It Takes Two, Me And You

07.09.07
Long Tran

Categories:
Cellphones
Product Design
Technology

It Takes Two, Me And You

No one can deny the power of 2. Two heads are supposed to be better than one. The number 2 is the smallest prime number and the only even one. It’s also the most divisible number. If that weren’t enough evidence, 2 is the number of DNA strands that make up the double helix structure. The common denominator here is the number 2 denotes cooperation and that’s where the Duofone concept begins.

The Duofone looks like any other slick concept but this time, it’s not about megapixels, or screen resolution, or even smartphone abilities. It’s about putting two of them together to combine their screen real estate. It’s about sharing each other’s battery power if one is low. It’s about increasing its abilities when paired with its partner. It even looks like a couple in bed when docked to its charging cradle.

Designer: Daewoo Kim

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39 Comments »

07.09.07
Cheryl says

this is jus so awesome! Must have for the hi-tech love birds on the block!! what say??

07.09.07
Huygir says

If they flatten out the design, this could be quite cool.

If you could just partially charge one from another, there is whole social thing going on here… say you’re in doing the tourist thing and run out of charge - just ask a friendly local (e.g., pretty young girl) if you can impose on them for a 15 minute boost from their phone and then strike up a conversation while it’s charging.

The “hook together for a big screen” idea is also cool, and I can think of plenty of opportunity for using that (if the batteries can provide sufficient run time).

It’s a shame these thing almost never make it to market.

07.09.07
Geisrud says

I like the side by side thing if there would be no gap in the screen from a bezel. It would give enough real estate that the screen would be usable for a movie.