In one of my habitual clicking sprees on Twitter I came across a Dribbble shot that I just had to share. This one is from designer Adrien Olczak and it’s of a design for an iPhone smart cover that mirrors the one Apple currently makes for the iPad and iPad mini.
I contacted Olczak and he was kind enough to provide me with a high-res version of his mockup.
I love this idea. I use a lot of cases for special occasions, like the Pad & Quill Little Black Book or the Twelve South BookBook. But, for the most part, I run around with my iPhone naked as a jay bird. This normally isn’t a problem, but I do like to set my phone down on counters or desks as I walk around, or shove it in my pocket with my keys, and that’s an issue when it comes to scratching the screen.
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That’s why this Smart Cover idea is so nifty. It keeps most of the design open for the eye to see, while protecting the screen. I like it for the same reasons that I like the iPad version so much (yes, even the iPad mini version). He ginned up two designs, one with two segments and another with three. I like the three segment one because it allows for propping the phone up horizontally to watch a movie or what have you.
I highly doubt that Apple is going to make this thing happen, and there is the matter of the iPhone 4/4S being magnet friendly and the anodized iPhone 5…not being that. But still, I’d love to see some crazy accessory vendor somewhere pull it off.
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