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CHAPTER 44
Evaluating the Usability of
Futuristic Mobile Phones in
Advance
Huhn Kim, Jonghyeok Lim
Department of Mechanical System Design Engineering
Seoul National University of Science and Technology
Seoul, Korea
huhnkim@seoultech.ac.kr, lvzerovl@naver.com
ABSTRACT
Recently, the development cost for mobile phones has been increasing
dramatically, i.e., the competition is getting more intense. In this situation, many
companies have been trying to develop the mobile phones with innovative shapes
beyond usual square-shaped designs. Thus, many designers have been presented
diverse concepts on futuristic mobile phones. According to the survey in this study,
the future concepts could be classified into wearable and flexible. ...