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Posted by carter17 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

I hope that rim does something like this I like that just hope it does not look like the developer device but they do something like this and normal people will buy it or at least I think so

 
 
Posted by infinus Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

it looks like Samsung Galaxy S-3 look a like

 
 
Posted by plafayette Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 2 days ago

... And your father looks like your mother's third cousin, twice removed from your ex husband, who's pa shared a hair lip with that one feller... What his name is?... Oh heck. Anyhow. I done forgot. See you at that there famly bonfire Wilbur. Bring y'all muskets. Y'hear!

 
 
Posted by green_ember Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought this. This 'concept' looks like every other smartphone out there.

 
 
Posted by carter17 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

I hope that rim does something like this I like that just hope it does not look like the developer device but they do something like this and normal people will buy it or at least I think so

 
 
Posted by Xader Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

DigitalHomeBoy's TK Victory is the best BB10 qwerty concept I've seen, and the Discovery holds to that trend.

DHB knows how to design a sexy device...

 
 
Posted by supraking Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Except that this design is generally useless, given that the OS requires the bezel around the edges. Still a sexy device, but design really should follow function. Those buttons on the bottom of the screen would be a pain to tap holding the device with one hand.

 
 
Posted by mckillio Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

I'm pretty sure that the bezel is not needed for BB10 and why would the buttons on the bottom be a pain with one hand? The OS is built around using one hand.

 
 
Posted by hispanola Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

The Blade concept is the best qwerty and best overall BB10 concept seen so far!

 
 
Posted by martinjdub Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Any concept is a good concept so long as it raises debate. I agree, the blade is my favorite to date based on looks also alone.

 
 
Posted by southofcanadaeh Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

I'm still voting for tk victory too . . It's a winner =)

 
 
Posted by leafs123 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

I like the re-discover smartphone line. Could definitely be a comeback marketing campaign for BB10.

 
 
Posted by Frosty_Power Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Love it, now build it!

 
 
Posted by jkomo001 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

is that multiple led lights at the top? could be pretty cool.

 
 
Posted by Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

1. LED 2.CAMERA 3.LIGHT METER 4.FLASH

 
 
Posted by Blackberry_boffin Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

On his website he does say it has;
a) 2 LEDs customisable,
b) 1 Proximity sensor
c) 1 Front facing camera.

 
 
Posted by Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Boffin my man. I didn't check that out. Wonder what the second one is?

 
 
Posted by glidewells Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

This looks really nice, I also really liked his QWERTY design I thought it was the best to date.

 
 
Posted by Chaviv Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

This is a beautiful phone. I really like this.

 
 
Posted by shaddysparks Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Cool concept, but why does it look like a galaxy s3 slept with an iphone 4s and this was born? Just asking. I still vote the BB london/edge or the BB blade. Infact BB blade, I'd buy that in a battery pull.

 
 
Posted by Xader Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

There's only so much that can be done with a full-screen device.

 
 
Posted by Syrous44 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Yes and no. Always room for a bit of a twist, good example is the blade.

 
 
Posted by feldmen01 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Blade is a concept. Many hours go into engineering a phone. It's easy to make a picture of something, it takes a lot of effort to squish everything together in a thin device and still make it functional.

 
 
Posted by plafayette Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

Easy? I don't think DHB would agree with you on that note.

 
 
Posted by gwinegarden Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Sorry. Looks like most other phones.

 
 
Posted by plafayette Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

You're dunce

 
 
Posted by green_ember Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

Nope, he/she is correct.

 
 
Posted by One4afia Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

Yes! But phones have got to look alike if following today's trend -just as the cars look alike. The point is what's under the hood and how does it rank up in performance.

 
 
Posted by plafayette Friday, Jul 20, 2012 18 hrs ago

What do y'all want it to look like? Optimus Prime on steroids? It's a mobile phone. It's like asking for a car with no windows or wheels. Not gonna happen for a while bud.

 
 
Posted by plafayette Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

"It looks like a blah blah blah, blah blah blah, iPhone.. No. Samsung. No. Nokia". It's a cell phone. What do you expect it to look like? A Volkswagen? Look at the minimal bezel and how thin that conecpt is. Pimp.

 
 
Posted by shaddysparks Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Galaxys3 + iphone 4s = tk concept. Can I please just get the BB blade concept? I'd get it in a battery pull.

 
 
Posted by Blackberry_boffin Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Lol,
".... in a battery pull.."

 
 
Posted by toosweetnitemare Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

i like how all the concepts have the visible screen go to all the edges but since this is running QNX we can almost guarantee that it will have a bezel around the edges for the swipe controls like on the playbook. i sure hope they find a way to make something this pretty though.

 
 
Posted by 3Dee Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

If were to RIM intentionally enlarge a bezel for the sake of qnx they would be crazy. Fortunately it seems as though the bb10 os is swipe/flow based, not bezel based.

 
 
Posted by Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

shoutout to rogers being the carrier in the corner

 
 
Posted by tgtallinn Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Why not keyboard and smaller screen on one side and full touch on the other side (eventually covered by a smart cover like for confort attached on top to cover on side or another, and allow the phone to stand both in portrait and landscape with an angle for videochat). Well actually the top may pivot to do so and thus use a single lens ( or a pair for 3d). Pivot could help filming in some cases such as above head, while still watching the screen).

 
 
Posted by One4afia Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

This is a concept too, give it a name!

 
 
Posted by CDM76 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

WOW !!!

Looks amazing. A little too thin (think durability and screen flex if dropped) but otherwise looks amazing ! ! !

RIM : Take note !

 
 
Posted by BB-Bmore Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

This is probably what iphone 5 will look like only it will still have the same boring stale OS but with Facebook integration...woopdydooooo! LOL

 
 
Posted by mrtheend Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Loving the re.discover line - brilliant, they should totally use that.

------
Rocking my two berries:
Torch 9810 OS 7.1.0.402 and Playbook OS 2.0.1.358
Twitter: @mr_theend

 
 
Posted by beathookup Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Slick, looks as the screen is almost molded around the edges

 
 
Posted by One4afia Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

You have good eyes and that's the difference between this concept and iphone or samsung S3. RIM should take a look at this concept especially as its not just a drawing/picture but have details of materials used.

 
 
Posted by chosen1_88 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

This looks like a SGS2X offered on Telus and T-Mobile, but with an edge-to-edge display. Certainly a nice design, although that edge-to-edge display might have some usability and case issues.

Still, I like the design, and I want BB10 sooner rather than later. I even like the Dev Alpha's look (has a mini-Playbook look to it). Just give me BB10!

 
 
Posted by crack.jack Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

getting bored with concepts...get the real one soon

 
 
Posted by RoseBud68 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Look great, would like to see the Victory as well.

 
 
Posted by grreyes24 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Nice work, this looks good, but I dont see much that makes it stand out from other mobile phones. I still like the aggressive look of the concept by John Anastasiadis:
http://crackberry.com/hows-full-touchscreen-blackberry-10-bold

 
 
Posted by jranciano Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

I like the look of screens going to the edge of the device, but practicality sets in and makes me think of how my hands and fingers will accidentally press something when I'm holding the phone.

 
 
Posted by all3n7 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

MAANNNN!!!!! WHAT'S WITH THESE CONCEPTS... MAKE ME DRULLS SO MUCH..!!!! OMG! I NEED A TOWEL..!!

 
 
Posted by plafayette Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

No one offered you a towel yet? Here ya go, bud. I'm still camped outside the store waiting for my BB10 but you can have one of my towels.

 
 
Posted by kyoball Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Now that is just sexy!!! If only you could send this design to rim!

 
 
Posted by digitalhomeboy Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 2 days ago

Here's some of the things that would separate this from the rest!
While the screen is CGG2, it's body is made up of Graphene! Graphene is 200x stronger than steel and has a superhydropolic resistance (that's water-proof)! Those questioning the depth to be too thin, think again. The iPhone "5" has dropped some depth as well and may fall in the 9.2mm depth range...so you still think the design is too thin?

 
 
Posted by fernandomagelan Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

TK Victory and TK Discovery are the best ever Blackberry concepts. Nothing to compare with.
@digitalhomeboy, RIM mast employe you mate!
Now, RIM knows what we want. I m not an engineer and cant tell if design like this is creatablle today, but Thorsten mast deliver something very similar, if not the same.

 
 
Posted by fernandomagelan Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Sorry, double post

 
 
Posted by RicZoh Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Why is there a Windows (Microsoft) logo at the top by the service bars?

 
 
Posted by Toodeurep Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Seriously? Say what? That is the BlackBerry logo.

 
 
Posted by digitalhomeboy Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Thanks for pointing out that you're a visiting troll. Clearly you are not a BlackBerry user with a question like that! So...how's your Lumia 900 RicZoh LOL

 
 
Posted by xiaohuaxing Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

what's with the obnoxious replies? it was just a question, easy mistake

 
 
Posted by digitalhomeboy Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

You're joking right...the picture has the BlackBerry logo 3 times and includes the wording BlackBerry twice and someone is asking why a Windows logo is present? Wake up buddy!

 
 
Posted by plafayette Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Sooo... In other words... What they're trying to say is... it's a BB logo, not MS. Don't be offended. We BB fans can be like rabid canines; We some times snap and react funny. It's not our fault.

 
 
Posted by wolfstar Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Need to double the thickness, so if you sit down with it in your pocket it isnt destroyed. And put a big battery in the thing for a change.

 
 
Posted by plafayette Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

#1. Don't put your phone in your back pocket.
#2. There are V6 engines that can out perform some V8s. Size of a battery in this day and age means squat. The ingredients put into it is what makes it zing or not zing. (Psst. Speakers exist that are the thinness of a piece of paper.. Don't tell anyone)

 
 
Posted by digitalhomeboy Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

The depth of the device is 9.1mm, doubling it would be 18.2mm which would be 7.7mm thicker than the 10.5mm Bold 9900. I do agree, I may have over looked the battery. I should change that.

 
 
Posted by andy957 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Stunning. Absolutely stunning.

 
 
Posted by xiaohuaxing Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

what's so great about this? it's just a square like every other phone out there right now, but with an impossible/unrealistic thinness and screen size ratio

 
 
Posted by plafayette Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

A lot of people denied the earth was flat. Impossible? Or is it still flat? You talk about impossible thinness right after the "God" particle has pretty well been proven true. That was once impossible too. Did the US actually put man on the moon? Hm. Naah. Impossible... With that kind of thinking the first computer would still be around because it would be impossible to make anything smaller.

 
 
Posted by digitalhomeboy Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

+1000...No scratch that...+ 1 Gazillion!

 
 
Posted by digitalhomeboy Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

...from the same person defending questions on why a Windows logo is present...There is nothing impossible or unrealistic within this conceptual design. I am a grounded designer meaning I design for a tomorrow's sense and not 10-20 years from now. There are numerous mobiles already with the 8.5mm depth (thinness) even so one the has 7.7mm!

The iPhone has a 9.4mm depth and is reported to have shaved some meaning it could fit into a 9.2mm-9.3mm - which clearly isn't far from my suggested 9.1mm. Impossible, no! The housing is Graphene which is listed as the next rare earth material that has been deemed a positive outlook and suitable replacement among many industries in the tech sector. (silicon, display, batteries, casing...)

Even if you look at the specifications on the site you will notice that there are real products listed and are being tested to be used for tomorrow.

About the design...well only so much can literally be done with a *rectangle* not a square...even the basics eludes you...

 
 
Posted by plafayette Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 2 days ago

I think the guy can't figure out basic geometry. After all. A square = a rectangle. Wait. No. It's a game show! Circle makes a square!

 
 
Posted by 13david77 Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Kinda looks like the leaked N-series we've already seen. As much as I love these concepts, SHOW ME SOMETHING REAL! I'm dyin' over here! :)

 
 
Posted by digitalhomeboy Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 2 days ago

I believe you meant to say L-series which refers to the touch screen where the N-series refers to the qwerty model. Anyhow, how do you figure? In the supposed leaked shots the devices design weren't detailed. The purpose of those supposed slides were to illustrate screen real estate and pixels which was set against a flat rectangular shape.
It's like people only read headers and come here to CB to blow smoke. What gives?

 
 
Posted by Pard Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Beautiful concept. I want a solid feel and battery life. My iPhone is dainty you could sneeze on it and break the screen. And I do not want to buy a giant battery pack for my dainty phone to make it through a round of golf. Ridiculous.

 
 
Posted by amazinglygraceless Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

The back is nice but it looks like a lot of other things currently on the market.

 
 
Posted by Pard Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

I hope the back is like the PlayBook. Solid.

 
 
Posted by Pard Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

Actually if the back had the same finish as my new Ping i20 driver that would be awesome. Stealth.

 
 
Posted by digitalhomeboy Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 2 days ago

@amazinglygraceless @Pard,
A lot of products are now made with Graphite especially golf clubs and tennis rackets. Graphene is a composite of Graphite, but has lighter and manageable properties that are being researched to be applied to the tech sector. The chicken-wire mesh design that you may have seen is like a trade mark of Graphite/Graphene though the design is truly only visible on a microscopic scale!

 
 
Posted by crow2k Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 2 days ago

the only problem that i see in releasing BB10 in Q1 2013, is christmas is gone by, and most people are broke by january/february? december would have made more sense. RIM keep your new design a secret, dont let apple and samsung, copy your ideas, we know in the past where that has gotten RIM.

 
 
Posted by Rootbrian Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 2 days ago

RIM is keeping the BlackBerry 10 smartphone a secret until it's released to the shelves of carriers and stores.

 
 
Posted by WILLSaDICKted Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

Will- Yeah, but does everyone's contract expire in December? i personally love buying technology with a fat tax return...so q1 sounds pretty good to me...let the sheep have their iCrone and samshrugs...2012 wasn't a huge year for mobile in my opinion...a lot of new phones no doubt but what was different? not much...2013 is going to be a war, and I am looking forward to it with high anticipation

 
 
Posted by Rootbrian Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 2 days ago

Now that is some fantastic work!

 
 
Posted by zensen Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

not going to happen with the screen to the edge, how you going to hold it and judging by the playbook and the dev phone its going to have bezel to react with the swipe.

make the phone a mm or so bigger so I can have a removable battery? what the hell is it with this trend!? I can live with not being as thin as other competitors. You'll get to a point where it's just uncomfortable to hold.

Also needs a convenience key.. 2 of them. Rather that then 2 customisable LEDs.

 
 
Posted by smeurtje Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

WHY? you dont even have space for your hands to do the one hand swiping. In this manner you always place your vinger on the touchscreen. OR you have to use both hands.

 
 
Posted by smeurtje Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

indeed unconfortable to hold, just like an ipod touch. I hate the thin-ness.

 
 
Posted by veeru789 Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

Excellent design. I guess the actual phone will look more like this. Have a hunch.

 
 
Posted by fragment137 Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

@digitalhomeboy: I'm a huge fan of your tk victory design, and I'm definitely a fan of this one now too...has RIM approached you about these designs yet? Do you imagine you'd be able to say anything if they have?

Also id just like to say to everyone that is hating on the edge to edge screen .. Even if bb10 requires bezels for operation, it'd be very easy to reduce the required size of the bezel to accommodate this. Programming is only limited by the programmer... And also If you notice the actual functional bezel on the playbook is about half the width of the physical bezel...

So ya, far from an unrealistic design... Kudos to you dhb!

 
 
Posted by digitalhomeboy Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

@fragment137 Thank you so much! A lot of people seem to believe that the designs were a matter of slapping this and that together on screen when in fact several sketches, cardboard and clay models were done to get to this point.

RIM has not approached me on any of the designs as I'm thinking I have fallen under that fanboy category, lol. It would be awesome especially being a designer with over 16 years of mobile use making my perspective on usability stretch pretty far. I would most likely be limited as there are a number of people already in place on their design team as well as their engineering team.

It's so much easier to hate and even easier to comment about something before doing the research or taking the time to read what I have written on my own site that explains some (I have even provided links). This is the case of readers believing that they are entitled to their opinion, so be it.

What many don't understand is that the PlayBook actually uses 0.5" of the bezel for swiping (as you also mention). Knowing this means that 0.2" is still a possibility on a smaller scale. (Think Gorilla Glass on iPhones completed in 6 months when it was suppose to be a year). Another tidbit, as mentioned above by 3Dee is that BB10 is indeed swipe/flow. Watching the World and Jam event videos we all saw that with the new messaging system so edge-to-edge visibility is in fact another possibility.

For the most part of this design it was really just the Graphene that was the furthest stretch as its properties are not ready to be applied in the way I have mentioned it. ^DHB

 
 
Posted by WILLSaDICKted Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

Will- OK, so the hardware...whatever..how about the visuals of the OS? If BB10 looks anything like this it will sale...that is fresh looking and amazing UI

 
 
Posted by Bahrutile Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

i would love this phone, as long as it performs better than what im dealing with now- ive had my current phone less than a year, there have been two updates, i wont see anymore...

i like swype for texting, but its buggy and there have been zero updates... that is failure to me

i hope that if i do buy a BB10 device they are able to keep up with updates, bug fixes, and they dont get lost in that no mans land that android devices fall into once they are a month old

 
 
Posted by kingbernie06511 Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

lack of raised buttons and absence of cheap plastic parts means RIM's hardware division would likely pass on such beautiful phone....

 
 
Posted by green_ember Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

I don't understand the obsession with thinner and thinner phones. With the price of these things, I want it to survive a drop to the concrete without having to have a case on it. What's the point of a thin phone if you have to put a case on it? Judging by the popularity of cases like Otter Box, etc... having the thinnest phone is obviously something that very few people actually give a crap about. When is the last time you saw someone with an iPhone that didn't have a case on it? I know I sure as heck wouldn't take the case off of my iPhone (I replaced my iPod touch with an actual iPhone because the iPod was too thin and split when I dropped it) and it hardly leaves my car! This madness has got to stop. Give me a substantial phone that is strong and durable and scratch proof so I can skip the case all together.

 
 
Posted by plafayette Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

I've got an old Motorola flip phone for you if you want to go back to the day when phones were almost as big as phone books. :D

 
 
Posted by chrisberry7 Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

4.3 is too small. RIM stop playing catch up, keep up or surge ahead. A 4.8 or bigger model is a must.

 
 
Posted by digitalhomeboy Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

This concept design is fan-based not RIM's. 4.3" is plenty to keep it sizable in the hand. If you have held a Dev Unit which is 4.2" you would know! 4.8" huh?...RIM is not looking to compete with the Galaxy Note it is looking to compete with iPhone and *Galaxy's!

 
 
Posted by One4afia Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

I like this TK discovery concept, its more practical than the Blade concept, if we go by what RIM presented as the features of the new BB10 os. I would like a central button which you can swipe left=fone dial pad+contacts, swipe up=menu, swipe right=app drawer(all apps)

 
 
Posted by plafayette Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1 days ago

To see more images of this concept visit

http://www.digitalhomeboy.ca/?page_id=1770

Props to CB for showing this initial image but the actual site of the artist shows how this concept really rocks. It's nothing short of awesome. There's even a mock-up of the qwerty device.