Paper iphone as thin as credit card – new mobile phone revolution

Canadian researchers develop a new mobile phone, the funny gadget is soft, thin like paper. The researchers believe that Paper iphone will replace iPhone, expected to lead the trend of next generation of mobile phones, to become mainstream products in coming 5 to 10 years.

Paper iphone was developed by researchers in Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada, they also achieved technical support by Arizona State University. Human Media Lab director Witte Calcutta will formally introduce this new phone in 2011 Human Computer Interaction Conference held in Vancouver.

Paper iphone is as thin as a credit card and weighing less than one-sixth of iPhone4, about 9.4 cm long of screen. It adopted electronic ink technology, but the touch screen is not glass, but ultra-thin, flexible film. The special material developed by the researchers of Arizona State University. Paper iphone can not only call, send messages, it can also store e-books, play music, and called paper computer. The specialist said, paper iphone is more environmentally friendly, smaller power consumption. No using, no power consumption. In addition, the phone is still very strong.

Paper iphone also has some defects, the consumers should be careful sitting pose, because when you sit down and you might bend the paper iphone and make the error call. In addition, paper iphone has no camera prototype design. But people are living in the era of 3G, video calling, microblogging control is now the most popular applications. This bug is out of time.

Witte Calcutta believe that the paper iphone will lead the trends of next generation of mobile phone in next 5 to 10 years. But price may become a major factor constrainting paper iphone to promote. Manufacturing prices of this funny gadget is in 7000 to 10,000 dollars. However, Witte Calcutta said that paper iphone will be the trend of the times, will bring pressure to the Apple industry, and definitely replace the iPhone, no doubt about that.