Thursday, September 3, 2015

Nokia Concept “Premium + Fun” Reminds Me of Why MP3 Players Are Dead

When phones started 

Nokia concept premium and fun 1


to get microSD card slots and players filled with ample equalizers, it was clear that MP3 players were dead. But then, MP3 players got stylish and survived for a while, being good looking, packed with storage and offering excellent bundled headphones. But when a Lumia like the one below looks so good, the style of a player doesn’t matter anymore.
Nokia concept premium and fun 2

This is a concept from back in 2013, when it was still OK to call a Lumia a Nokia and it’s the creation of Manny Carreon. He did this as a “fun weekend project” and combined premium materials with the attributes of the Lumia series. We’re getting both the matte polycarbonate body in the upper two thirds of the phone and a lower CNC milled body base.
The Pureview camera is still here and the edges are very, very rounded, a futuristic approach in that year, but now a normal design trait. Part of me wants that metal piece to rotate with some cool effect, but I don’t know why. Also, for some reason, there’s a bit of a Zune vibe here. Is that good or bad?

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