Nokia Gem, allround Touch Screen phone

Nokia builds a concept phone that looks unique and futuristic. Nokia Gem, thus his nickname, is a smartphone that all parts of the body is a touch screen. The touch screen on the Nokia Gem can be operated flexibly around the phone body.
Access an application, turn on the camera and so on can be done easily on the entire screen, not just limited to the front of the screen. Nokia wanted the user can interact with the entire body of the Nokia Gem. This handset is also easily customizable.

“Now, when you launch an application like the camera, your mobile phone still looks like a mobile phone, but with Gem, when you launch the camera application, the whole phone looks like a camera. It’s the ultimate customizable device. There is no default appearance. If you play a lot of games it will usually resemble a games pad, for example. It’s called Gem because polished precious stones have several sides. Also it’s a concept which is like a raw gem, but it needs to be polished to become a real product,” cited, Senior Design Manager Jarkko Saunamäki, who led the team which created Gem.

Offering increased flexibility in operation, the interesting Nokia device will enable users to type on the keyboard or view text messages and documents from anywhere on the phone, no matter which way it is held. User would not need to decorate their phones with fancy casings or custom-made covers as any picture or photograph of can be chosen to cover the whole phone.


The Nokia Gem phone concept has been launched in sync with the 25th anniversary of the Nokia Research Centre. The unique concept is still in the development stage and is therefore not likely to hit the markets any time soon.

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