The design studio of Art Lebedev, perhaps most well known for their pocket-melting Optimus OLED keyboard, has been working on some WiMax handset concepts for Scartel, a Russian wireless carrier with plans to blanket Moscow and St Petersburg in WiMax coverage by the end of 2008.
Though it’s likely little more than an idea at this point, the penned out concept specs are drool worthy. Tucked behind a 850×480 screen (which is presumably touch) lays WiMax, WiFi, 3.5 mm audio, front/rear cameras, an A/V port, microSD, and tri-band GSM. Unlike a number of recent handsets, muting the phone appears to be done via a toggle button rather than a slider switch, which could prove a bit annoying if it’s not recessed enough to prevent accidental presses on its way in and out of your pocket.
No word yet whether this beast-in-beaut’s-clothing will make its way off the drawing pad. We certainly hope so.
[Via Pocket-lint UK]
FAIL
It doesn’t even exist yet, don’t just proclaim fail or we won’t get to see the actual crappy final version get released for us to mock.
So how many years are we going to have to wait for Art to crank one of these out?
oohh… looks nice!! Screen res is phenomenal! Lets get these things down to a level that a regular consumer can afford!
It looks very nice! I hope there comes one with hsdpa so I can use it in non wimax areas also. I also hope it has a flash, it’s a bummer the iPhone or the G1 doesn’t have a flash.
Wow, that’s a really stupid place to put a headphone’s input. Think how you hold a phone… now think if your earphones or headset was coming out of the bottom right hand corner of the phone… surly it would get in the way of the bottom of your hand, depending on how you hold it.