Huawei Mate S
Project Details
Elegant, flagship smartphone experience from China’s leading mobile phone manufacturer.
As part of the Mate series product line, the Mate S is Huawei’s premier smartphone experience. The device is lightweight and slim, with an anodised aluminium unibody combined with a full 2.5D curved glass 5.5” vibrant AMOLED display.
Responsibilities
Industrial Design
3D design - shape and physical UI studies
Prototyping - Full appearance model making.
Colour, Material & Finish - bead-blasted aluminium surface finish refinement
Product visualisation- renders
Packaging Design
Studies for premium materials and unboxing experience
Design development
The biggest challenge of large screen-device smartphones is reducing the overall impression of thickness. To this end, we positioned the battery in the centre of the product, allowing us to thin the outer edges, create a crisp edge in-hand feel.