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Nokia Morph Concept (long)

Alexander Budde · demo · Watch on YouTube

Consumer devices & gadgetsMaterials scienceProduct & industrial design

What it is

A concept video from Nokia Research Center and Cambridge Nanoscience Center showing Morph, a flexible, self-cleaning, shape-changing phone imagined through nanotechnology.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN brings it up as a nostalgic, exciting concept in threads on foldable phones and design, and sometimes as an example of concept videos that never shipped.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “I have just watched the video about it [2] again and I am still as excited about it as I was 11 years ago.”

    Nokia's 2008 Morph concept remains exciting to commenter after 11 years.

    arzeth, 2019-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold”

  2. “I saw a concept video even more awesome: The Nokia Morph”

    Concept video even more awesome than the iPhone 5 one.

    drKarl, 2011-09 · Recommendation · in “IPhone 5 Concept Features Video gets more viewers in Youtube”

  3. “Blew me away back then, but forgot the name.”

    Nostalgic concept that blew the commenter away.

    v-yadli, 2025-01 · Recommendation · in “Nokia Design Archive”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: nokia, nanotechnology, concept video, flexible devices, foldable phones

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