Personally I think the ZenPhone 9 series looked very sleek and cool - especially the in red colour choice.
Probably a red Blackberry Pearl Flip. One of the last phones I had that wasn't a featureless black slate covered in rubber.
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I think the iPhone 5s would be the one that fits the question IMO.
Maybe I am a bit biased as I want to get a OnePlus Nord 4 (although I will better wait for the 5th) but I really like its design, and the design is like the last thing I care about a phone π (I always end up setting a cheap screen protector and a cheap case).
BlackBerry passport in red. Itβs still in my closet.
Downvote me all you want but I actually liked the Surface Phones.
They were well built, I could multitask nicely, the thin bumpers were nice, it wasn't overly gimmicky. I preferred the divider between the screens.
Downsides...not a flagship in any specs. Also terminated.
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HTC Legend, the first smartphone I ever had. I still have several apps from it that I've kept carrying across. Comparing them with the stuff you can get now shows how bad apps and widgets have gotten. Anyhow, the phone design was really Nice.
My first smartphone was the LG Optimus G. It had a textured pattern on the back that made my other phones look plain by comparison.
iPhone 3GS. Lovely little thing. Mine was white.
I think my current pixel 7 pro is probably the nicest looking smartphone I've owned. Prior to this it was the LG G3.
Back in the day I had some Motorola TracFone that looked a lot like a razr that I also thought looked pretty cool.
When my family switched from TracFone I got a Samsung Rogue which I also really liked, but I also remember wishing that my parents had waited a couple months so that I could have gotten my personal pick for the sexiest smartphone of all time instead- the original Motorola Droid. I eventually ended up getting the droid 2, which was, IMO, a fine successor to the droid, but just not as sexy.
iPhone 5
Banana phone.
My vote goes to LG V10. Not only did it look great, it felt great in hand too.
I'd definitely say the cameras on the Pixel 4a looked unique for their time, but the rest of the phone was very same-same otherwise. I did like the corner cut out for the front camera though.
My current phone (Pixel 7a) has the camera visor, but even then the whole thing is very same-same again.
I have a soft spot for the iPhone 4/4s as I saved two 4s devices from ewaste a couple years ago through work and I personally think it was peak iPhone. The thick premium sandwich of glass with aluminum frame, the weight and heft, it felt stocky and sturdy, it was one handed, the back glass was easily replaceable.
The rest of my phones in history weren't remarkable for their looks though in my opinion. So my answer is the iPhone 4s
One of the first phones I ever saw was my cousins nokia 3110 ... and I just thought it was the prettiest thing ever. But by the time I got to have my own phone it was already pretty outdated so I never got one.
Pixel with GrapheneOS, for me, it's beautiful. No bloat, no Google.