Do you remember the oldest and heaviest phones in the twentieth century? It’s funny how phones started as black-and-white magic boxes, and the biggest phone companies introduced the coolest slide and flip phones.
Soon after, powerful smartphones appeared, and now everybody seems to enjoy the new-age mobile device.
Newly improved smartphones keep piling up when you think you have the latest phone brrrrh!
Another Samsung, iPhone, Nokia, or Xiaomi releases another fantastic model. We can barely keep up!
Upon closer inspection, you will agree that almost all phones have identical designs and functionality.
Well, you are not about to read about the same models and features; this list of phones will shock you in a good way, of course.
So, get ready to see the top seven weird phones you probably haven’t heard of or seen before.
1. Lenovo C Plus
At first, the Lenovo C Plus looked like a normal TV remote control, but it had an insanely huge screen.
Nevertheless, the intentionally designed rough ridges at the back of the phone help to bend the phone around your wrist.
Unfortunately, the screen can still crack like shattered glass when rolled. The electronics inside the C class are divided into different segments; this phone can be used as a smartwatch, and the interface changes according to your preferences.
2. Xiang yan wang 3838
The Xiang yan wang 3838 is both a cigarette case and a mobile phone; many Chinese people are heavy smokers, and we all get why the invention of the Xiang yan wang 3838. However, the company chose to remain anonymous.
The phone, as of this publication, costs $175. It is built with a colored screen, a micro SD slot, and an MP3 player. However, the fascinating thing about this phone is the possibility of carrying your cigarette on your mobile device.
3. The Dras Phone
This is probably the most fascinating smartphone in the world; you can pile it up like a bunch of domino tiles.
Amazing, isn’t it? Also, this smartphone has a flexible display that can be bent at one hundred and eighty (180) degrees at three different edges!
One of the most significant advantages of this phone is that its huge display can be converted to a more compact form.
Decades ago, who would have thought the Dras phone would be in existence? Even when folded, the screen still works perfectly; it shows notifications and important information using various widgets.
At first glance, it might look like a weird phone, but don’t worry—I am pretty sure you will love it!
4. NEC Flip Phone
When you think you’ve seen it all, this phone breaks yet another record. How many screens do you think a phone needs? One? Two?
The NEC Flip Phone has not one, not two, but three screens! One phone with three screens, how cool is that!
This gadget has three screen running androids, which you need for multitasking.
Three screens are useful; you can work with different files all at once, and the keyboard on one side of the screen is what you need to work better with your flip phone.
Furthermore, you can place the phone on the table with three screens and watch videos and photos simultaneously.
5. Google Project Ara
We believe a revolutionary era, in terms of Smartphones, is soon to come.
Unfortunately, Google Project Ara is not on the market, but the creator of a famous internet portal has one in his hands.
It goes by the code name AA.0.1, and it’s probably just an earlier version from the developers. In this model, different parts of the phone are connected with magnets.
In the past, Google declared that the magnets were insufficient to keep the pieces together, so they decided to create electromagnets.
Unfortunately, the smartphone is not compact; it is 4.5 millimeters thick without a camera, which is not the best in this new-age technology.
That is probably the reason Google closed the project.
6. Nokia 888
This phone is the definition of flexibility. The innovative spring and the sot frame allow you to bend the phone anywhere you want around your arm.
It is believed to be five millimeters thick, and the phone has an inbuilt system of cables that allows it to bend when there is a message or an incoming call.
The Nokia 888 might be the future phone; it is not currently available.
7. Nintendo Plus
If you are a huge video game fan, you will love the Nintendo Plus smartphone. Don’t be fooled by its looks; it has an unusual design, flips both ways and rotates.
The inventor of this phone added the usual game buttons, D-pads, and flat sticks instead of the normal keyboard under the screen, so ultimately, it is your phone to play.
The Nintendo Plus had two front speakers and an exceptionally bright screen; a dream come true for gamers.
8. LG Wing: The Basics
The main specifications of The Wing are heavily borrowed from LG’s mid-tier Velvet handset.
Like that handset, it is powered by a Snapdragon 765G chipset with 8 GB of RAM and a curved primary Full HD+ display.
However, picking up the Wing for the first time shows that this is a distinct phone class. At 260 g, the Wing is 40g heavier than the already chunky Galaxy S20 Ultra.
With a display diagonal of 6.8 inches, it’s not far from the footprint of the biggest Samsung phones, either.
9. Bang & Olufsen Serenata
Bang & Olufsen and Samsung joined forces in 2007 to build the Serenata, a phone that strongly emphasised becoming a slider-out speaker with a music player. It also looked bonkers and came with a hefty $2,000 price tag.
10. C91 Golden-Buddha Phone
The C91 Golden-Buddha phone appeared in 2009. With Buddhist stylings based around a swastika as a symbol of divinity and spirituality, this clamshell-style phone had a luxury gold build.
The phone was not too bad on paper, considering its odd looks. It had a 2-inch monitor, a 1.3-megapixel sensor, support for dual sims, and more.
11. Haier P7
The Haier P7 was an extravagant-looking phone with a candy bar published in 2004.
It had a thin, slender screen that could only view 64 x 128 pixels, a 0.3-megapixel camera, and a funky interface.
However, it could last as long as six days on a single charge, so there’s that.
12. LG G Flex
Actually, we used to have a lot of positive things to say about the LG G Flex. It was an unusual phone built to make it stand out from the crowd with a form.
At the time, we thought people might have found it too big, costly, and odd to be famous, but it was still special.
13. Virgin Mobile Lobster
In 2006, the Virgin Mobile Lobster device was a television phone, i.e., a telephone you could watch TV on.
It may have been a bit of a wonder then, but it’s so normal now that it’s almost archaic.
The lobster had a wireless DAB tuner and could watch terrestrial TV on the go. Alas, getting a signal was a hassle, and this lobster was badly baked.
14. Microsoft Kin
Microsoft Kin was somewhat of a flop. Owing to problems with the operating system, its launch was postponed, there were pricing issues, and it was apparently placed on the back burner due to the forthcoming release of Windows Phone 7.
15. Motorola Flipout
A funny little phone with a square shape and a flip-out screen was the Motorola Flipout, hence the name.
This phone’s highlights were almost a proper QWERTY keyboard and a pleasing swivel action.
It was a cheap phone, and it turned up, but it still pleased us.
16. Motorola StarTac Rainbow
One of the oldest phones on our list is a product from the 1990s. It is a Motorola colorful little flip phone gadget that was launched as part of the brand’s StarTAC range.
In contrast to today’s smartphones, it was undoubtedly noisy, proud, and anything but subtle.
17. Nokia 7710
The Nokia 7710 was a phone monster for 2005 – a hefty computer with a large touchscreen and PDA theme.
It was perfect for gaming and a great piece of kit for productivity. Unfortunately, it was held back by a lack of speed and no 3G, but it was also a nice phone.
18. Nokia 7280
The Nokia 7280 was profoundly charming. At a glance, it looked like a futuristic piece of kit that belonged to Star Trek or DR Who rather than in your wallet.
The Nokia 7280 device was designed to be a computer based on style and a bit of a fashion symbol.
It had a screen, some fabric accents, and a numberless dial pad that acted as a mirror.
It was more like a fashion statement but a doll than a practical and convenient unit.
19. Nokia 7600
The Nokia 7600 was the company’s first foray into 3G phones. It had an unusual design, a jewel-shaped screen (for the time), and a keyboard that stretched around the edges of the screen.
When we first saw it, we thought the Nokia 7600 was a little strange, but it soon grew on us.
20. Nokia N-Gage
One of the very first gaming phones on the market was the Nokia N-Gage, and it was an attempt to target GameBoy fans.
The architecture and the chosen dedicated devices did not impress gaming snobs terribly, but there was something unique about having one computer that could do both.
21. Nokia N93
Nokia unveiled the Nokia N93 in 2006. The first and foremost priority of this system was video capture.
It had a 2.4-inch 262k QVGA color display, a Carl Zeiss optical 3.2-megapixel camera, and the ability to record video at 30 frames per second.
The N93 may have a preview of things to come as it will have better and better video and photo capture capabilities for future devices.
22. Samsung Juke
Another handset that acted as a dedicated music player was the Samsung Juke. When closed, it replicated music and became a cell phone when swiveled open.
We highly consider it a lightweight, well-made, and easy-to-use handset. It wasn’t almost as functional as other phones of the day, though, and some thought it was missing.
23. Samsung Galaxy Round
Samsung’s reaction to the LG G Flex appeared to be the Samsung Galaxy Round.
In addition to some amazing specs, it had a curved monitor built to give a hand a good feeling.
However, it felt like an impractical feature, and the Galaxy S4 proved more popular. Soon, the curved screen fad died out.
24. Pantech Pocket
2011’s Pantech Pocket was an unusually designed computer capable of displaying 600 x 800 pixels with a 4-inch 4:3 display. It was interesting, but it was not particularly memorable.
