Owning a transparent mobile phone has been a dream for many consumers for quite some time but not any more because a Taiwan-based manufacturer, Polytron Technologies, has finally produced a real life transparent handset. The company has showcased the device for the first time a few weeks back, which has left everyone amazed. Although at this point in time the phone is just a prototype, the company expects to develop a fully functioning transparent mobile that will also have a fully operational software till the end of 2013. Initially when Polytron showcased this one of a kind cell phone the company did not give away any details about the product but now more information is coming out including a video of the device.
The video shows that Polytron’s transparent cell phone was developed after the Taiwanese company managed to produce a transparent display that is known as Switchable Glass technology, a conductive OLED, which comprises of liquid crystal molecule. These liquid crystal molecules align themselves to form icons and text when the display is switched on. When it is powered off the molecules turn cloudy white. The video also shows that the handset is not completely transparent because at the moment some parts like microphones, SD card and battery cannot be made transparent. It is still a great feat and an excellent start for the company.
However, so far Polytron did not indicate when the display will actually hit the production line, but talking to Macworld a week ago General Manager, Sam Yu said that “It will happen near the end of 2013. Trust me.” In addition to this, Yu also made it known that his company is already in talks with “major smartphone makers” in Europe, Japan, South Korea and the US in order to introduce this transparent display in the market. But before that Polytron had to deal with a major problem that is the adaption of technology to small screens.
Tokyoflash, a wristwatch maker also faced a similar problem when it incorporated a transparent LCD in its Kisai Spider wristwatch, which made it real difficult for the company to integrate hardware components in such a small frame. Marketing Manager for Polytron, Paul Cooper, explained this issue in an e-mail by writing that “The challenge of using a transparent display in a wristwatch, and I suppose other wearable technology, is that you need to store the batteries somewhere else (usually they are stored behind the LCD panel).”
Source: PhoneArena, Mashable, TheVerge
Photo: TheVerge
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