HTC 1 Design Concept
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Frustrated with HTC’s sprawling and slightly confusing product matrix, Kim set out to design a top-tier, premium smartphone the manufacturer could use as a flagship device. Like all good modern design, he started with the functionality and then built around it. The result is a simple, elegant device that does things that even the EVO or iPhone 4 can’t. The bottom of the device, housing the home button and microphone as well as one of the two stereo speakers (as most phones have but one), rotates back, creating a stand, so the phone becomes a tabletop clock or can be used for hands-free video viewing. Very clever, very simple. Kim even goes as far as to customize the UI for the phone, making an elegant combination that we’d like to see in our hands sooner rather than later. The home screen shows essentials like time, temperature, and how many unread messages are waiting. And it plays MP3s.
