Monohm company presents a unique smartphone Runcible

Take away your iPhone, everyone has such a thing. Just think, “smart watches” - now only a lazy company does not produce them. If you want to really stand out in the crowd, then the product of the startup Monohm called Runcible is for you. After all, this is a round smartphone.







That's right - a round case, a round screen. Or perhaps it is a pocket smart watch. At the prototype, which the company shows at the exhibition in Barcelona, ​​the case cover is not plastic and not metal. It is wooden. Closer to the release date, the developers promise options with ceramics, copper, bronze and other interesting materials. Covers can be easily changed independently. Work is also under way on suitable leather covers and other suitable materials that could cover the screen. Of course, it is envisaged to fasten the chain.

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Of course, the round screen is a non-standard solution that will require some effort from the developers. But on it the dial of hours or a compass remarkably is placed. And removing with the help of a camera, the lens of which is located in the center of the housing cover, you can control the zoom by turning the device around the axis. It is also planned to make part of the rim of the screen responsive to touch, so that you can control your smartphone not only through the touch screen. The developers promise a camera comparable in quality to the camera iPhone 5 and two-way USB-connector.







The device will work under control of Firefox OS, its estimated cost will be comparable with top models of smartphones. The company, which is quite unusual today, did not use crowdfunding methods of attracting investments to create its project. On sale Runcible should appear this year.