A look at the Apple ‘Skankphone’, built before the original iPhone release

Re:A look at the Apple ‘Skankphone’, built before the origin... by userbinator on Monday October 06, 2014 @12:45AM (#8414323)

That phone interface has a very 80s retro-look to it, and I could imagine it appearing as a "futuristic smartphone" device in a movie from that decade. I honestly don't think it looks all that bad.

(Then again, I like artistically simple yet functional UIs and think gradients are far too overused now...)

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Re:A look at the Apple ‘Skankphone’, built before the origin... by yzzxy on Monday October 06, 2014 @01:13AM (#8414372)

Add some padding, coordinate the colors, change the font to something more distinctive, and you've got yourself a design language.

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Re:A look at the Apple ‘Skankphone’, built before the origin... by Joeri on Monday October 06, 2014 @04:01AM (#8414762)

Isn't that called 'Windows Phone'? ;)

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Re:A look at the Apple ‘Skankphone’, built before the origin... by andrewliebchen on Monday October 06, 2014 @01:44AM (#8414440)

Super flat. Digital native.

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Re:A look at the Apple ‘Skankphone’, built before the origin... by bane on Monday October 06, 2014 @10:50AM (#8416141)

I kept thinking it was an attempt to emulate LCARS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCARS

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Re:A look at the Apple ‘Skankphone’, built before the origin... by cmiller1 on Monday October 06, 2014 @09:09AM (#8415637)

The spacing and all of the rounded rectangle buttons vaguely reminded me of a Hypercard stack from back in the day.

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