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Unboxing videos may be getting a hell of a lot more interesting if this patent, which stipulates packaging that becomes a usable dock, becomes a reality. The filing shows a box which looks akin to the current device packaging which Apple thinks could be big enough to dock a smartphone or a portable computing tablet.
The absence of an Apple-designed dock for the iPhone 5 may have irked some, though would consumers want to use a device made of the beautiful box it came in? Unboxed items certainly hurt on resale, but we can already imagine a world where transformer packaging is resold on eBay separately. It’s certainly a nice, green idea, provided it’s made of an environmentally friendly material. [Patently Apple via Mashable]
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Good idea really to utilise as much of the case as possible. Sustainable. Me Likey.
much as I dislike Apple and it really hurts me to say something nice about them. so I shall use sarcasm
its a great idea – who did they steal it from
These guys or any the 100s of others that did this with the iphone3 packaging about 3 years ago.
http://www.iphonesavior.com/2009/08/this-diy-iphone-3gs-box-dock-is-simply-perfect.html
isn’t this basically just acontinuation of the design idea that notion ink had with their packaging for the Adam turning it into an integrated stand? http://notionink.wordpress.com/?s=ink+adam+packaging
nah, people have been making iphone docks out of the box from as back in the dark agaes as 2009
a google search shows plenty of diy iphone box docks.
If you look hard enough you’ll probably find docks made from thewir packaging for lots of other smart phones
Here’s expecting a £50 price increase for a 50p “eco-update”