B&O+Samsung
This collaboration between the luxury electronics company and the Korean mobile phone giant came out a month back. The serene is a black clamshell that turns all other clamshells on its head.
All traditional clamshells have the screen on top and the keypad below. The serene is the reverse and claims its more comfortable because of it. (perhaps the weight is distributed differently) The loudspeaker is also below the keypad and its got a nice hinge detail but it doesn't make it any prettier anyway.
One interesting detail about the phone (it looks quite fat in some of the photos) is the big navigation button in the middle, kinda like some inverse iPod. And to up the bling factor, it already has a carrying case designed by LV.
I suppose you really have to see the damn thing in reality to get a good feel of it, how it works, looks etc. Yet, I just can't help thinking that its just plain ugly, not to mention uncomfortable looking. For that reason, I'm not gonna stain my blog with a pic.
