Design Trends/Transparent Digital Products See the "Beauty of Machinery"

Digital electronics are often wrapped in closed shells, and we can't see their internal structure. As a digital enthusiast, I am curious about the internal structure of various electronic products. Some enthusiasts even try to make transparent shells for electronic products, creating their own "transparent limited editions" so that they can enjoy the "mechanical beauty" of these electronic products at any time.

More and more brands are launching transparent versions of electronic products, which is not only a design scheme, but also full of technology, futuristic, and a confident performance of a company's level of technology. Below, let me list some transparent versions of digital electronic products that can be seen in life. \Yao Gang

Transparent computer

As early as 1998, Apple's first iMac was one of the selling points with a transparent body and colorful casing. The original iMac was Steve Jobs' first work after his return to Apple. Even now, its design is still unique and fascinating. I believe that in that era when computers were not popular, many people saw the internal structure of computers for the first time through this iMac. This advanced design also brought considerable sales to the iMac and became the representative of the computers of the time. It has also led to the trend of digital technology enthusiasts pursuing the "beauty of transparency".

Transparent speakers

When it comes to transparent speakers, many people are sure to think of the Harman Kardon brand. Because Harman Kardon's Aura Studio (Glass Series) and SoundSticks (Jellyfish Series) are well-known high-quality speakers featuring transparent shells. Its rounded and crystalline shape, even if placed in the corner of the home without use, is like a work of art, adding a touch of art to the family. Coupled with Harman Kardon's deep sound quality skills, it makes it a transparent speaker that is really good-looking and easy to use.

In the speaker world, there is also a transparent speaker that is loved by audiophiles. That's THE MOROR ART suspended lyrics subtitle speaker. Looking at it from a distance, it is difficult to associate it with the speaker, and some people say that it looks like a transparent fish tank from a distance. In addition to its good sound quality, its features are the fully transparent display screen of its body. While the music is playing, the transparent display displays the lyrics of the song in artistic fonts simultaneously. Because it uses a transparent display screen before and after, when the lyrics appear, it will give people the illusion that the lyrics are suspended in the air. We can also set the fonts and special effects of the lyrics through the exclusive App. Although it is a transparent screen, it can also be connected through the app to display color pictures, adding playability.

Transparent moving power supply

Flash Pole is a technology brand that has grown rapidly in the past two years and is known to us to produce high-quality mobile power supplies (also known as charging treasures) and charging equipment. Among them, the most concerned by consumers is the high-end transparent shell charging treasure launched by it.

Recently, Flash Pole also cooperated with mobile phone manufacturer Meizu to launch a transparent mobile power supply that supports 130W super fast charging. This product is equipped with a high-resolution IPS color screen that can display real-time voltage, temperature, current, power and other information. It has a built-in aluminum alloy frame, equipped with a 21700 lithium battery cell, and a capacity of 20000mAh. Provides a USB-C port and a USB-A port, compatible with PD, PPS, QC3.0, PE2.0, AFC, FCP, SCP and other fast charging protocols. With comprehensive technology, materials and design, this transparent charging treasure of the flash pole can be described as the "ceiling" (very high degree of description) level of the current mobile power supply products.

Transparent phone

Transparent mobile phones are not a new concept, and manufacturers have long taken the first step and produced related products. In September 2009, Sony Ericsson launched the world's first transparent screen phone, the Xperia Pureness, which caused quite a stir at the time. Although from the current point of view, whether it is the screen size and display effect, it is not satisfactory, but in the non-smart phone era, being able to make such a breakthrough design is enough to show the technical strength of Sony Ericsson, and also makes consumers full of expectations for the future mobile phone form.

Xiaomi mobile phone from Xiaomi 8, launched the "transparent exploration version", it firmly grasped the needs of technology enthusiasts to pursue "geek style", the internal structure of part of the mobile phone through the transparent back cover display, and through some artistic design techniques, so that the entire internal structure of the phone highlights a cool feeling. After the transparent exploration version of the Xiaomi Mi 8 was widely acclaimed, in the Xiaomi Mi 9 and Xiaomi Mi 10 mobile phone series, Xiaomi also launched a transparent back cover version.

The pursuit of a sense of technology and transparent beauty is also a major feature of many game lovers. Therefore, not long ago, Nubia also launched a transparent version on the newly launched game phone Red Devil 7 Pro. The middle area of its back shell is carved in metal, combined with a wrap-around diffusion texture, and the surrounding area is gradually transparent, revealing the iconic "deuterium" logo on one side and a colorful RGB ring light that gamers love under the back shell on the other side. Many gamers are accustomed to letting the RGB lighting effect of the computer set off the atmosphere of the game when playing the game. This time, the Red Devils 7 Pro successfully brought this experience to the gaming phone.

Recently, Pei Yu, the former co-founder of OnePlus Mobile, founded a new mobile phone company called Nothing. Earlier in April 2022, the company launched its first smartphone, a transparent phone called The Thing Phone. As the first mobile phone launched by the company, it is based on transparent design as the selling point, which shows that the Nothing Phone is a mobile phone for technology enthusiasts to pursue the ultimate experience.

Transparent headphones

At the moment when true wireless Bluetooth headsets are popular, different brands of products on the market are too affected by Apple's AirPods products, and there are many homogeneous appearances. At this time, JBL found everyone's need for personality pursuit and launched the JBL Tune 225TWS transparent true wireless Bluetooth headset. It abandons the traditional material from the headphones themselves to the charging compartment, and adopts a translucent material design, which can clearly see the sophisticated circuit system inside the headset and the charging compartment, giving people a feeling of future technology. To further highlight the personality, it also introduced two transparent versions of black and bright orange.

Transparent keyboard

There are a lot of mechanical keyboards with transparent housings and transparent keycaps on the market. Because the transparent keyboard is more technological, it can make us reduce the boring feeling when working, so it is loved by many people in the workplace. This time, we introduce a three-mode transparent custom mechanical keyboard Mojo68 from MelGeek. It adopts a light blue transparent shell and is fitted with a custom white and yellow keycap, and when the backlight of the keyboard emanates from the gap between the keycap and the transparent shell of the keyboard, the crystal clear feeling is as wonderful as crystal.

Transparent handheld

Since the early years of Game Boy, many game lovers have tried to transform their beloved handheld into transparent, and now, in the era when the Nintendo Switch has become the new king of handhelds, we can also make the Switch transparent by purchasing some transparent shells and accessories launched by third parties.

Transparent TV

The transparent screen of the mobile phone was invented a long time ago, and now the transparent smart TV is also within reach. Just in August 2020, Xiaomi officially launched a 55-inch smart TV with transparent OLED technology supporting a 120Hz refresh rate. Its display is only 5.7mm thick, and from a distance it looks like a large piece of glass is erected there. The TV's speakers, power supplies and connectors are all integrated into the circular base. Although, before Xiaomi's transparent TV, we have seen several screen manufacturers launch transparent TV concept products at some technology exhibitions, but Xiaomi is still the first to mass-produce and sell it. Priced at 49,999 yuan, it is also the most expensive TV product in xiaomi's history.

conclusion

As a digital enthusiast, why do you have a different attachment to "transparency"? I think that's because the electronic components that are dotted inside electronics are symbols of technology. We pursued the cool and personal feeling that technology was in my hands. As a digital product company, making the chassis transparent is not only the pursuit of design and craftsmanship, but also a confident attitude towards its own technical strength. Hopefully, in the future, we will see more and more beautifully designed transparent digital products.