10 of the best smartphone concepts we wish were real

Nexus P3

Designer: Enrico Vicari and Giuseppe Avanzato

QWERTY phones are rare and there hasn't been a mainstream smartphone with a built in gamepad since the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, so the Nexus P3 would fill two niches instantly, as well as presumably having amazing battery life, which is something almost all handsets lack.

James is a freelance phones, tablets and wearables writer and sub-editor at TechRadar. He has a love for everything ‘smart’, from watches to lights, and can often be found arguing with AI assistants or drowning in the latest apps. James also contributes to 3G.co.uk, 4G.co.uk and 5G.co.uk and has written for T3, Digital Camera World, Clarity Media and others, with work on the web, in print and on TV.