Nowadays, we can hardly be surprised by how a certain handset looks. Most devices come in the candybar form-factor that works so well with large touchscreen panels. And while that's all good, it also means that some of the color and extravagancy of the market has been lost along the way. While casual observers might even be having a hard time distinguishing most phones from one another these days, we'd like to remind our readers that it didn't use to be like this. There was a time, not that long ago, when companies were trying to attract our attention with visually impressive products, with some truly different, eye-catching and forward-looking exterior designs.
From time to time, we tend to drift away in our thoughts, remembering some of the more peculiar handsets that hit the market in relatively recent history. Then, we remember how awkward using some of those devices was, and we're grateful for having the superphones that we have today, but boy do we miss those fancy appearances... OK, let's stay in nostalgia-land and take a few minutes to feast our eyes on some of the beautiful products that once made the mobile market such a fun place to be. In no particular order...
LG Crystal
Launched in June, 2009, the LG Crystal was not a smartphone, but was a stylish slider phone with a very special twist: its numeric keyboard was transparent! Yep, one could actually see though the device's keypad - how cool is that? Of course, it didn't enhance anything in terms of function, and probably made using the phone a tad more cumbersome than if it was with a normal keypad, but hey, that's the price you have to pay for... well, a transparent keyboard.
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