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Cell phone technology and styling continue to progress by leaps and bounds bu that still leaves a lot of wiggle room for creative engineers eager to answer the call for ever odder phones. Here are 15 of the hottest cellphone concepts around. Your future’s calling!

The Hot Line

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Concept cellphones aren’t always feature-packed and futuristic - sometimes they’re just the opposite. Maybe UK-based designer Vladimir Rachev misunderstood when someone requested he create a cellphone tough as iron. Maybe he wasn’t listening; lost inside his own bizarre, twisted world. In any case, the Iron Phone addresses the worst fears of harried housewives speed-ironing while waiting for that all-important phone call. Happy now, Vlad?

Collect Call From Armadillo

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Let’s Do The Twist

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Twist any dial to turn the phone on; twist the number dials one at a time to make a call
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Black Box Fades To Black

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The Loose Leaf Phone

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Not Coming Zune?

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Microsoft canceled the promising Zune 3 concept phone?
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