In a revolutionary development, a Taiwanese company claims to have
developed a gen-next transparent mobile phone which it says will be in
the market by the year end.
The company, Polytron Technologies, has already begun marketing a
transparent multi-touch phone. Its prototype uses a 'Switchable Glass'
technology.
That is a conductive Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) using
liquid crystal molecules to display images, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
When the phone is in off mode, the molecules align to form a
milky composition, but when switched on they re-align to form text,
icons, and other images.
Electric current is carried through transparent wires. "It will
happen near the end of 2013. Trust me," said Polytron general manager
Sam Yu. The device still contains some parts that are not tran parent,
including a SD card and SIM card. The microphone, camera, and batteries
are also visible, and will be hidden behind a dark glass cover when the
model goes into production.
The company, according to Yu, will develop a smaller lithium ion
battery that would be much less noticeable. When complete, the phone
will have a dual-sided multi-touch display in front and back. The
prototype phone has yet to feature any software or operating system, the
report said.
A Japanese company recently used a transparent liquid crystal
display (LCD) in its wristwatch but had trouble adding hardware to the
smaller frame. "The challenge of using a transparent display in a
wristwatch, and I suppose other wearable technology, is that you need to
store the batteries somewhere else (usually they are stored behind the
LCD panel)," Tokyoflash marketing manager Paul Cooper said.
It remains to be seen whether the phone's transparency by itself
will attract buyers, as the prototype does not offer significantly
different functions than most smartphones.
"Display quality is paramount," Avi Greengart, research director
at Current Analysis, told The Verge. "If the display quality is not up
to par with the best of today's AMOLED and LCD screens, a phone using it
won't sell even for its novelty value," said Greengart
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