insert a paper punchcard with the contact number encoded in binary. The other functionality is the clock.
A credit card sized punchcard has the contact’s number encoded in binary and the VUmeters are in charge with displaying the network coverage and the battery status. Same encoding methods ca be applied to other phone settings.

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After winning the Best of the Best Red Dot Design Award last year for its Helium telephone concept, Formwelt presents two new cool and eco-friendly models on their website.



In 2007, the project initiated by Siemens Home and Office Communication, consisted of a complete home communication console device adopting a few high-end technologies including multi-touch-sensitivity, an organic shape, haptics, intuitive interface, OLED display, and a built-in 3D loudspeaker.

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Now, Formwelt design studio from Munich are showing the Gigaset Eco Visions creations – Solar and Leaf- projects sustained by Siemens, as a green alternative for what exists o the market today.
Solar is as its name suggests, a solar-powered phone coming in an ultra-thin and sleek shape, made of lightweight materials including light metal, eco-plastic and glass.



It sports a touch-sensitive OLED display, same as the Leaf, the other phone concept that comes in a green-white color and a lightweight and sleek form factor.
It features haptic technology and we're wondering if we'll see it among Red Dot Design Awards winners this year.

This is a new cell phone concept coming from 13 Tech Design, where the working team wants to demonstrate how it is possible to use a slider-style phone, full-featured with multimedia player, Wi-Fi connectivity, built-in camera/camcorder, computer functions, Bluetooth and router touch-sensitive inputs can use the e-paper display to deliver high-end functions.



The Scroll would use Windows XP or Vista as the operating system pre-installed and would allow the user to capture 10MP pictures or use the 1080p camcorder function.

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People would be able to watch videos on a large screen or listen to their favorite songs with powerful sound provided by the built-in 6 Watt speaker.