TechEBlog Bottom Four Phones

I can't say that I disagree with this list. TechEBlog recently selected four cell phones that they believe should have never been made. There are a lot of bad apples out there and they say that this quartet are among the worst.

The Bang & Olufsen Serene was never particularly functional with its upside-down orientation and rotary-style numpad on top. Yeah, you've got Bluetooth and a VGA camera, but it was ultimately an exercise in futility.

The Vertu Signature Cobra was probably one of the most hideous creations that I have ever encountered and I can't imagine trying t hold this thing next to my face. It doesn't look all that comfortable and at $310,000, it's far from cheap.


The aptly named Ivory Cell Phone appears to be a Nokia 8800 in disguise. The hardened shell is said to be handcrafted, and while you'll certainly have a unique phone -- there's just six units worldwide -- it may not be the kind of uniqueness you want.

And finally, the ridiculously tiny Xun Chi 138 isn't much bigger than a AA battery. It weighs two ounces, sports a 1.3 megapixel camera, MP3 player, and a USB port. The dumb part is that it cannot function on its own: you need an external headset to actually make any calls.




Written by Tom Charity
Published in Mobile Phones