THE VIDEO SHELF · future phone concept design
Nokia Morph Concept (long)
A concept video from Nokia Research Center and Cambridge Nanoscience Center showing Morph, a flexible, self-cleaning, shape-changing phone imagined through nanotechnology.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN brings it up as a nostalgic, exciting concept in threads on foldable phones and design, and sometimes as an example of concept videos that never shipped.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Alexander Budde
- Topic
- future phone concept design
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2011–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
These Samsung's and Xiaomi's foldable phones don't excite me as much as Nokia Morph. On 2008-02-25, Nokia showed a concept phone Nokia Morph [1]. I have just watched the video about it [2] again and I am still as excited about it as I was …
arzeth on Hacker News · 2019-02
In Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy FoldYeah, and some years ago I saw a concept video even more awesome: The Nokia Morph [VIDEO] And it is not a hoax: [LINK] It is expected to hit markets on 2015.
drKarl on Hacker News · 2011-09
In IPhone 5 Concept Features Video gets more viewers in YoutubeAnyone remember the Morph concept? [LINK] [VIDEO] Blew me away back then, but forgot the name. This archive helped to recover the bits in my head. Thank you!
v-yadli on Hacker News · 2025-01
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