this is one current project, focusing on a form factor that is small easy to use featuring a full screen OS approach and putting focus on a good camera and phone combo instead of those ever growing smartphones that turn into a mini tablet.
Looks are one thing, how it feels and how you can use it is something different.
The Nexus 4 is great slim and I am each time afraid I might break it when it falls down because of the nice glass back plate.
Visually sweet - practical a disaster because it influences how you handle your device.
Dont drop the Nexus 4 ! I saw it not break but still dont ;)!
This is only a concept idea, actually part of a project for my students I felt worth to explore more. And also part as mentioned of an upcoming CGCoockie lecture series about surfacing design in Blender for Product Designers using this body as a simple example.
The funny thing is this shell is incredible hard to model with pure nurbs and so easy with SDS!