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Analysts say that design...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEADIN\u003cbr/\u003e              Away from the booths of Samsung, Sony and Huawei at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) a number of small smartphone makers are competing for attention with innovative designs.\u003cbr/\u003e              Analysts say that design innovation has plateaued out in the mainstream phone space, giving the small players a chance to carve out a market with their quirky designs.\u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE\u003cbr/\u003e              How can you make the selfie camera on a smartphone as good as the standard back camera, but without taking up precious screen space?\u003cbr/\u003e              Chinese company Bluboo might have a solution.\u003cbr/\u003e              On the Bluboo S2 the 20 megapixel back camera can flip out and turn to become a high performing selfie camera.\u003cbr/\u003e              It also solves a problem that many smartphone manufacturers are wrestling with. How to keep the selfie camera but maintain maximum screen size.\u003cbr/\u003e              Apple's iPhone X used the so-called \"notch\" where a part of the top of the front was kept without a screen for the camera and speaker, but at the Bluboo S2 the screen can take the full front of the smartphone.\u003cbr/\u003e              The Bluboo S2 is being launched at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, the world's largest mobile phone trade show.\u003cbr/\u003e              The company has not released a price yet, but it will most likely fall into the high-end segment of the market.\u003cbr/\u003e              The phone also comes with 256 GB internal memory, a 6-inch screen and 6GB of RAM.\u003cbr/\u003e              But it will be the camera that is the selling point, says Xiaoyang Wo, Communications manager for Bluboo:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"On a full-screen phone, it is the first time that you can get a selfie that is just the same as your real camera.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Another company known for its innovative designs is the UK-based Bullitt Group.\u003cbr/\u003e              This year the company is launching a rugged smartphone in collaboration with Land Rover.\u003cbr/\u003e              The phone is targeted at people who spend a lot of time outdoors: camping, skiing, trekking.\u003cbr/\u003e              The Land Rover Explorer smartphone is waterproof and can be dropped from two metres without breaking.\u003cbr/\u003e              It also has a large 4000 milliamp-hour battery that will last up to two days.\u003cbr/\u003e              The smartphone also comes with pre-loaded apps that will let the outdoorsy types know important information such as snow conditions, temperatures, wind and humidity.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We know from our research that people are really worried about using their phones outdoors with breaking them, dropping them, battery life sucks,\" says Charlie Henderson, Bullitt Group Chief brand officer.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We've put all of these bits into the design of the phone. It's got other features like enhanced GPS with a pack that you can attach to the back here, which gives you even more capabilities for the outdoors.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              The Land Rover Explorer will be available from April, starting at 649 Euros.\u003cbr/\u003e              The Bullitt Group is also launching its latest CAT phone at the MWC show.\u003cbr/\u003e              The CAT brand of phones are aimed at builders and traders and the CAT S61 is no different.\u003cbr/\u003e              The phone comes with a thermal recognition camera, a laser measurer and an air quality measurer.\u003cbr/\u003e              When the phone detects that the air quality has dropped, for example because of an open container of glue or paint, then it will alert the owner with a push alert.\u003cbr/\u003e              You can also track the air quality throughout the day in a graph.\u003cbr/\u003e              But it won't come cheap.\u003cbr/\u003e              The CAT S61 will cost 899 Euros when it becomes available in April, putting it in the same price range as the iPhone X and the Samsung Galaxy S9.\u003cbr/\u003e              At MWC, major companies such as Samsung and Sony are showing off their latest products, but you could be forgiven for thinking they look a lot like last year's products.\u003cbr/\u003e              There have not been any major changes in the smartphone design over the last few years, says Ian Fogg, Senior Director at IHS Markit.\u003cbr/\u003e              However, at the minor end of the smartphone manufacturers, innovation does happen.\u003cbr/\u003e              UK based company Planet Computers is showing their crowdfunded Gemini smartphone at MWC.\u003cbr/\u003e              It feels and looks retro, but it also has the latest technology, such as a full HD screen, 4G connection and both a rear and a front camera.\u003cbr/\u003e              It is the QWERTY keyboard that is likely to be the selling point for people who are still not used to typing on a screen.\u003cbr/\u003e              But it doesn't come cheap. The Gemini costs 599 US Dollars for backers of the crowdfunding campaign. If it becomes available on the mass market it will most likely be even costlier.\u003cbr/\u003e              Companies such as Gemini are outliers in the smartphone world, says Ben Stanton, an analyst at the Canalys research company.\u003cbr/\u003e              As people upgrade their phones less and less, smartphone makers are also pushing less innovation with each new product, he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The market is starting to plateau and that is actually one of the reasons we are seeing prices increase,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Companies like Samsung and Apple, especially when you approach 1000 (US) Dollars for a phone, want to secure that value in the long term as well. So, I'm not expecting a huge amount of innovation.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Mobile World Congress (MWC) runs 26 February - 1 March.\u003cbr/\u003e              The annual event is drawing over 2,300 exhibitors to Barcelona, including industry heavyweights Samsung, Huawei and Nokia.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Barcelona, Spain - 26 February 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Various of the Bluboo S2 with a flip camera that turns the 20 megapixel back camera into a selfie camera \u003cbr/\u003e              2. Mid of Bluboo signage\u003cbr/\u003e              3. SOUNDBITE: (English), Xiaoyang Wo, Communications manager for Bluboo \u003cbr/\u003e              \"On a full screen phone it is the first time that you can get a selfie that is just the same as your real camera.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Various of Land Rover phone from Bullitt Group\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Charlie Henderson, Bullitt Group Chief brand officer, using Land Rover phone\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Close of phone\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE: (English), Charlie Henderson, Bullitt Group Chief brand officer \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Well, this is a phone designed specifically for use in the outdoors. It is called the Land Rover explore. We know from our research that people are really worried about using their phones outdoors with breaking them, dropping them, battery life sucks. We've put all of these bits into the design of this phone. It's got other features like enhanced GPS with some packs that you can attach to the back here, which gives you even more capabilities for the outdoors.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Various of booth for CAT phones, by the Bullitt Group \u003cbr/\u003e              8. Various of CAT S61 smartphone with an air quality sensor \u003cbr/\u003e              9. Henderson putting glue next to phone, alarm goes off \u003cbr/\u003e              10. Close of phone \u003cbr/\u003e              11. Various of screen showing air quality readings \u003cbr/\u003e              12. Close of thermal camera on CAT S61 \u003cbr/\u003e              13. Various of laser distance measurer on CAT S61 \u003cbr/\u003e              14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Fogg, Senior Director, IHS Markit:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It kind of got dull. Every phone looks like a black mirror, with maybe a different coloured back. Now we are getting glass backs, but before we had metal backs. But still, very similar design. What the industry would like to do, particularly the display industry, is to have foldable mechanisms to open up new designs. The challenge is, how to get it to work but how to also make it work in a way that will be reliable when someone opens and closes their phone hundreds of times a day, thousands of times a week.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Various of people in MWC halls\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Various of foldable Gemini smartphone with keyboard by UK company Planet Computers \u003cbr/\u003e              17. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Stanton, Analyst, Canalys:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think we have very much hit a glass ceiling of innovation. If you look at the refresh cycles now that Samsung and Apple have in their products, it tends to be a three year rather than a two-year cycle when you have a big upgrade. And we are seeing that in their base as well. So when we track the market people are much more likely to upgrade every three years and every two years. It has been far less frequent to have a 24-month contract with a carrier and upgrade every time. So, yeah the market is starting to plateau and that is actually one of the reasons we are seeing prices increase. Companies like Samsung and Apple, especially when you approach 1000 (US) Dollars for a phone, want to secure you know that value in the long term as well. So, I'm not expecting a huge amount of innovation. Certainly, we are seeing bits that are interesting around AI and augmented reality. But in terms of how a phone performs and looks and feels, it is not going to be too different I think in the next few years.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              18. 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