The Cyrcle phone is designed to be more elegant and ladylike than its rectangular competitors
An American startup has unveiled a circular smartphone aimed at women, designed to be more "natural and sensual" than traditional models. The Cyrcle phone has been developed by Dtoor, a company founded by former Microsoft employees Christina Cyr and Linda Inagawa. Dtoor stands for 'Designing the Opposite of Rectangle', a name which represents the aim of the Cyrcle - a more 'elegant' device which is meant to fit better in women's smaller pockets than rectangular smartphones.
The Cyrcle is very much in the development stages, but the basic idea is there - the phone flips open like a compact mirror, and has a small circular screen is embedded in the bottom half. An early prototype of the phone was showed off at Mobile World Congress (MWC) at the end of February, 3D printed in orange plastic with a rough mock-up of the screen installed.
Cyr and Inagawa plan to make a first 2G model of the device available through crowdfunding website Kickstarter this summer, at a cost of $100 (£70) each. They then intend to improve the design and release a more advanced 4G version the year after, with two screens.
I'm not saying anything! Actually I am just trying to think of, apart from coins, what was the last large round thing I had in my pocket.