Dear Apple, here’s some inspiration for your next iPhone

By Uzair Khalid ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐

4 min read

There are lots and lots of smartphones in the market and most of them are same. Some of them come with a bigger screen, some have more RAM and some have more processing power. But in the end, only a few of them offer something which makes them stand out in the crowd.

Today, we’ve compiled a list of some unique phones which offers something that no other phone does.

Here’s the list.

Lenovo Phab 2 Pro

Lenovo Phab 2 Pro comes with Google’s Project Tango. It lets virtual objects interact with the real world around you. You can bring anything from toys to planets to pets to your world and play with them on your phone. It also offers some 3D tools which help you in your everyday life like measurements. This phone also lets you do AR gaming.

Key Specifications:

Display: 6.4 inches capacitive touchscreen – 16M colors
Screen Resolution: 1440 x 2560 pixels
Chipset: Snapdragon 652
CPU: Octa-core (4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4×1.4 GHz Cortex-A53)
OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Internal Storage: 64GB
RAM: 4 GB
Memory Card slot: Yes
Camera (Back): 16 MP, f/2.2 – LED Flash
Camera (Front): 8 MP, f/2.2
Colors: Gunmetal Grey, Champagne Gold.
Battery: 4050 mAh

HTC U11

HTC U11 is also known as “squeezable smartphone”. You can actually squeeze the sides of the smartphone to perform different functions. Like you can squeeze the phone to launch the camera and squeeze it again to take the photos. The phone is water resistant, which means that you can even take underwater photos just by squeezing the phone.

Key Specifications:

Display: 5.5 inches capacitive touchscreen – 16M colors
Screen Resolution: 1440 x 2560 pixels
Chipset: Snapdragon 835
CPU: Octa-core (4×2.45 GHz Kryo & 4×1.9 GHz Kryo)
OS: Android 7.1 (Nougat)
Internal Storage: 64/128GB
RAM: 4/6 GB
Memory Card slot: Yes
Camera (Back): 12 MP, f/1.7 – LED Flash
Camera (Front): 16 MP, f/2.0
Colors: Amazing Silver, Sapphire Blue, Brilliant Black, Ice White, Solar Red.
Battery: 3000 mAh

Motorola Moto Z

Motorola Moto Z has magnetic pins at the back which lets you attach some modular accessories at the back of the phone. Like you can attach a speaker to make your phone even louder or you can attach a battery pack which will make your phone last longer. Motorola calls this feature “Moto Mods” and there are unlimited possibilities of what you can do with your Moto Z by attaching different accessories to it.

Key Specifications:

Display: 5.5 inches capacitive touchscreen – 16M colors
Screen Resolution: 1440 x 2560 pixels
Chipset: Snapdragon 820
CPU: Octa-core (4×2.45 GHz Kryo & 4×1.9GHz Kryo)
OS: Android 7.1 (Nougat)
Internal Storage: 32/64GB
RAM: 4 GB
Memory Card slot: Yes
Camera (Back): 13 MP, f/1.8 – LED Flash
Camera (Front): 5 MP, f/2.2
Colors: Black/Gray, Black/Rose Gold, Black/Gold, White.
Battery: 2600 mAh

Cat S60

Cat 60 is a very tough phone. It can survive 6-foot drops and can survive up to 16-foot deep in water. Along with its toughness, it comes with a thermal camera which lets you see the world differently. It will let you visualize the temperature of the objects at different spots and much more.

Key Specifications:

Display: 4.7 inches capacitive touchscreen – 16M colors
Screen Resolution: 720 x 1280 pixels
Chipset: Snapdragon 617
CPU: Octa-core (4×1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
OS: Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Internal Storage: 32 GB
RAM: 3 GB
Memory Card slot: Yes
Camera (Back): 13 MP – LED Flash and FLIR thermal camera (Lepton module)
Camera (Front): 5 MP
Colors: Black.
Battery: 3800 mAh

Changhong H2

Changhong H2 comes with a unique infrared see-through vision which can detect a lot of things. Like it can detect your body fat percentage and can see if a medicine has the correct composition and it is real or fake. It can also detect if a product, like a fruit, is fresh or not. It throws a special light onto the object and collects the data from it. It then sends the data back to its database and checks the product properties. The phone comes with the 6-inch display.

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