Ever since Motorola's(MMI_) Razr and, later, the Apple(AAPL_) iPhone, manufacturers have had to work hard on pleasing designs. Gorgeous, giant glass fronts framed in elegant black, sleek steel or shiny chrome, smartphones pack brains and beauty.
But not always. Before the mobile phone industry got all busy with design makeovers and tummy tucks, there were -- and still are -- some delightfully hideous phones that represented the other side of the beauty trend. TheStreet has gone back through the past decade to dig up some of the best examples of designs that make you wince and stare in disbelief. The clueless stylings, the flights of fancy into odd shapes, the obsession with square versus rounded -- it is a wonderfully colorful history.
Here are 13 of the ugliest phones ever in this century:
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| Av de 13 (!) väljer jag denna som fulast. Kanske alltför påverkad av färgsättningen (?). The Street skriver om denna: "Not to be outdone by those pesky Swedes, Finnish phone giant Nokia totally turned the tables on the Sony Ericsson T61z and made the 3620 with an oval bottom and a square top. Take that Ericsson.". |
FFör mig spelar mobilens design ingen roll. Däremot, det viktigaste är att ingen
dagstidning ringer och erbjuder "billig" prenumeration", eller om jag hade någon, att svärmor inte ringer.
