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do you find that your smartphone is invading your space too much well if so you might be interested in this it's a prototype of the runcible a SmartWatch they're designed to look like a pocket watch and be a bit more discreet we're here mobile or Congress 2015 let's check it out so the philosophy behind runcible is that current smartphones are getting bigger they're getting less friendly and they're getting less usable and this is something that's a little bit more discreet it's not going to be constantly bleeping at you the company that makes this which is called monome they also say that this is going to be a long-term device so they're not going to change the design of it which means that you'll be able to get the hardware upgraded and keep this as a family heirloom so again this is just a prototype for now so they don't even know for example what kind of camera this is going to be yet so it's still in its early stages what they do know though is that it's going to run Firefox OS and that the display is going to rotate as you twist it around so another thing about this is that monome says you're not going to hold it up to your face like you would a traditional smartphone instead you're going to have to pair it with a Bluetooth headset it's going to be on sale later this year there's no fixed price yet but we're told to expect it to cost around as much as an unlocked high-end smartphone so it's got a long way to go yet but we like the idea of mixing up the smartphone design and trying new things it's not going to be for everyone but let me know what you think and check out cnet com / mwc for much much more