Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.Count this one as an ugly concept phone, as the “Switchblade” only manages to impress through its original approach when it comes to display integration. One might expect to see the screen upfront or at the back as it was on the Maple Phone, but this handset took a different route.

It’s not much of a gadget, with its numeric rubber keys and retro speaker at the front, but the surprise is the swinging display that reminds me of Sweeney Todd’s blades rather than your average phone.

This Switchblade phone also comes with a user-removable battery, in case it matters to you minimalistic phone lovers.

[via Unwired View and JAMP Blog]