The four pathological design of mobile phone

More than 10 years of mobile phone, but also in the industry, the industry has a certain understanding. To be fair, most manufacturers of mobile phone design, or more scientific and reasonable, but since the smartphone fully replace the function of mobile phones, has been so a few inexplicable design, can be seen in many different brands of mobile phones, people laugh and cry.

First, large screen and high split screen

Feature mobile phone age, mobile phone screen general size of about 2 inches, 3 inches and above even large screen. The advent of the smartphone era, from the beginning of the 3.5-inch screen to 4.7 inches, are still relatively normal size. But I do not know when to start, 5-inch, 6-inch or even 7-inch screen mobile phone began to do its way.

Big screen mobile phone, its biggest weakness, is the power consumption, this is the people know everything. But these manufacturers are still tireless to launch a large screen mobile phone, but also a reputation for its Yue: "Thin face artifact." Although it does have such a role, but compared to the next, large screen mobile phone a day more than the charge is very annoying, feel inconvenient.

In the current battery technology does not pass, there is no breakthrough in the case, these manufacturers also continue to launch a large screen mobile phones, can only say that the behavior of the brain residue. Despite the fact that the big screen mobile phone to see the video does much better than the small screen mobile phone, but after all, the demand for consumers is a minority.

The screen is so large that more and more people can only operate their phones with their hands. And one hand operation is after all years of mobile phone development has been accustomed to the operation of the way, especially in the public transport, the subway on the people are still accustomed to hand-held mobile phones and the other hands on the railing.

Based on personal experience, the size of a 4.7 or 4.8-inch screen is most appropriate. This size holding sense, click on the icon is convenient and other convenience considerations and mobile phone endurance should be said to achieve a better balance, is a more appropriate size. I am male, height 1.9-meter, hand also relatively big, should say this kind of personal experience still has certain universality.

And now the manufacturers in the market pressure, but also launched a high split-screen mobile phone, this is a more bizarre design. The reason is still on the battery issue. For example, the same size, such as 5-inch, 1080p screen, the power consumption must be less than 2k high split screen. and the screen size fixed, cell phone battery capacity can not be very large changes, which resulted in high split-screen mobile phone is significantly shorter than the low split-screen mobile phone. I do not know how these mobile phone manufacturers to consider this problem, battery technology is not enough, and not enough system optimization skills, mobile phone will be miserable.

Second, ultra-thin design

More and more mobile phones have entered the ranks of ultra-thin designs. But like the first question, the biggest problem with this design is the problem of mobile phone endurance. The thinner the phone, the less room there is, the less space there will be for the battery. Although there are now polymer battery technology, can create irregular appearance of the battery, but not completely solve the battery capacity of the stretched.

In addition, another problem with ultra-thin design is a grip or a sharp drop in feel. Especially for a metal-shell phone such as the iphone, the thin design will cause grip instability, easy to fall, but also feel the whole phone is very irritating.

On this issue, it should be said that the best manufacturer or Nokia. Its products have always been a certain thickness, have maintained a very good grip or feel.

Third, flip-type mobile phone protection kit (shell)

This kind of handset periphery product is the design most exotic product, uses extremely inconvenient. However, the major mobile phone manufacturers of the official authentic protection kits, but the vast majority of this design, let people baffled.

Every time you want to use your cell phone, you have to open it and fold it to the back of your phone. Occasionally one or two times this does not matter, the key every time to do so, it is too much trouble. and a person may at least take out a mobile phone more than 20 times a day, too troublesome. Manufacturers of the official authentic protective sleeve is OK, can not need to open to answer the phone, but the non-genuine protection sleeve does not support such a function, you can only fold.

If not folded to the back of the phone, the phone will easily fall. Not to mention how much trouble the clamshell cover will have when taking pictures.

All of these problems do not exist if replaced by the mobile phone shell shown in the image below. So, this kind of mobile phone shell, is the most reasonable one design.

Four, Icon design

These problems, in the domestic and international brand mobile phone body exist. But the fourth question, I do not know since when, many domestic brands have been designed this way. As a result, the final design turned out to be extremely crude and extremely devoid of beauty (can I swear here).

We can take a look at millet, the famous domestic mobile phone UI interface diagram:

We can see that the domestic mobile phone UI interface, its icons are basically a unified shape (rounded rectangles accounted for the vast majority), composed of different monochrome background. What about international brands or international icons? I think the following picture of a mobile phone using the native interface and the CM interface can be very descriptive.

On the left, it's a cell phone. Using a screenshot of the UI, the icon has the features mentioned above, and the right side is the interface of a cell phone with the CM ROM. Comparing them, which is good-looking, which is more design sense, it goes without saying.

Do not know domestic brands use such a style icon is why, may be to cater to the current trend of flattening. But the flat design of this, but deviated from its original intention. These icons, if looked carefully, still have a certain stereo effect. The stereo effect, however, is Apple in the flat before the application of many years of "materialization" of the characteristics of the Masters.

Of course, the above is just a person guessing, not necessarily the real intention of domestic brands. But the style of adding a background icon and the impact on the overall UI style of the mobile phone is indeed extremely bad.

A really good-looking, well-designed UI interface should be the style used by international brands. The icons for different programs are not the same style, and the icons differ in size. This style of scattered, uneven, and variability is strong, far better than the domestic brand blunt unified style.