Phones have been constantly getting skinnier, but now LG is releasing a different kind of skinny: a phone that feels like real human skin... It invites you to touch touch touch and feel the controls.
The LG-SH240 is a 3G HSDPA phone that uses silicon material on the keypad that realisticly resembles the texture of real skin.
The phone is uniquely designed with a combination of metal style and silicon material, and sports features such as a 2mega pixel camera, video call, MP3, external memory, Bluetooth, subway map, and dictionary.
The LG-SH240 is available in Korea now and has a retail price of around US$400.
Human Skin Phone
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Trend Themes
1. Silicon Skin Phone - The trend towards more realistic phone textures could lead to innovation in materials science and fabrication techniques.
2. Human Touch Technology - Phones designed to feel like human skin could open up new opportunities for haptic feedback in user interfaces and wearable technology.
3. Hyper-realistic Design - Designing products that mimic the look and feel of natural textures will continue to be a popular trend in consumer electronics and beyond.
Industry Implications
1. Consumer Electronics - Companies in the consumer electronics industry may benefit from investing in research and development of new materials and textures for their products.
2. Mobile Phones - The mobile phone industry may be disrupted by more realistic feeling phones, which could see a shift in consumer preferences towards haptic feedback and more tactile user interfaces.
3. Materials Science - The demand for more realistic textures in consumer electronics could drive innovation in materials science and engineering industries to develop new materials with unique properties.