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The 10 Weirdest Android Phones Ever
Mar 9, 2025
All modern phones look the same, but it wasn't always like that. Android has produced some of the most innovative, unique, and outright odd phones over the years. These are the weirdest.
The idea of upgradable, customizable phone hardware has appeared in prototypes and concepts many times over the years. One of the few devices to actually make it to market was the LG G5.
The modular phone featured a "Magic Slot" at the bottom, into which you could attach an enhanced camera module or an improved speaker system. Sadly, the phone didn't do so well and the add-ons were too expensive, so other mooted accessories like a 360-degree VR camera never arrived.
9 Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini (2010)
In the early days of smartphones, the "smaller is better" mindset of the dumbphone era was still influential. That led Sony Ericsson to make the Xperia X10 Mini, a phone with a 2.5-inch display and a footprint smaller than a pack of cards.
Perhaps in recognition of the fact that you couldn't really type on a screen that small, there was also an X10 Mini Pro with a slide-out physical keyboard.
3-inch versions followed a year later, before the concept was consigned to history as everyone realized that big screens were the way to go.
8 Samsung Galaxy Beam (2012)
Samsung has never been afraid to throw ideas at the wall to see what sticks. One classic example is the Galaxy Beam, a regular 4-inch Android phone with a built-in projector.
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