The Coca-Cola Phone And The 9 Weirdest Android Devices Ever Made

Ever since smartphones with a large, touchscreen display took hold of the market, choosing one has been relatively easy. Modern smartphones tend to look the same, and many people pick a final option based on the phone's internal specs rather than how it looks.

If you asked a random person whether they could name the current smartphone lines from Samsung, Google, or Apple, they'd probably be able to name at least a few. But if you asked whether they believed that a KFC-branded smartphone existed or that you could buy a Lamborghini 88 Tauri smartphone for a stunning $6,000, they'd probably think you were trolling them.

Believe it or not, these do exist — and there are plenty of other weird Android devices that never seemed to gain popularity, along with a few special edition phones based on current pop culture. Some of these unique Android phones are from popular companies like OnePlus, Amazon, Huawei, and realme. Here are the weirdest Android devices ever made, starting with the Coca-Cola phone.

Alongside the launch of the popular movie "Avengers: Endgame," OPPO released a limited edition F11 Pro Avengers smartphone. According to a press release from OPPO, its Avengers smartphone sold out in an hour. While the phone retailed for about $400 when it originally launched, you'd be pressed to find one for that price now.

The internal specs for this Avengers edition are similar to the non-Avengers F11 Pro. Under the hood, you'll find an eight-core MediaTek Helio P70 processor, 6 gigabytes of RAM, 128 gigabytes of storage (expandable up to 256 gigabytes with a microSD card), a 4,000 mAh battery, and the Android 9.0 (Pie) operating system with ColorOS 6.0. Then, there's a 6.5-inch screen with a 2340 x 1080 resolution.

So what makes this phone Avengers-themed? It's all in the design. The phone itself is primarily a dark blue color with a partial Avengers symbol popping out in red. You can also find an Avengers logo above the camera array, and the front-facing camera mechanically raises when you want to take a selfie. Spec-wise, there's a 48-megapixel main rear camera, a 5-megapixel secondary rear camera, and a 16-megapixel front camera. The phone's default wallpaper sports yet another Avengers logo, as well as the special edition phone case and collectible coin inside the phone's box. On the back of the special edition phone case, there's a circular Captain America shield that doubles as a finger holder and a kickstand.

The KFC Huawei 7 Plus was made to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of Kentucky Fried Chicken entering China. When you flip the phone over, the Colonel — the iconic mascot of the KFC brand — is laser-carved into the back. Under the Colonel, you'll see the year 1987, which is the year KFC was first sold in China.

The Kentucky Super app is also pre-installed and comes with 100,000 K dollars, which is the restaurant's digital currency. Users can then exchange this in-app currency for actual items at KFC locations. The KFC phone also lets users create music playlists and share them inside a KFC restaurant using the pre-installed KFC-branded music app.

As far as specs go, there's nothing super impressive about the KFC phone. But let's be honest, if you're buying this phone, you're buying it for the Colonel embossed on the back. The phone has a 5.5-inch screen, a 3,020 mAh battery, a Snapdragon 425 processor, and comes with only 3 gigabytes of RAM and 32 gigabytes of storage (expandable up to 128 gigabytes via a microSD card).

The HTC First smartphone is equipped with a content-rich home screen that puts Facebook in the spotlight. Though it's commonly referred to as the Facebook phone, it's actually not the only Facebook phone, or even the first. In 2011, HTC and Facebook paired up to release the Salsa and ChaCha smartphones — neither of which took off. Two years later, the company tried again with the HTC First. Unfortunately, this Facebook phone ultimately failed, just like the other two. Was the HTC First a bad smartphone? Not particularly, but it was up against some pretty fierce competition from Samsung and Apple. Although Facebook was quite popular back then, it wasn't popular enough to entice people away from flagships from Samsung and Apple.

The 4.3-inch Super LCD display had a 720-pixel resolution, 341 ppi, and curved edges. There was also a 2,000 mAh fixed battery, support for 4G and Bluetooth 4.0, a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, and a 1.6-megapixel front camera. Inside, you'd find a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AA dual-core processor, 1 gigabyte of RAM, and 16 gigabytes of storage with no microSD card slot to add extra.

Less than a month after the HTC First was released, AT&T began dropping the subsidy price to only $0.99 in an attempt to move units because they weren't selling. The HTC First was in competition with Samsung's Galaxy S4, Apple's iPhone 5S, and even HTC's One smartphone, and all of these phones offered more well-balanced specs for their price.

Paying $1,000 for a modern smartphone isn't strange — in fact, it's kind of the norm. Sure, there are also smartphones out there for only $100, as well as options that soar past $2,000. The Tonino Lamborghini 88 Tauri smartphone blows the price of other smartphones out of the water, with a shocking price tag of $6,000. And yes, this phone is made by and branded by Lamborghini.

SlashGear noted that the phone's design came off as a bit gaudy. The phone's outer casing consisted of 0.5mm-thick leather and stainless steel components. All of the metal pieces were colored with Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD), which was meant to help the phone stand up well to normal wear and tear.

The 88 Tauri came with a 5-inch display with full HD resolution, an 8-megapixel front camera, and a 20-megapixel main rear camera, which was considered a massive camera at the time the phone was released. Inside, everything was powered by a 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and 3 gigabytes of RAM. The phone also had two-SIM functionality and worked with both 3G and 4G networks.

There may not be an Xbox phone out there — at least, not yet — but there is a PlayStation phone. Sony's Ericsson XPERIA Play smartphone launched around the same time as the Sony PSP Go, and honestly, neither phone impressed the public very much. The gamepad controls worked well, and the idea of playing PS One titles on the go was great, but when SlashGear reviewed the XPERIA Play, the hardware and amount of available games were lacking.

The phone ran Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) with Sony Ericsson's custom UI on top and had a 4-inch display with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels. Beneath the display, the XPERIA Play was equipped with a single-core 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 processor, Adreno 205 graphics, 512 megabytes of RAM, 400 megabytes of internal storage (with an expandable microSD card up to 8 gigabytes), and a 1,500 mAh battery. Then, there's a front-facing VGA resolution camera and a 5-megapixel main camera on the back.

Sony Ericsson's XPERIA Play phone may not have been the best in many categories, but the gaming controls prompted the most public interest. There were left and right gaming shoulder keys, and you could slide up the spring-loaded display to reveal a D-pad, PlayStation-style face buttons — triangle, square, circle, and cross — a menu button, and two touch-sensitive analog controls to mimic that of the DualShock controller. Opening the controller slide automatically shifted the phone into gaming mode. Then, Sony Ericsson incorporated a gaming focus within the phone's software as well. Sony Ericsson The company added a PlayStation game carousel widget, various media controls, and a UI skin with blues and transparent effects rather than Android Gingerbread's black and lime green colors.