There is a few photos circulating over the web showing the concept or
prototype unit of the alleged Facebook phone. The news about the this
devices started a couple of years back and it was then that Mark
Zuckerberg’s company teamed up with HTC to build a smartphone that will
become the next big thing in the Android world. However, there have been
so many codenames revealed but nothing has become a reality. But just a
few days back, the photo prototype emerged showing a neatly tailored,
HTC-inspired phone bearing Facebook’s login page on load.
There have also been a lot of rumors regarding Facebook’s desperate
ways to build up the hype of its upcoming device. Among those are the
information we received that Zuckerberg’s company allegedly hired an
ex-Apple employee who is helping in designing the phone. But basically,
no information was released by Facebook yet. Thus, this leaves us
wondering where the photos came from. The answer to that is Michal
Bonikowski, an outside designer.
Actually, the photo that’s been roaming around the web is his
rendition of what he believes the appearance of the actual phone.
Therefore, what you might be seeing right now is a fruit of his
imagination and nothing more. In other words, it is simply his mock-up
of the still unknown phone. Let’s try to go over the speculated specs to
see how a designer sees it in some ways.
Bonikowski believes the Facebook phone will come with 4.2 inches
display, an 8-megapixel primary camera and 5MP rear-facing, a
Facebook-labeled docking station. This is not the first time we see
concept photos of the rumored Facebook phone as HTC shared to the public
its proposed designs. Many didn’t like how HTC presented it on paper so
bad feedback could have turned it down. In fairness to the artistic
abilities of Bonikowski, his rendition looks way better than HTC’s. The
phone really looks cooler to the eyes being minimalist. The color choice
is just appropriate and the docking station is just perfect.
I would like to reiterate that the photo you are seeing in this post
is a personal rendition of an artist who don’t even work for either HTC
or Facebook. However, if this is the kind of phone that the company
would spend its money for, then many people especially Facebook bums
would surely appreciate having to use such cool device with cool
designs. Of course, you have to include the main purpose–being able to
update status on FB.
Anyway, there are no further information about the rumored Facebook
phone whom others refer to as “Buffy.” The price couldn’t be determined
yet because fairly enough, there is no information as to the
manufacturing of the device. No release date has also been given because
there is a possibility that both Facebook and HTC are actually on the
process of putting their suggestions together to be able to come up with
a perfect idea on what to produce. Stay tuned as we will bring you the
latest information about Facebook phone as long as hear something
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