Not the 'simplest cell phone', it does not exist, and the author of the article is bleeding with excess bias "With his über perfected skills in design..." - also, this article is from July 2010. Not sure on the relevance, this is just a conceptual art project from a design student.
There is something weird with the logic that lack-of-options (or hiding options) makes something a perfect design. To me, just one button in all the margin "whitespace" is a huge waste.
By that article's standard, this transparent phone is actually "more" perfect:
Most smartphones have a mono speaker that only
sends audio to one ear.
Pardon me? I still hear sound with both ears, mono or stereo. And I highly doubt having two speakers so little apart from one another does make that much difference. People who want better experience use earphones. Stereo speakers on the phone is just a gimmick, imho.
Machined brass? That's gonna be heavy, and wouldn't any scratches through the finish eventually develop tarnish?
When seeing the headline, I was hoping for something more like "John's Phone", except minus the flaws with its switches and buttons[1] and perhaps minus the physical address book which makes it thicker than necessary.
There's lots of criticism in this thread regarding the practicality of the design, but this is simply a link bait post based on a simple prototype by a design student done as a personal project.
The kid is still just a student, but has a ton of potential. I'm looking forward to what he produces when he finishes school and goes out into industry.
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By that article's standard, this transparent phone is actually "more" perfect:
http://www.gsmarena.com/mobiado_and_aston_martin_show_transp...
When seeing the headline, I was hoping for something more like "John's Phone", except minus the flaws with its switches and buttons[1] and perhaps minus the physical address book which makes it thicker than necessary.
[1] http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/johns-phone-review-the-wo... -> direct video http://www.viddler.com/player/c6a25174/
I've been following Andrew Kim on his blog for some time now and I think he's an excellent designer who likes to regularly challenge status quo thinking through his designs (i.e. http://www.minimallyminimal.com/minimally-minimal/2010/3/15/...).
The kid is still just a student, but has a ton of potential. I'm looking forward to what he produces when he finishes school and goes out into industry.