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Fabulous as always.
A couple of questions/thoughts
I'm interested as to the idea of a slightly curved touchscreen surface. Will it be strange to use if it is not a flat area? How will it reflect light?
The rear camera looks the same as the front. The phone seems pretty thick (not a bad thing, probably nice in the hand) so there could potentially be space for a very very nice camera.
The home button is straight iPhone. I think it should be done in a different way. I actually like the idea of maybe some dedicated buttons on the front that could add some interesting functionality... but thats just me.
Other buttons like the sleep/wake and maybe volume buttons need to be distinguished in some way. I've heard many people complain about not being able to hit buttons that lie so flush to the device. (ie Droid)
I love the idea of dual speakers, coupled with the stand it seems like the ideal media device. Great to pull out while with friends to see youtube clips and such.
The interface looks really nice, I would totally use it. Home screen notifications look awesome.
And finally your presentation is just gorgeous, looks so pro.
awesome work
this looks great, I'll buy it, I'm a big fan of simplicity, a huge KISS advocate, and this design just bring itto the point, If manufcturers could just build it.
Great. Two problems:
1) Make sure you can stand it upright as well as sideways. The kickstand is nice because it allows both. Maybe a springed stand that opens up from the bottom of the screen when twisted that allows the phone to stand upright as well.
2) Please, no more sense UI. Please just contribute to the android codebase for the UI improvements. I really hate the HTC speed of OS upgrades, would be nice if within a week or so of a new OS upgrade HTC came with a patch too.
Why not ditch the power plug in favour of inductive charging?
Pretty, especially the curved screen, but...
Where are the android buttons (home/back/menu)?
I'd worry about the kickstand opening in a pocket, getting caught occasionally, and eventually pulling off.
Beautiful!
Which watch is that, by the way?
Precioso, a ver si la gente de HTC se anima a realizar un telefono así.
Enhorabuena por el gran trabajo!
Some nice ideas, and I'm surely an advocate of ditching the shapes HTC use for their current batch of phones. But my reaction to the first image was "Ugh", the thick brighter metal bands at the top and the bottom ruin the shape for me, making the device look squat and thick. Wonderful presentation of the idea though.
Amazing!
This is really cool, i currently own a HTC and i love it, but this would be a great especially the built in stand.
Very nice work. The iPhone in your speaker comparison is mirrored, though - with the screen facing you, home button should be at the top right, volume buttons on the left.
@marius It's an Ikepod Solaris, designed by Marc Newson.
"The speaker of the 1 is discrete to reduce superfluous details."
That sentence doesn't make sense to me as written. Did you mean 'discreet'?
Or do you mean discrete in the sense of being located away from and not mounted directly to the phone's main board?
Sweet....
AWESOME......
Very nice, 2 things:
1) For a high end phone, you need a dedicated camera button and xenon flash
2)The integrated kickstand is a good idea, but needs a locking mechanism so it doesn't swivel when you don't want it to (maybe consider the top and bottom portions moving together in as a locked unit, so you just get the screen in kickstand mode
Love the clock/weather hybrid. Simple and beautiful.
Great design. Like Vido.Ardes said, it does need a flash and camera button, but that's all thats missing.
How about putting in some thought on an HTC 2 with a landscape sliding keyboard ala Touch Pro2? That's the only kind of phone I've used for the last 5 years.
Spectacular! Even though I'm waiting got a WP7 device to come out, I'd totally buy this if HTC made it. I do agree that while the Sense UI is good in and of itself, the ability to skin it should be there. In fact, I'd be interested in using a "Sense Mono" skin if someone made it right now! I bet it'd be very popular!
@vido ardes
Or just make the kickstand turn 330 degrees to use the kickstand instead of 30, so it dosent spontaneously collapse
very nice!
i'm just wondering how even the surround sound would work with the kickstand in the open position? the left speakers would be outputting sound on a different plane than the kickstand's speakers. also shouldn't the volume buttons be on the right side?
My thoughts:
LIKES
+overall design- very sleek and mature
+kickstand
+dual speakers
+UV for killing germs BRILLIANT
DISLIKES
-uni-button to much like the iPhone needs dedicated buttons even if they are like the nexus one that would be great
-Must have flash for camera, its just really a must now
-Not sure if the curve screen wouldnt kind of mess up the viewing space on the phone. Dont need to reinvent the wheel if the current one works fine and no one is complaining. Flat screen just works
-As much as i love the kickstand idea i feel like it might mess up from daily use. Would have to go through some extreme rounds of testing
Machined Brass...Oh I wished the whole industry would realize how important a durable surface is.
I hate glossy, as most DO!
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Inspiration from a Leika camera??? Where have I seen/heard that before?
And that Sense Mono UI is like a mix of iOS icons and Zune interface. I mean, I like it, but now this is far from original and different.
I really like your design. I agree that there aren't any Android phones that can compare to the iPhone 4's quality look and feel. This does.
I really like the single home button design as opposed to the common 4 button Android design. The android 4 button layout just doesn't look good.
It's a nice Android phone.
But I like Vanilla. This would be not for ME.
And the music player on Android is great. I use it all day.
Sense UI mono ? ugh...
I don't want a dumbass UI, I want to use every function possible. The outside design is beautiful. Good idea with the stand. But the Software has to be standard vanilla Android or just a themed version.
I want updates, functions, and Android UI.
I don't want an iPhone with Android somewhere burried in the inside. If so, I would simply buy an iPhone.