Maple Phone

Jul 31 2008

Maple Phone

Posted by: Sierra in Concepts

Maybe you read about the Luxury Mpingo Phones from Gresso. They are made of African Blackwood, a very expensive material on the commercial timber market.

Now i want to present to you the Maple Phone from 2 designers that won Silver at the International Design Excellence Awards 2008 ( IDEA) competition for the Free Wind, best room air conditioner design.
Hyun Jin Yoon and Eun Hak Lee created a camera phone concept covered in thin wooden film, with touch sensitive buttons that light up through the housing when you touch the phone.

The cell phone measures 4.5 x 10.4 x 9.8 cm and is a slider with functions like calling, texting, MP3 player and digital camera. It provides basic cell phone functionalities in a cool and unique handset inspiring â€œspecial emotionâ€ with its soft feel and a natural look.
The touch-sensitive sensors located in the back of the housing turn on the backlight, responding to your finger touch, bringing the wood to life. It would probably use the capacitive touch technology, which is a special panel coated with indium tin oxide or a similar material capable to conduct continuous electrical current across the sensor.
Mapleâ€™s LCD display reveals itself from back as you slide the phone.

This wood phone concept would be manufactured at lower costs and itâ€™d surely be available at an affordable price, much lower than the 3500 Euro Gresso phones.
Other wood phones use special plastics instead of wood, both for the keep it green idea and for an easier manufacturing process.

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6 Comment(s) on “Maple Phone”

miss wong said on Aug 18 08 at 2:40 pm:

hi..wanna ask where i can get this phone..and how much does it cost??? thanks
Sierra said on Aug 18 08 at 3:54 pm:

It is a phone concept not a real product yet.:)
Diego said on Oct 16 08 at 5:22 am:

Oh, ow...!!!
;o
I really want one like this...
^_^
alexis matthews said on Nov 06 08 at 6:29 pm:

i love your phone......it rocks i aaaaaaa want o..n..e
EA08 said on Oct 31 09 at 5:27 am:

I think it is a special style.
senior phone said on Nov 16 09 at 4:42 pm:

That's a very strange phone. I wonder if it's easy to use?