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The tourism season has drawn to a close for another year on the Greek island of Lesbos. While the beaches have emptied of sightseers, they remain strewn with cellophane wrappers.
For Syrian refugees making the risky six-mile trip from Turkey across the water, those wrappers are the only form of protection for their most prized possession: their smartphones. Once on the island, which over the last year has become a main point of entry into Europe for Syrians fleeing their war-torn homeland, refugees rip the makeshift protection off their phones and discard it on sand.
Bendable smartphones could be a reality in five years, Lenovo's head of mobile told CNBC.
Very easy to steal too from the looks of it.
More pointless, overpriced attachments to compensate for designer shortsightedness could be a reality in 5 years.
Some people mocked the original iPhone when it launched, and the Samsung Galaxy Note provoked much mirth for being too big, but both defied their critics with strong sales and spawned sequels that are still going strong. The phones we’re looking at here had a different fate. They may have pointed the way for the future of smartphones, but they failed to capitalize on it.
Lumia 1020 was definitely the biggest shocker of all. I still remember how I thought it would do great in the markets when it was first announced.
Shake it like a smartphone printer. Actually, no. Don't shake it. Your prints will be ready in ten seconds.
Let me warn you before hand that it is gonna cost you a fortune if you plan on using this one for some regular use.
A great way to offer a little hope to those in need.
And no battery life in the state of pure unrest and lack of resources. Hmm nice help indeed.