The Nothing Telephone 2a launched earlier this month to fairly constructive opinions. When you’re available in the market for a funds Android cellphone that appears good, performs nicely, and has a strong digicam, it’s one of many higher choices out there. Now, Nothing is inviting you to assist it design a brand new model of the cellphone.
On March 20, Nothing uploaded a video to its YouTube channel saying the corporate’s “Group Version Challenge.” Briefly, it’s a brand new initiative from Nothing that’s supplying you with the chance to design a model new model of the Telephone 2a.
What precisely does that imply? As defined by Nothing CEO Carl Pei, “Co-creation means creating one thing collectively. And as a product firm, for the primary we’re inviting our group to create a brand new variant of the Telephone 2a along with us. So that features every thing from the design of the product to the packaging to the wallpapers, and likewise the advertising and marketing campaigns.”
When Nothing says this can be a “group” undertaking, it actually means it. Anybody can throw their hat within the ring to assist Nothing design its subsequent model of the Nothing Telephone 2a, and also you’ll have your likelihood to take action in just some brief days.
Submissions for The Group Version Challenge will formally open on March 26. That begins stage one of many undertaking, the place you possibly can submit your personal {hardware} design for the subsequent Telephone 2a variant. The winner of the {hardware} design will “be given the chance to collaborate with our [Nothing’s] London design group to carry their concept to life.” Subsequent is the wallpaper design stage in Might, the place you possibly can design “a collection of wallpapers to seamlessly combine with the successful {hardware} design.” The winner of the wallpaper stage may have their wallpaper collections pre-installed on the Nothing Telephone 2a Group Version.
The packaging design part kicks off in June, the place group members may have the possibility to design retail packaging for the cellphone based mostly on the successful design and wallpapers. Lastly, in July, you’ll have the ability to submit “a artistic proposal for the advertising and marketing of the Telephone 2 Group Version.”
The entire {hardware} and software program specs for the Group Version will stay precisely as they’re on the present Nothing Telephone 2a. Nevertheless, the possibility for anybody to submit a brand new {hardware} design for the cellphone is fairly cool. Nothing shared an instance of a community-designed Telephone 2a variant (seen above), and it appears significantly totally different from the present Nothing Telephone 2a. It appears like Nothing is prepared to go in fairly totally different design instructions for the Group Version, and that’s encouraging to see.
If you wish to submit your personal designs for the Telephone 2a Group Version, submissions start on the Nothing web site on March 26.
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