From Star Trek Discovery to Minority Report to The Expanse … if there’s one thing science fiction agrees on, it’s that our collective future will run on transparent displays. So imagine my surprise when I learned that a clear-screened cellphone was not only just an eBay away … but also, over ten years old! The year is 2009. Sony and Ericsson are eight years into a strategic partnership that has produced some of the decade’s most distinctive devices – and to propel that reputation into the 2010s, the combined company has dreamed up the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness (a.k.a. the Sony Ericsson X5). It's a tiny phone with no camera, no GPS, no removable memory ... but it does pack one feature no other phone of its time does (and no other phone will offer for the next decade at least): a transparent display! Join me for the latest installment of MrMobile's When Phones Were Fun, featuring the clear-screened Sony Xperia Pureness! [SUBSCRIBE TO MRMOBILE] null. [ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN – SONY XPERIA PURENESS] This is the sixth in a series of MrMobile videos exploring the mobile tech world's most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2009. When Phones Were Fun: Episode 6 features a Sony Xperia Pureness vintage cell phone purchased by MrMobile on eBay. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication. [LINKS] Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness Review [Pocket-Lint]: https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/reviews/sony-mobile/71544-sony-ericsson-xperia-pureness-review Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pureness clear-screen cellphone gets video demo [SlashGear]: https://www.slashgear.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-pureness-clear-screen-cellphone-gets-video-demo-0855387/ Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness - A Progressive Vision: Talk. Text. Time. [Sony Ericsson]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=belWl5URJTQ Quintessentially Services [Quintessentially]: https://www.quintessentially.com/services Luxury concierge clubs offer ultra-rich Chinese the world at their fingertips [SCMP]: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2147378/luxury-concierge-clubs-offer-ultra-rich-chinese-world Sony Ericsson splits after 10 years in Sony cash buyout [ZDNet]: https://www.zdnet.com/article/sony-ericsson-splits-after-10-years-in-sony-cash-buyout/ Sony Ericsson K800i [Bond Lifestyle]: https://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/product/sony-ericsson-k800i [SOCIALIZE] http://facebook.com/themrmobile http://instagram.com/themrmobile http://twitter.com/themrmobile http://mrmobile.tech/ [DISCLOSURES] This post may contain affiliate links, which afford MrMobile / Future plc a commission if you make a purchase. See our affiliate link policy for more details: https://www.mobilenations.com/external-links Additional information concerning MrMobile’s ethics policy can be found here: https://mrmobile.tech/ethics #xperiapureness #sonyxperia #sonyericsson #throwback #retro #retrotech #whenphoneswerefun #clearscreen #transparentdisplay #transparent