Accessories or phone design?

[Heron_Kusanagi]

The wild success of the accessories lineup of the iPhone and to a lesser extent, the S3, made me think about phone design a little more.

People love the little touches that signify to others how this phone belongs to them. I recall a time where 3rd party Nokia casings for the 3310 were the norm, and how this phone will be identified as that individual's phone due to the accessories. It translated to the iPhone by accident due to antennagate, but one cannot deny the impact and I feel that the designs that go into the casings can be quite elaborate.

Then we have Nokia and to a lesser extent HTC who are using purity of colours to showoff their devices more. With the simplicity of WP's UI design it returns to a simpler time. But casings do showcase the individual as much as the colours Nokia is trying to sell.

So what gives? Personally I love what Nokia is doing now, but the casings and accessories negate much of the point of fabulous design in a phone. What do you guys think?

 

[Reflexx]

Cases can be made with openings to show some parts of the phone I suppose.

 

[SnailUK]

One of the biggest things that tempts me to get an 820, is the removable cases.

Having 2 young kids, my phone gets battered, and therefore i have to have an unsightly case on it, as does the missus iPhone. It hides a pair of nice phones.

The idea of getting a phone that has a standard rugged case, that isn't oversized, or butt ugly really appeals to me.

 

[Daniel Ratcliffe]

One of the biggest things that tempts me to get an 820, is the removable cases.

Having 2 young kids, my phone gets battered, and therefore i have to have an unsightly case on it, as does the missus iPhone. It hides a pair of nice phones.

The idea of getting a phone that has a standard rugged case, that isn't oversized, or butt ugly really appeals to me.

those Active Shell cases, or whatever they're called. I am so getting one of those. I wanna be able to not worry about anger getting the better of me causing my phone to get destroyed. With those rugged cases, I'll be able to chuck the phone, and it just ricochet off the wall and smack me in the face, undamaged.

 

[Heron_Kusanagi]

those Active Shell cases, or whatever they're called. I am so getting one of those. I wanna be able to not worry about anger getting the better of me causing my phone to get destroyed. With those rugged cases, I'll be able to chuck the phone, and it just ricochet off the wall and smack me in the face, undamaged.

Sounds like you want the L820 to be the legendary 3310.