T3's 01 Phone inches closer to perfection

Posted by Katherine Hannaford on Mon 10 Nov 2008

Our quest for perfection in the mobile phone world takes another form, thanks to our collaboration with The Alloy

Our campaign to create the world's most perfect mobile phone, suitable for each and every pocket alike, is gathering speed just like Lewis Hamilton free-falling from the top of the Gherkin tower. You voted on what you wanted to see in the T3-designed handset, so we're proud to present a new set of photos to you. Really, we feel like proud parents, minus the stretch marks.

Gone is the laser virtual keyboard, in its place we've got a fully-customisable contextual keyboard which changes depending on the program in use at that moment. A rubberised film over the slide-out pad makes it feel more realistic than any other keypad you've used before.

Headphones click into place in the back of the phone, along with a flexible mini phone, which you can strap around your wrist, or keep in your pocket, if you want the 01 Phone to be in your laptop bag or close by, but not on your person. It works just as an ordinary phone, able to make and receive calls, and when done with it, you can lock it into the back of the 01 Phone.

The 01 Phone is being designed thanks to a partnership between T3 and The Alloy, our favourite design gods who have worked tirelessly to create this new design, and are going through the stages of whipping something very special (and real) in their workshops, just for us.

Take a look at our gallery to the right for the new images of the design, and for a greater explanation of each feature.

And when you're done drooling over the images of the 01 Phone, click here to sign our campaign to get it made.

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