Flip Phones Made Cool: Japan’s Transparent X-Ray Phone [Phones]

See-through things are cool. Anyone who ever pined for a transparent Game Boy (or was lucky enough to own one) knows that. In spite of the fact that flippers are unfashionable, I still like to hotfoot it over to Japan to scoop this up.

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka’s x-ray phone is truly taking place sale in Japan under the KDDI brand’s iida range, where it’s fabricated from polycarbonate with glass fiber to provide it that retro-futuristic transparent look. The 7 x 102 dot-matrix LED strip just heightens the dorky coolness of the phone, with caller ID flashing up which includes new messages and the time.

It may seem like something from the ’80s, but there’s an 8MP camera strapped on, 1-Seg TV tuner and may be NFC-payment compatible. I’ve no idea how much it’s going to sell for in Japan, but I do know that I need an Android version pronto. [ Tokujin via Core77 and Uncrate ]

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