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- larsendt 16y agoAt first I was a little unimpressed by the design (very iPhone 4-esque), but the stuff farther down the page is really neat!
- wmwong 16y agoI personally like the design of this. Actually, when I saw the first picture, I thought, "I want one...". Plus I love the idea of the stand. Use cases were already flowing through my head when I saw this!
- ChRoss 16y agoI like the stand idea also. But, does it mean I need to remove the case/bumper if I want to stand it?
- justinph 16y agoA pretty nice design. The built-in tilting mechanism is genius: First reaction was "why would I want that?" but after thinking about it for a while, I could see using it a lot. My only gripe with these mockups is the typography on the world clock. Why is there a period after the place: new york. 9:00pm seattle. 6:00pm Very confusing image. But overall, good.
- jrockway 16y agobecause. lowercase. and. short. sentences. are. beautiful. or something. don't. you. see?
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- Groxx 16y agoI thought about that a little, thought "yeah, that's kinda weird...", and then looked again. I actually think I like the periods: they break up the lines. An important difference between the mock-up and your example is that they're right justified; the period makes the locations stand out. new york. 9:00pm seattle. 6:00pm london. 2:00am tokyo. 10:00am vs new york 9:00pm seattle 6:00pm london 2:00am tokyo 10:00am note the wall-o'-text effect in the second, and the organization implied in the first.
- jonah 16y agoBetter yet, would be to make the city and time different sizes. Currently they carry the same visual weight so it's a list of new york,9:00pm,seattle,6:00pm instead of the intended new york-9:00pm, seattle-6:00pm
- fragmede 16y agoI think it's more weird that no one's objected to the four clocks. Even as a member of the jet-set elite, I'd think that local time is still most important in the general sense. Feature that. Have the global times underneath; gotta know when the markets open after all.
- ephermata 16y agoThat image reminds me of the Zune HD interface, actually. Same "wall of text" approach. I've noticed it's a love-it-or-hate-it approach. I happen to like it.
- budu3 16y agoThe UV light is interesting. I like the idea bit it looks like it'll only kill bacteria on the front part of the phone.
- DTrejo 16y agoThe bacteria would never harm you, so it is pointless either way. I suppose it might make some people feel better regardless.
- jallmann 16y agoI think it's a bit silly BUT if it makes my phone glow a cool blue in the dark, I'm all for that.
- cloudwalking 16y agoWill it give me a sunburn if I'm talking on the phone while it's plugged in?
- budu3 16y agoI love it. I would buy it in a heartbeat.
- CitizenKane 16y agoThere are some beautiful design concepts in this. I think the number one thing lacking in software design is the gap between the software and the device it's running on. It's something that often breaks that metaphor that the software is supposed to provide. It would be really interesting to see more software that takes the broader context of the environment the sotware is running in into account.
- jrockway 16y agoCan you elaborate? Right now, you press the calendar button and you see your calendar. You press the phone button, dial, and you make a phone call to the number you dialed. I am not sure what's missing here.
- CitizenKane 16y agoNot all Android phones have a phone button. The G1 does, the Nexus One (which I have) doesn't. Mostly, there isn't really a standard for what an Android phone should look and operate like. I don't really expect this between manufacturers, but even within manufacturers there can be pretty significant differences between devices. Also, because Android doesn't have a particularly strong stance on how UIs should work and should be laid out, there also hasn't been a very strong stance on how buttons on the phone should be laid out and what the device should look like. For instance, the back button can change functionality quite a bit between apps. Or also, the G1 has a camera button but the nexus one (foolishly) doesn't. Most devices have a UI completely unrelated to the phone hardware. I wouldn't just pick on Android but I think it's a problem that Windows and Linux have had as well. The experience just isn't that cohesive and it makes them more difficult to use. I'm not really a fan of Apple, but it's definitely one place where they've put in a lot more work than others.
- wvenable 16y agoShouldn't there be significant differences between devices? What's the point in a single manufacturer making multiple devices if they're all exact clones of each other. Apple isn't necessarily more cohesive, they make a single model of phone. By definition, everything they do is 100% cohesive.
- sri 16y agoWould love to see a screen at the back also -- dual screens, if you will. That way I can have one app running on the "front" screen and another on the "back" screen.
- DTrejo 16y agoThat way you could be talking to a friend while you gchat a friend, and facebook another friend. Summary: Multi-task while you multi-task.
- pkulak 16y agoSeems easier to long-press the home key than to lock my current screen, turn the phone over, and unlock that screen. I don't think you've really thought this through...
- JMiao 16y agoweight, my friend.
- stevejalim 16y agoMightn't that be a bit of a UX nightmare when you factor in a touchscreen? Yes, you could use orientation to decide to only take input from the 'topmost' screen, but you'll regret that when you're trying to set an alarm/check email while lying back in bed. Or, put another way: you know how annoying it is when auto-rotate doesn't get it right? Double that.
- fragmede 16y agoIf I'm holding the phone in landscape with thumbs on front and fingers on the back, what I'd really like is buttons on the back so I'm not limited to just my thumbs. Shift, spacebar and an 'alternate layout' button (switches the onscreen keyboard to symbols/accents) come to mind. Maybe navigation buttons so you don't need to constantly shift your hand to reach the hardware buttons. That said, many flip phones do actually have dual screens. Never seen them used simultaneously though. (Woz's solution for multitasking also comes to mind - just have two phones.)
- drivebyacct2 16y agoI don't understand this "the software and hardware have to work in harmony". This argument makes no sense with any other OS/hardware in existence. The OS should look good. The hardware should look good. Does the wallpaper match the casing? The user is going to change it anyway. I simply don't understand this logic. This concept encourages further vendor UI overlays, custom icons, and the 4x4 app icon grid. It's clear that it was inspired by the iPhone and it simply removes the innovation of the Android homescreen paradigm in order to look more like the iphone. That having been said, why a manufacturer hasn't stepped forward and created a piece of hardware to rival the iPhone is beyond me. Until the hardware is compelling, all Android phones will be interchangable. For example, how many Android users would jump at iPhone-like hardware running Froyo/Gingerbread?
- acgourley 16y agoYou don't understand how it's a good idea to match the aesthetic of the software to the hardware framing it? Do you believe that any good looking shirt looks good with any good looking pair of pants?
- xenomachina 16y agoDo you believe you should only watch shows that match your television?
- drivebyacct2 16y agoNo, I think that the "software matches the hardware" means literally nothing. What does it mean in this context? Almost all phones are virtually the same shape. Gray or dark gray, what part of the OS do you change to tailor it to the hardware. No one ever explains what it means, they just reference it as if the iPhone possesses it as another of its magical abilities. Your analogy does not translate to hardware and software. How does Windows 7 match up with your monitor, or unibody desktop computer? What, specifically, makes OS X beautifully tailored for the unibody MBP. Nothing. It's just a way of saying "I think the iPhone has a prettier interface than Android" which is a tired argument so it's dressed up under a new guise.
- acgourley 16y agoLooks great. I feel like there must be a dozen real world reasons why it's infeasible. Antenna performance, cost, size, weight, etc. At least I want to believe that, that explains the reality we live in where objects like this generally don't exist. The only other explanation is inept companies who don't hire or listen to good designers.
- novum 16y agoThe iPhone 4 featured next to the caption "Humans have two ears" is wrong: the volume buttons and silence toggle are on the wrong side.
- spamizbad 16y agoVery striking design. For me, it brought back a flood of memories of my grandfather and his piezoelectric cigarette lighter, of which looked quite similar to this phone. I am so disappointed this phone isn't real, but simply a concept. Still, I appreciate Andrew Kim's talents.
- dantheman 16y agoLacks the standard android buttons for a more iphone like single button interface. On android you need to have the home, menu & back button or else most apps won't work. The search button is also needed but the lack of one would probably not break most applications. Designs like this are great, but often the achieve their elegance by ignoring physics or some other constraint that makes them completely unworkable.
- todd3834 16y agoCould search be a double click of the home button like the iPhone?
- jrockway 16y agoYeah, having to know Morse code to use the phone will make it easier to use.
- IgorPartola 16y agoFunny you should mention Morse code. At some point someone suggested adding a Morse code interface to cell phones in order to speed up text messaging. A decent "Morse coder" apparently can beat the best teen texter in speed and accuracy. I can't remember where I read this but I'll post a link if I find it.
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- jemfinch 16y agoI saw a demonstration of that on Letterman one night awhile ago.
- joubert 16y agoSearch is not a double click on iPhone. To search, you click to get to home, a second (regular) click takes you to search. Double click invokes multitasking panel (iOS 4).
- jrockway 16y agoPlease, HTC, no more ad-libbing your own user interfaces They suck and are hard to remove. We all call it nonSense for a reason. Stick to making hardware, and let Google handle the software. It's cheaper and your users will be happier. (Just once I would like to buy a phone that I don't have to reflash as soon as I bring it home. Should have gotten an N1, I guess.) Hardware-wise, this concept is not too compelling. Needs physical buttons. Needs the trackball. I don't want to pay for stereo sound or the ability to turn into an alarm clock. Give me battery life and a higher-res screen instead. I don't want gimmicks, I want a solid phone that always works and doesn't get in my way. I agree that they should make their "premium" phones out of metal, though. I think Apple is leading the way here (with a metal case and a very high-res screen), and that HTC is just going to copy. But that's fine, an Android-based iPhone 4 clone with WiMax will be phenomenal.
- rbranson 16y agoHTC had high-res screens WAY before Apple did. The Touch Diamond had a 286PPI screen in June 2008, which is a month before the 3G came out, with it's meager 163PPI screen. The Touch Diamond, Touch Pro, Touch HD, Touch Diamond2, Touch Pro2, HD2, Evo, Desire, Droid Incredible, and Nexus One ALL had >200PPI screens before the iPhone 4 was even announced.
- DougBTX 16y agoMeh, the "cool" point is >300PPI.
- masklinn 16y ago> Needs physical buttons. Needs the trackball. No. Really, no.
- commandar 16y agoPhysical button = tactile feedback. I was wholely unimpressed by the soft buttons on the Nexus One and Moto Droid. As for the trackball? Still the best precision text selection device I've used on a mobile.
- pkulak 16y agoOnce I got to the last slide I realized it was a joke.
- Kev 16y agoYes, that reminded me of http://pomegranatephone.com/ http://pomegranatephone.com/ - which is old but brilliant.
- moomba 16y agoLooks like the iphone version of an Android phone. Doesn't seem like a really good phone. Although the UI seems less cluttered. That is my one big complaint about Android. None of the phone manufacturers have wrapped Android UI in nice way either.
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- JMiao 16y agothat lock/power button is going to get unintentionally pressed often.
- damovisa 16y agoThe screens are a bit hit and miss for me. The alarm clock, music player, and bottom half of the home screen (messages) are beautiful. The top half of the home screen (weather and time) is horrible. The others - meh.
- Tichy 16y agoSteve Jobs said the iPhone 4 evokes the feeling of an old Leica camera, designer makes a study of a phone supposed to evoke the feeling of a Leica camera. Where is the originality in that? It's way not to beat Apple. Instead of thinking "how can I make a phone look like an iPhone", better think "how do I want my phone to look". If all you can come up with is an iPhone, change your job (and get an iPhone).
- nailer 16y agoI designed a phone that looked exactly like this - black body, metal end caps - as part of a hinged phone concept I was working on in 2005. Apple doesn't have a monopoly on industrial design.
- Tichy 16y agoNo, but putting the image of a Leica camera in there just seems cheesy to me.
- confuzatron 16y agoTrue - Apple have claimed Leica. Evoke the feeling of some other camera - not that big of a deal.
- borism 16y agowhat would you propose? Hasselblad?
- goatforce5 16y agoWell Braun's not out of the question: http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secr...
- jarek 16y agoHas someone thought of asking Leica's thoughts on the matter?
- whatwhatwhat 16y agomake it WATERPROOF already
- woodpanel 16y agohonestly, it's a big amount of work that is also presented in a very nice way (nice graphics, really), but the main-ingredient of this whole project, the designed appearance of the phone, lacks proper proportions, is undynamic and caused either by unawareness of what makes great design, or it is caused by fear of revealing the authors unawareness. Just criticizing the appearance though. As far as the usability goes: - is it a good idea to have a curved touch screen? - will constant uv-raying create super germs? - i like the idea of the built in stand, at least on those graphics it looks interesting, but i simply wont buy a mobile where u could flip, twist or slide party away, around or off - because those parts decrease the life-expectancy of the object dramatically and are the first things that wore off and take away all this fancy feeling, that a high priced designy object gives you in the beginning.
- woodpanel 16y agostill, if he were my design student - i think this is what this project is all about - i would give him an a+
- JoeAltmaier 16y agoSure, give it a design award. Lots of awful devices are explained by "it must have won an award"
- brown9-2 16y agothe main-ingredient of this whole project, the designed appearance of the phone, lacks proper proportions, is undynamic and caused either by unawareness of what makes great design what makes great design?
- jonah 16y agoI'm not at all impressed with this design concept. It's sophomoric design school work, the functionality is not fully thought-out and the UI is HORRIBLE - except for the 1/2 diamond arrows which are trite. It also reminds me that industrial design and interface design are two separate specialties. That being said, I dig the design language and the inspiration found in fine old cameras and watches. What I really want is the industrial design and hardware of Apple running the Android OS with the user experience and UI design of Palm WebOS. That's my sweetspot.
- dbz 16y ago> What I really want is the industrial design and hardware of Apple running the Android OS with the user experience and UI design of Palm WebOS. Well, let's not be too kind to Apple. The new phone is already behind the greatest and latest. Apple just has a brand name. HOWEVER! Lucky for you the lead OS designer for Palm WebOS just switched to Android. Expect greatness from the next OS update (assuming you already have 2.2).
- jonah 16y ago>> What I really want is the industrial design and hardware of Apple > Well, let's not be too kind to Apple. The new phone is already behind the greatest and latest. I agree. I was talking about case/glass/build quality/materials "innovation"/etc. rather than the chip specs. Didn't make that clear. Expandable memory is awesome and the Snapdragon et. al. seem good like it's pretty good albeit maybe power hungry.
- ElbertF 16y agoIs there anything Helvetica can't fix?
- Perceval 16y agohttp://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2010/july/the-helvetica-killer http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2010/july/the-helvet...
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- axod 16y ago"One of the big flaws with Android is the music player" Huh? Why? What's wrong with it? Seems great to me :/
- shareme 16y agomachined brass, oh come on now. Android CTS demands that hardware design have standard minimum UI buttons.
- andybak 16y agoStereo sound isn't going to be much use when the speakers are only 4 inches apart.
- joubert 16y agoThere's almost no side margin next to touch screen. I wonder how difficult it is to grip without accidentally setting off touch events.
- speek 16y agoIf HTC can pull this off, I (a huge apple fanboy) might consider switching. I love developing for the android platform, but the phones that have come out so far just irritate me.
- sans-serif 16y agoWho else also got to the "the mobile phone is home to many microorganisms" part, stopped, took out his own phone to wipe it clean?
- wfjackson3 16y agoThe UV light is completely hilarious. It would be far more effective in a UV container.
- gmosx 16y agogreat designs. and your blog is truly awesome!
- Maven911 16y agoI just got an xperia x10 and I don't care for no htc phone no more
- zecg 16y agoLooks like a sexy gadget prototype, underthought and overdesigned. Lack of buttons, alarm clock stand bullshit introducing moveable parts for no particular reasons, curved screen, etc.