# Push-Button Concept Phones FORMBOTEN's 'Scope Phone' Features a Hidden Keypad By Michael Hines | Published 2010-09-22 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scope-phone References: [yankodesign](http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/09/17/a-new-slide-cell/) & [formboten](http://formboten.com/) If you're sick of touchscreen phones and QWERTY keyboards, then the Scope Phone from FORMBOTEN is for you. This phone is made in the simple style of a slider with one unique innovation: the keypad on the Scope Phone pops out of the phone itself! With just the touch of a button, the Scope Phone reveals its secret keypad and doubles the phone's size. I like the design of this phone. It definitely seems like a capable and creative alternative for cash-strapped phone fiends. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.9/10 - Popularity: 52% | Activity: 57% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 90% men, 10% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Push-button Concept Phones:** FORMBOTEN's 'Scope Phone' demonstrates a disruptive innovation opportunity by introducing a hidden keypad in a slider phone design. - **Alternative Phone Designs:** The Scope Phone's unique form factor presents a disruptive innovation opportunity by offering a creative alternative to touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard phones. - **Enhanced User Experience:** The Scope Phone's hidden keypad adds a new level of functionality and convenience, creating a disruptive innovation opportunity for user-friendly mobile devices. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Consumer Electronics:** The push-button concept phones trend has the potential to disrupt the consumer electronics industry by introducing innovative phone designs with enhanced features. - **Product Design:** The Scope Phone's unique concept and form factor present a disruptive innovation opportunity in the product design industry by reimagining traditional phone designs. - **Mobile Technology:** The Scope Phone's hidden keypad demonstrates a disruptive innovation opportunity in the mobile technology industry by offering an alternative approach to phone interfaces. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Sleek Modular Flip Phones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/easco.md) - [Rotating Button Panel Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/phone-one.md) - [Nostalgic Flip Phone Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nokia-n90.md) - [Simplistic Folding Clamshell Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/01-phone.md) - [Cubic Industrial Phone Models](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/minimalist-phone-concept.md) - [Multifunctional Hidden Display Keyboards](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scroom-keyboard.md) - [Tactile Keyboard Phones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/communicator.md) - [Keyboard-Intact E-Ink Smartphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-minimalist-phone.md) - [Innovative Size-Changing Phones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/motorola-rizr.md)