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Monthly Archives: September 2010
The long- awaited dumb Phone arrived in the USA.
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First ‘What’s in the box’ pictures.
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Hot News · Watch NOS Headlines · Expert’s opinion on John’s Phone.
(Sorry, only in Dutch…)
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More than 200 display designs in the most simple phone.
True simplicity has to be more than skin deep, more than a façade.
Does our mission statement fit the every component of the phone?
Our mission statement is just a simple and functional phone which does what it promises: calling wherever you are. Every component/ aspect of the phone is simple.
Design should not only look great but it should also fit its purpose. That is why we designed John’s Phone very user friendly what means very practical and easy.
Although you can not text with John’s you can see the incoming/outgoing numbers.
John’s Phone has a special designed screen on top of the phone.
For this screen we designed over 200 graphics. Graphics carefully designed for a particular screen size. In the screen you meet Fony. Fony is John’s character, who shows up in your screen to say welcome, hello, bye and much more.
Fony represents all kind of different aspects of John’s; Fony makes John’s a friendly phone.
For instance while the phone is charging you see Fony getting electrocuted. Or while the phone is stand-by you see Fony sleeping in his bed.
Not in every screen you see Fony, we designed many screens without Fony
Like the screen for to pre-program your John’s phone with phone numbers.
Your favorite numbers can be pre-programmed and saved under each numeric button. A little animation with stars shows you that you saved a number under the chosen key-button.
My favorite feature is John’s Energy.
The battery is a unique feature on John’s phone. We wanted the battery life as long as possible to fits is promise of most simple phone.
In order to have a great energy capacity it was necessary to make the display as small as possible. But on the other hand the display should be clear and useful. All the graphics should be readable.
As battery icon we chose to use John’s logo. The logo gets smaller and bigger depending how much energy is left in the phone.
Designing the display screen was a great deal of work as it only uses 128 x 32 pixels. We wanted the display to be white with black graphics so it has a clean and graphic feel.
Hidden secrets
Some graphics are hidden and can only be found by a few lucky people.
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Bright.nl has the most respected ‘hands on’ review of John’s Phone.
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John’s funky colors and components to spice up your call.
The main color of your phone can have an effect on your mood.
John’s phone is designed in special colors. The color of a phone can really make or break a great design.
About colors; a color can influence our mood and our thoughts. Colors affect people in many ways, depending upon one’s age, gender, ethnic background or local climate. So it’s important to choose wisely.
We always wondered why all phones look so serious; all those black/ grey small boxes we carry around every day just look so dull. Why?
Why not a bright pink phone? Or a superloud raspberry-and-yellow checked phone?
Unique colors, like brown, pink and green, can get your phone noticed.
A phone‘s color reflects the taste and mood of the buyer.
Pre-Order at our little webshop.
Note: Whatever color you choose make sure it’s in the color you enjoy.
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John’s in China.
Hein in China (Guangzhou) with the first working proto type in 2006.
Test models from 2007.
Late 2006 design sample.
We got many Chinese friends. In 2006 and 2007 Hein traveled the most to China to do production checking, raw materials confirmation, etc. The best way to work in China is to be there. By visiting you definitely learn who not to do business with. So we traveled a lot to China and visited many factories in China. We got a huge mix, good and bad manufactories. The best factories are the one with Government contacts, they are highly influential and using the Chinese Government system to assist you as a buyer will “guarantee” better products, delivery and financial transactions.
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John’s opened an online shop.
John’s has also a small online shop now. Go see John’s Little online Shop. All John’s are ready for pre-order and will be shipped from october.
The online store is only in Dutch. We apologize for the inconvenience. John’s sales team is working hard to get the english version online.
New photos of John’s.
Chrome volume button.
An address booklet in the back of every John's. The booklets are designed to fit each color John's.
An integrated hidden pen in John's.
A business version of John's in black.
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