# Human Skin Phone LG SH240 Slider By Ayman | Published 2008-03-25 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lg-sh240 References: [engadget](http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/lg-tries-to-creep-you-out-with-phone-that-feels-like-human-skin/) Phones have been constantly getting skinnier, but now [LG](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lg) is releasing a different kind of skinny: a phone that feels like real human skin... It invites you to touch touch touch and feel the controls. The LG-SH240 is a 3G HSDPA phone that uses silicon material on the keypad that realisticly resembles the texture of real skin. The phone is uniquely designed with a combination of metal style and silicon material, and sports features such as a 2mega pixel camera, video call, MP3, external memory, Bluetooth, subway map, and dictionary. The LG-SH240 is available in Korea now and has a retail price of around US$400. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.7/10 - Popularity: 50% | Activity: 24% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Silicon Skin Phone:** The trend towards more realistic phone textures could lead to innovation in materials science and fabrication techniques. - **Human Touch Technology:** Phones designed to feel like human skin could open up new opportunities for haptic feedback in user interfaces and wearable technology. - **Hyper-realistic Design:** Designing products that mimic the look and feel of natural textures will continue to be a popular trend in consumer electronics and beyond. ### Where This Applies - **Consumer Electronics:** Companies in the consumer electronics industry may benefit from investing in research and development of new materials and textures for their products. - **Mobile Phones:** The mobile phone industry may be disrupted by more realistic feeling phones, which could see a shift in consumer preferences towards haptic feedback and more tactile user interfaces. - **Materials Science:** The demand for more realistic textures in consumer electronics could drive innovation in materials science and engineering industries to develop new materials with unique properties. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Innovative Compact Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/compact-smartphone.md) - [Wacky Design Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/playful-phone-experimentation.md) - [Hyper-Slim Smartphone Models](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/huawei-mate-70-air.md) - [Ultra-Slim Titanium Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/samsung-galaxy-s25-edge.md) - [Simplistic Folding Clamshell Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/01-phone.md) - [Hyper-Slim Smartphone Models](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tecno-slim.md) - [Ultra-Thin Foldable Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/find-n5.md) - [Internal Component Smartphone Covers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dbrand-something-skins.md) - [Airy Pencil-Thin Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tecno-spark-slim.md)