From Star Trek Discovery to Minority Report to The Expanse … if there’s one thing science fiction agrees on, it’s that our collective future will run on transparent displays. So imagine my surprise when I learned that a clear-screened cellphone was not only just an eBay away … but also, over ten years old!
The year is 2009. Sony and Ericsson are eight years into a strategic partnership that has produced some of the decade’s most distinctive devices – and to propel that reputation into the 2010s, the combined company has dreamed up the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness (a.k.a. the Sony Ericsson X5). It’s a tiny phone with no camera, no GPS, no removable memory … but it does pack one feature no other phone of its time does (and no other phone will offer for the next decade at least): a transparent display!
Join me for the latest installment of MrMobile’s When Phones Were Fun, featuring the clear-screened Sony Xperia Pureness!
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[ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN – SONY XPERIA PURENESS]
This is the sixth in a series of MrMobile videos exploring the mobile tech world’s most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2009.
When Phones Were Fun: Episode 6 features a Sony Xperia Pureness vintage cell phone purchased by MrMobile on eBay. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness Review [Pocket-Lint]:
https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/reviews/sony-mobile/71544-sony-ericsson-xperia-pureness-review
Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pureness clear-screen cellphone gets video demo [SlashGear]:
https://www.slashgear.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-pureness-clear-screen-cellphone-gets-video-demo-0855387/
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness – A Progressive Vision: Talk. Text. Time. [Sony Ericsson]:
Quintessentially Services [Quintessentially]:
https://www.quintessentially.com/services
Luxury concierge clubs offer ultra-rich Chinese the world at their fingertips [SCMP]:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2147378/luxury-concierge-clubs-offer-ultra-rich-chinese-world
Sony Ericsson splits after 10 years in Sony cash buyout [ZDNet]:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/sony-ericsson-splits-after-10-years-in-sony-cash-buyout/
Sony Ericsson K800i [Bond Lifestyle]:
https://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/product/sony-ericsson-k800i
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