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Talk about a Dream BlackBerry... Introducing the Anastasiadis BlackBerry Concept!

by Kevin Michaluk on 20 Jan 2012 10:17 AM
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Now THAT's a BlackBerry SuperPhone

I know what you're thinking... WOW. Just WOW. We've received a lot of great feedback and reader submissions following our Tell Us/Show Us What Your Dream BlackBerry Looks Like post this week, and while I was planning on waiting until next week to start posting some of the sketches and renders up on the blogs, I just had to get this one up asap.

Submitted by BlackBerry fan (and Industrial Designer w/ an MBA) John Anastasiadis, John's BlackBerry Concept is absolutely stunning. Here are the key specs/aspects of the phone as John sees them:

  • Wrap around screen. This allows you to incorporate soft-keys on the underside for gaming, navigation, etc.
  • The asymmetrical shape allows you to know the orientation of the phone (while holding) without having to look at it.
  • There is one hard button that serves multiple functions (screen lock, picture taking, etc.)
  • The phone has some artificial intelligence that can predict if you intended a command. For example, sometimes while using an iPhone it will slip out of my hand, causing me to grab for it any which way I can, thus hitting all sorts of buttons on the screen.
  • The front and back cameras are behind the screen. The screen will illuminate to act as the flash.

What's really kind of crazy and as John pointed out to us, is that this isn't truly a DreamBerry... the technology to build a phone with these sort of features already exists. I'm not sure about you guys, but I wantz one NAO!!

So what do you think CrackBerry Nation? Hot or HAWWWTTT?! Stay tuned for more DreamBerry renders and be sure to sound off in the comments with your reactions. And to see more of John's creations, you can jump over to his portfolio here. Thanks for the submission John... awesome stuff!

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249 Comments

Posted by louboutins Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

I just had an eyegasm. This is awesome!

 
 
Posted by shabbs Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

RIM! Hire this designer stat!

 
 
Posted by hamza817 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

+1

 
 
Posted by ianbordas Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

So the screen goes around the back... interesting but not too sure it makes any sense - what for?

RIM, just give us a phone as thin as possible with the glass all the way up to the edges, full bezel features and soft but with good grip back with front and back cams and a GREAT battery! and no, it's not an iPhone, It's my dream BB Phone!!

 
 
Posted by feldmen01 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Think of it like the PS Vita controls on the back of the device. touch somewhere on the back of the device to have something happen on the front.

My concern is with the asymmetrical design would mean that left swipe gestures of BB 10 would be impossible.

 
 
Posted by JackKennedy Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

I agree. It is absolutely gorgeous but completely impractical.

A screen like this, other than being the ultimate scratch attractor, is almost the most fragile thing on Earth. Control would be the most difficult and abstract system ever and you are bound to accidentally hit certain soft keys/icons/etc.

 
 
Posted by mithrazor Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

I agree with you.

This is one of those things that looks great as a concept/prototype, but if it ever came to production, it would get so much negative press.

First of all, how are you supposed to hold it without pressing stuff on the back.
Second, a screen that large would use up too much battery
Third, if it opened up to have one big display, that would make much more sense.

There are more I can't think of right now. And I'm not trying to put down the creator of this. I just think this phone wouldn't be practical. It's different. Which is nice. But not practical.

 
 
Posted by JackKennedy Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

yes, battery would certainly be a problem...it's not like it's not already one with modern smartphones but with this battery killer keyboard, chip required for the "artificial intelligence" UI, and the completely unnecessary full screen camera flash, this is really just sci-fi.

Not to mention, it's kind of stupid that the flash would end up blinding the person taking the photo too.

Again, praises for the aesthetic, but Hell no for practicality...unless this was meant to be a prop of a BlackBerry in the future in an upcoming episode of Doctor Who

 
 
Posted by bmmcpeek Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

+10000000

 
 
Posted by PBBBX Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

indeed!

I've seen a lot of people post better designs than anyone company has ever produces and this is one of them.

 
 
Posted by Masahiro Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Yeah, because they don't have to take into account the functionality of the device, or the production costs.

 
 
Posted by crackcookie Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 31 days ago

Yeah that pretty much sums it up.

Ala Homer Simpson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvn9k8dnhjI

 
 
Posted by Kiddo2050 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

+1 mmmmillion (Austin powers bad guy voice)

 
 
Posted by ironfisted Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

+2
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Posted by igotberryfever Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

+1

 
 
Posted by birdman_36 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Dude needs to get a patent or something to own this design.

 
 
Posted by @ivansharris Monday, Jan 23, 2012 30 days ago

Co....Sign!

Ivan S. Harris
Ivansharris.com

 
 
Posted by infinus Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Where is notification light...
Essential, very essential to BB world

 
 
Posted by 1oo1 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

+1 That's a must!

 
 
Posted by mfreedmn_97 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Double U oh double u !

 
 
Posted by elle-ade Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

The wrap around design would be nice if the phone opened up in landscape mode,like a book. So closed, it looks like a standard touchscreen, then open, one side is the keyboard and the opposite side is the screen.

Way to still have best of both worlds. Would be a mite thick though...

 
 
Posted by Rootbrian Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

I wonder if it opens up!
I would love to have one of those :D

 
 
Posted by NinjaRAT Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

love the styling!

 
 
Posted by rcm1301 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

wraparound screen....hmmm
Now if that can somehow translate to 'flip open' concept, you can change your 3.5" to a 7"wide screen! Then improve multitasking by running 2 apps side-by-side! I think I'm getting carried away... :)

 
 
Posted by Kiddo2050 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Yes, and it is the general styling that counts. We all know that it's easy to produce concepts and changes must be made due to having the product actually work, but what is important in this is the styling.

Say the screen doesn't really wrap around. Fine but you can likely make it look like a wrap around especially when the screen is black.

I also like it, in that it is like a book wrapped on one side more squarelike on the other, Not sure if the designer wa sthinking about the playbook when doing this but it could represent a nice design for all BB product. A larger version of this would mimic a book, nice for the playbook.

If the new phone really was this, and there was a similarly styled slider, reports of the death or RIM would cease immediately... Design IS that important in the smartphone business.

 
 
Posted by collapsed Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Omg! This is awesome!
God I want it xD

 
 
Posted by HipPo13 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

wow just wow

 
 
Posted by Snap51 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

+1

 
 
Posted by r0bert4 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Hoooooooly s...

Would be so awesome

 
 
Posted by hedone.hawker Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

I would love to create a theme for this one! :D

 
 
Posted by mundo472 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Now why not do a one-off, RIM? Get a skunk development department and see where it takes you!!

 
 
Posted by InWithTheNew Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

I almost cried. That's the best design I've seen in my life !!!

Wait... im tearing now...

 
 
Posted by herculesinwyoming Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

I Hope RIM sees this!

 
 
Posted by CaptainGoodnight Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Sweet Lord in heaven; rarely do I want a concept to come to market quite so desperately. This is brilliant design, even if it would be murder to produce commercially. But imagine the lust-worthiness factor of this phone.

 
 
Posted by Kevin Michaluk Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Agreed on "lust-worthiness".

If a phone like this does hit the market, it'll make all standard front facing single pane touchscreen phones feel old and ancient.

 
 
Posted by danishmemon19 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

amazing design hats off to the one who build this ...really amazingg man

 
 
Posted by ench18 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Simply WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
 
Posted by Rajmessi Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

still missing the front cam but nice never the less

 
 
Posted by The_Adventist Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Quote "The front and back cameras are behind the screen. The screen will illuminate to act as the flash."

Nope, it has them.

 
 
Posted by luqman24 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Hollly f*ck that looks amazing, my jaws literally dropped 8O

 
 
Posted by jefo13 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

This is what I'm talking about!! Take this market from being revolutionized by open source software... Sort of (Android) to open source hardware. If RIM actually was holding this contest and actually came through with it, it would be a game changer.

Great job engineer dude!

 
 
Posted by frabas1 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

this is amazing. are you sure this is not for real?

 
 
Posted by jr4941 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Beautiful design! We know RIM looks at crackberry. They will see the designs posted here. John's designs are pretty sweet. Looking at his portfolio, some of the iPad stands are great. I'd love to see stands like that for the Playbook!

 
 
Posted by herculesinwyoming Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

Hdmi and a battery door would make it perfect

 
 
Posted by ShoshiOne Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

That is AMAZING!

But there is one big problem.....I don't have one. :oD

 
 
Posted by leontam Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

RIM should get some talents like John on their team! This design is superb! Kevin, you gotta send this to RIM for them to take a look.

 
 
Posted by mkpanda13 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

It's so awesome

Thanks
Manoj

 
 
Posted by Dr.Deebs Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

This is stunning! RIM must make this.

 
 
Posted by cooljatt18 Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

this is awesome, RIM needs to bring thing kind of products in the market, apple products will be thing of past!!!!

 
 
Posted by Alex_Hong Friday, Jan 20, 2012 33 days ago

HAWT! brilliant looking phone! definitely a unique phone that would make blackberry stands out among the crowd. i can imagine a lot of use for the back touch screen. 2 examples would be that when using a browser, the back screen could be for scrolling. no more hit links unintentionally. when other people are taking photos for you, you can turn both screens on so that you can see how the photographer is framing the shot.

additional comments:

actually if it has a wrap around screen, is there a need for 2 cameras? Why not just 1 solid camera and if you want to video conference you can just hit a button on the screen that switches the screen to the back. Same for self portraits.

 
 
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