Ranking the 10 most quirky Android phones in history

Let's review the list of the 10 most quirky Android phones in history, in the order from old to new to celebrate the 10th birthday of Android.

1. Motorola Backflip

The phone was introduced by Motorola in 2010, when the phone with a sliding keyboard was extremely popular. It was designed very oddly, flipping backwards so that the open-air keyboard went out in accordance with its name Backflip. The back of the screen is equipped with a backtrack, a mouse-over table like on laptops and it has absolutely no effect at all.

Backflip uses MotoBlur software based on an outdated version of Android at the time of Android 1.5 Cupcake, so even if it integrates Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Microsoft Exchange, it cannot attract the attention of users.

The Backflip configuration is also unimpressive with 528MHz processor, 256MB of RAM, 512MB of internal memory, a 3.1-inch screen size, 320p resolution, and a 5MP camera.

Backflip is nothing outstanding and underestimated in 2010.

2. Samsung Continuum

This pea-shaped phone looks rather odd with a small 1.8-inch AMOLED screen, 96x480 resolution placed below the main screen and a series of capacitive touch navigation buttons.

Samsung Continuum has a top-profile configuration at the time of launch (2010) with 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 336MB RAM, 3.4-inch AMOLED screen 800x480 resolution.

The default Continuum small screen displays weather and time information. In addition, it can also display updates from Facebook, Twitter, email, instant messages .

Even Continuum has a "grip sensor" to activate this screen from sleep mode. With this feature, many people will think of HTC Edge Sense.

'Continuum' but Continuum uses TouchWiz based on old Android 2.1, contains many bugs and many 'junk'. A further point of Continuum is a thin plastic back cover.

3. Casio G'zOne Commando

G'zOne Commando possesses an outdated configuration at the time of launch in 2011, with 800MHz processor and 512MB RAM, unresponsive 3.6-inch 480p TFT LCD screen, 5MP camera, outdated Android 2.2 Froyo software .

The plus point of Casio G'zOne Commando is the MIL-STD 810G certification, its stone pot making you can throw anywhere. But if you want to embed the phone in the water, you must cover the ports that are reconnected with the rubber cap because it does not have an IP certificate.

4. Kyocera Echo

The phone uses a special platform that enables it to transform from 3.5-inch to 4.7-inch, of course between two screens with a long black separator. And because of the dual screen, Kyocera Echo is equipped with a "tablet mode" that forces applications to operate on both screens, and multitasking capabilities.

The Kyocera Echo has a 1.0GHz Snapdragon chipset, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of storage, a 5MP camera and Android 2.2 Froyo.

Because there are 2 screens, Kyocera Echo course will consume twice as much electricity as 1 screen. Therefore, Kyocera has an additional 1,360mAh battery with a charger in the box.

5. LG Optimus Vu / Intuition

Optimus Vu, also known as Intuition, owns a 4: 3 aspect ratio 5-inch screen, making it a miserable while most other smartphones at that time had 16: 9 screens.

Optimus Vu is equipped with Snapdragon S3 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, 32GB storage memory, 1.3MP front camera, 8MP rear camera and a touch pen.

When launched in South Korea, Optimus Vu runs Gingerbread Android operating system but later upgraded to Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich when appearing in the US market.

Except for build quality and stylus, everything else of Optimus Vu is poorly evaluated: poor call quality, slow data rate, bad software, low battery life, no notification LED, bad screen, does not prevent hand touching screen when using pen (palm rejection) .

6. ASUS PadFone

PadFone series includes a docking station in tablet form and a regular smartphone.

The ASUS PadFone 2012 is equipped with 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4, 1GB of RAM, 32GB of memory storage and an extended microSD card slot, 540-inch 4.3-inch AMOLED screen, 8MP rear camera, VGA front camera, battery 1.520mAh.

The dock is called PadFone Station equipped with IPS 800p technology, built-in speaker, 1.3MP front camera, 3,300mAh battery, 10.1-inch screen size, running Android 4.0 ICS operating system. Basically, PadFone Station is an external monitor of ASUS PadFone.

7. Samsung W201x

In 2013, Samsung launched a high-end Android flip phone for the overseas market (mainly . China) and named it with a "W" character before the launch year.

The W series phones are designed to have 2 screens, an internal monitor and an external monitor that allows users to use as a regular phone.

Until now, Samsung has produced to the 6th generation of this interesting phone, and it is called W2018.

8. Yota YotaPhone

The first YotaPhone was released in 2013, by the Russian operator Yota. The latest model YotaPhone 3, was introduced in 9/2017.

YotaPhone 1 has 1.7GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, 4.3-inch IPS LCD screen with 720p resolution, 13MP rear camera, 1MP front camera, 1,800mAh battery. The back is also equipped with a 4.3-inch screen, using e-ink technology with 360p resolution and no energy when in static mode.

9. Samsung Galaxy Round

Galaxy Round is a phone with real curved screen, the highest point is located on the left and right sides.

Galaxy Round owns 4-core Snapdragon 800 2.3GHz processor, 3GB RAM, 5.7-inch AMOLED screen 1080p, 13MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, removable 2.800mAh battery.

Galaxy Round is only sold in Korea.

10. OPPO N1

OPPO N1 was introduced in 2013, and was the first phone with a motion camera module to remove the front camera.

OPPO N1 is equipped with a 600 1.7GHz Snapdragon quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, a 1080p 5.9-inch IPS LCD screen, a 13MP single camera and a 3,610mAh battery.

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