Chris Owens’ Edge concept might not be as dramatically eye-catching as, say, the Mobile Encyclopedia Frame we covered earlier today, but it has the benefit of being relatively production viable.  Looking quite similar to Samsung’s P520 Armani phone, the Edge handset differentiates by having a slide-out glass keypad complete with zeitgeisty etched numbers and cool backlight.

Rather neatly, Chris has fashioned the microphone wires as a border for the keypad; of course, it’s all academic since there’s not really any chance of the Edge handset being made.   It’d also need some pretty small hardware – that chunky glass slide doesn’t leave much casing room.

[via Yanko Design]