rageous I stole the keypad off your concept so I could do mine. I hope that's ok!
Mine is no where near as slick, but this is what I would like to see, twice the thickness of a nano, but with 4GB memory (like the nano), larger screen, camera in the back, stainless steel back, you get the idea.
Ok just an update. Added "talk" and "end" buttons. This would be the most "Apple" solution I guess. When the phone is closed, the FFW and RW buttons act as normal ipod buttons. However, when it is open they become the talk and end buttons. I've also made the screen bigger.
I like the mock-up, but wouldn't the phone be excessively long if you had the length of the nano, plus probably another 1/2 nano for the keyboard? Otherwise I find this being an "Apple" solution.
Well it depends how small you think phones should be. Here's a point of reference: The Nano is 3.5 inches long. My iPhone mockup adds another 2 inches to that length with keypad extended, so it is 5.5inches in total, whilst my actual phone, a Samsung e720 (flip phone) is 6 inches long. A Motorola Razr V3i is 3.85 inches when closed! So it's still pretty small.
rageous I stole the keypad off your concept so I could do mine. I hope that's ok!
Mine is no where near as slick, but this is what I would like to see, twice the thickness of a nano, but with 4GB memory (like the nano), larger screen, camera in the back, stainless steel back, you get the idea.
Anyway here's Ireland's take on rageous' concept (hopefully):
The idea being you don't need a talk end button as
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Originally posted by Ireland.
when you making a call is turn green so when you press is it calls, and when your on a call it turns red, so when you press is it hangs up. Same would go for answering a call, accept it could flash green or something.
Here's mine with side view and closed view. If you think the bottom buttons would be too difficult to use, a Samsung e720 has its buttons 9mm from the bottom of the phone, my concept has them 8mm from the bottom.
I personally would like if they went in this direction. Of course they would need to set it up in a certain way that you could press the 1, 3, 9 and 7 keys without accidentally pressing the click-wheel. They could probably do this by making the centre button on click-wheel slightly smaller and moving the numbers to suit. When you're in phone mode say the numbers could be backlit and the music functions of the click-wheel could be temporarily dropped. But the click-wheel scrolling function would still work for the phone menus.
I personally would like if they went in this direction. Of course they would need to set it up in a certain way that you could press the 1, 3, 9 and 7 keys without accidentally pressing the click-wheel. They could probably do this by making the centre button on click-wheel slightly smaller and moving the numbers to suit. When you're in phone made say the numbers could be backlit and the music functions of the click-wheel could be temporarily dropped. But the click-wheel scrolling function would still work for the phone menus.
That is quite a neat idea. I'm still not convinced that they would go for a design that similar to the nano, but I like your scroll-wheel idea.
Here's mine with side view and closed view. If you think the bottom buttons would be too difficult to use, a Samsung e720 has its buttons 9mm from the bottom of the phone, my concept has them 8mm from the bottom.
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Ah, now that's more like it. That is the kind of thing I'd like to see.
That is quite a neat idea. I'm still not convinced that they would go for a design that similar to the nano, but I like your scroll-wheel idea.
In my mind that mock-up was not similar to the size of the Nano. Like more the area size of the 'Rokr' (thought not the mass) Slimmer, with no roundy edges.
It is too narrow for adequate spacing between the three buttons. Narrow phones already have that problem today and that phone will be even narrower than the phones you mention. Not everybody have toothpick fingers
It is out of balance because when operating it will be around 3.5 times higher than wider AND with the keypad at the very bottom. That makes it hard to operate with one hand.
Ok I get what you mean, and in that sense yes phones nowadays (and therefore my concept) are flawed.
Thing is though, my hands are large (I'm 6'5" so comes with the territory) and yes I have difficulty using phones sometimes because my thumb has to bend at odd angles, but I find it ok, and the phone I have at the moment isn't too dissimilar to my concept in proportions. I don't know maybe I've got used to it or maybe being double jointed helps.
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Originally posted by mattyj
rageous I stole the keypad off your concept so I could do mine. I hope that's ok!
Mine is no where near as slick, but this is what I would like to see, twice the thickness of a nano, but with 4GB memory (like the nano), larger screen, camera in the back, stainless steel back, you get the idea.
Not bad.
Originally posted by mattyj
I like the mock-up, but wouldn't the phone be excessively long if you had the length of the nano, plus probably another 1/2 nano for the keyboard? Otherwise I find this being an "Apple" solution.
--Noah
Originally posted by mattyj
rageous I stole the keypad off your concept so I could do mine. I hope that's ok!
Mine is no where near as slick, but this is what I would like to see, twice the thickness of a nano, but with 4GB memory (like the nano), larger screen, camera in the back, stainless steel back, you get the idea.
Impossible to use, sorry
Originally posted by rageous
How about this?
iPhone with wings?
Originally posted by Anders
Impossible to use, sorry
Impossible to use? How exactly?
The idea being you don't need a talk end button as
Originally posted by Ireland.
when you making a call is turn green so when you press is it calls, and when your on a call it turns red, so when you press is it hangs up. Same would go for answering a call, accept it could flash green or something.
Here's mine with side view and closed view. If you think the bottom buttons would be too difficult to use, a Samsung e720 has its buttons 9mm from the bottom of the phone, my concept has them 8mm from the bottom.
I personally would like if they went in this direction. Of course they would need to set it up in a certain way that you could press the 1, 3, 9 and 7 keys without accidentally pressing the click-wheel. They could probably do this by making the centre button on click-wheel slightly smaller and moving the numbers to suit. When you're in phone mode say the numbers could be backlit and the music functions of the click-wheel could be temporarily dropped. But the click-wheel scrolling function would still work for the phone menus.
Originally posted by Ireland
I personally would like if they went in this direction. Of course they would need to set it up in a certain way that you could press the 1, 3, 9 and 7 keys without accidentally pressing the click-wheel. They could probably do this by making the centre button on click-wheel slightly smaller and moving the numbers to suit. When you're in phone made say the numbers could be backlit and the music functions of the click-wheel could be temporarily dropped. But the click-wheel scrolling function would still work for the phone menus.
That is quite a neat idea. I'm still not convinced that they would go for a design that similar to the nano, but I like your scroll-wheel idea.
Here's mine with side view and closed view. If you think the bottom buttons would be too difficult to use, a Samsung e720 has its buttons 9mm from the bottom of the phone, my concept has them 8mm from the bottom.
Ah, now that's more like it. That is the kind of thing I'd like to see.
Originally posted by G_Warren
That is quite a neat idea. I'm still not convinced that they would go for a design that similar to the nano, but I like your scroll-wheel idea.
In my mind that mock-up was not similar to the size of the Nano. Like more the area size of the 'Rokr' (thought not the mass) Slimmer, with no roundy edges.
Originally posted by mattyj
Impossible to use? How exactly?
Too narrow. No balance.
It is also only 8mm narrower than the Sony Ericsson z600 I'm looking at now, and it's only 5mm more narrow than a Samsung e720.
The overall difference between my mockup and existing phones in the ratio between height and width is millimeters.
When closed, my concept would be 90mm x 40mm x 12mm.
An e720 is 90mm x 45mm x 23.3mm.
A Motorola Razr is 98mm x 53mm x 13.9 mm.
So mobile phone companies would beg to differ it seems?
Originally posted by rageous
It's just his opinion. No need to get defensive.
Sorry if it came across in a rude manner, I just thought I would show how it compares to phones that exist now.
It is out of balance because when operating it will be around 3.5 times higher than wider AND with the keypad at the very bottom. That makes it hard to operate with one hand.
Thing is though, my hands are large (I'm 6'5" so comes with the territory) and yes I have difficulty using phones sometimes because my thumb has to bend at odd angles, but I find it ok, and the phone I have at the moment isn't too dissimilar to my concept in proportions. I don't know maybe I've got used to it or maybe being double jointed helps.