Sanyo has announced their concept phone that runs off of a Sanyo Eneloop AA battery (which can be checked for power by the Dog Battery Checker). Dressed in a very Cupertino-esque shade of white, and branding a cylindrical design, this phone looks entirely awkward.

The phone features no camera, no 3G support, no media, no SMS, and not even an LCD, though it does provide a phone that can be powered with AA batteries. The batteries offer 5 hours of talk time and 250 hours of standby time. So if your a big talker, you might need a truck load of batteries to keep this baby running. Did we mention that it looks really ugly and awkward? — Andrew Dobrow

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