New built-to last concept from Nokia, plus more

Today, Nokia showed off a trio of concepts, set to change the way consumers think about mobile phones.

First up – the cleverly named Wears In, Not Out concept – which basically aims for a phone to last five to ten years, as opposed to eighteen months, akin to a television, or a laptop.

Next – the Peoples First concept, this scraps the usual way we navigate through phone menus, instead it will work with what's known as Human Universals, allowing anyone, regardless of their native language, to use the phone. This is achieved by the menu consisting of one big list, which shows the phones history, so the user can navigate up, and down to call people, or activate features. Keeping the trend with Nokia's Eco Green philosiphy, the phone will be able to switch from colour, to mono screen, to save battery life.

Lastly, Nokia showed off a new charger – called Zero Waste, which aims to save electricity in the home. The charger will sport an on/off button,and it may offer a one hour charging time, and, the user's phone may tell the charger that it's full, and turn itself off.