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__//**ABU OJONEKE ESTHER. UNIT 2. PHONE SHOP.**//__ For our pre-unit exercise, we were to make use of a program called Gimp 2 to create a page showing pictures related to the school's motto: Belief, Motivation, Inspiration, Success and have the motto written down underneath it. This makes up part of our investigation on this unit, because from Gimp, a similar program to Photoshop, we would easily be able to create the designs for our phones. Our teacher, Mr Mutasa is just trying to familiarize us with the functions and purposes of Gimp. It is nice and easy to understand and use and this is what mine looks like:



__//**INVESTIGATION**//__ I am to create a survey that solves a problem relating to phones. In my case, I am actually trying to create a phone that appeals to girls of the age bracket 12-18 years old. I will also be trying to solve some other phone problems that directly or indirectly solve some other problems of phones that can make my phone appealing to this age bracket. The two problems are: I will first do a survey of the kind of phones popular among people of the ages 12-18, then I would find out about the extents of damages caused by the above listed problems and then highlight ways they can be solved. First of all, I will create a questionnaire which I would ask answers from 4 students of this age bracket. From my questionnaire, I will also gain bits and pieces of information about what students of this age like and dislike about their phones, the kind of phones they prefer, and what they would do to make phones better. I will be interviewing four people and these are some of the questions that they will be asked by me: - Yes -Yes -Yes -Yes -Blackberry Bold 5 -Nokia -Blackberry Bold -I phone 4. -This year -1 year ago -1 year ago. -2 years ago. -Not too expensive. -A bit expensive. - Quite expensive. -Very expensive at that time. -It's not too light. -it's light enough for me. -It's light, not that heavy. -It's light. -Good camera quality, Blackberry Messenger. -Good cameras, fast internet service. -Media, speakers. -Front camera with very good quality. -I can send free messages to other people through Blackberry Messenger (BBM). -It has very good features. - It's not too big. -It's touchscreen, it's got i pod features. -My battery runs down quickly. -I don't really like its appearance. -The battery runs down quickly. -Nothing. -I phone 5. -I phone 5. -I phone 4s. -I phone 5. -It's the latest phone. -It's the best phone in the market now. -Because it fulfills all my requirements of a good phone. -It's much bigger, but lighter and also thinner. -5. -3 -4 -4 - - -Nothing very unique I would like to mention. -High visual features like voice control - - -A longer lasting battery that does not run down quickly. -It would be a more interesting colour, my present phone is black. - - - Nil. -I have heard that if the battery is low, the danger of emission is 1000 greater than if you have full battery. - - -No. -No. - - -Yes, but it should not show the phone company's name. -Yes. - - - -I would want a purple phone cover with rhinestones. - - -Nil. - Nil.
 * Dropping phones in water.
 * Scratched screens.
 * Do you have a phone?
 * What make is it?
 * When did you get this phone?
 * About how much was it?
 * Approximately how much does your phone weigh?
 * What are the special features of this phone?
 * What are the things you love about it?
 * What are the things you dislike about it (if any)?
 * If you could have any phone of your choice right now, which one would you pick?
 * Why?
 * How many phones have you owned and used in the course of your lifetime?
 * What features does your phone have that make it so special?
 * What are some suggestions you might offer to make this phone better?
 * What do you know about the dangers of phone radiation emissions?
 * Have you ever had (a) scratch(es) on your phone screen
 * Would you like to have a free phone cover that comes with your phone?
 * If yes, what colour and design would you like it to have?
 * If yes, what happened to the phone and what did you do about it eventually?
 * Have you ever dropped your phone in water?

- - -Yes. -No. - - -It still functioned properly. -Nil. After this, from my own personal research, I discovered that students of this age group were always interested in the phones that were newly released, that is to say, the latest phones. This is because the latest phones always included new and improved features that made the phones get better and better as the years went by, e.g higher quality cameras, more audible speakers, faster, more effective internet connection, etc. The first phones that were produced were very big and heavy, and they also did not have many important features. Some phones only had the ability to make and receive phone calls, and that was it. They also had wire cords attached to them, which restricted them to usage in one spot. But due to the advancement of technology and scientific understanding, we started to have smaller and lighter phones, more special features like the ability to connect to the internet, listen to and download music, take pictures, social networks, like Facebook, etc, wireless phones which we can take about and use conveniently. Also students of this age group prefer phones that come in a variety of nice girly colours like pink, white, peach, lavender purple, black for some ,etc. If in my final product, I vary the colours that majority girls like, I would be able to get multiple customers.
 * If yes, what happened to the phone and what did you do about it eventually?

__//**DESIGN BRIEF.**//__ After all these investigations, I would have to come up with ideas to help me solve my three problems, targeting phones for girls 12-18 years of age. What I would do is to create a phone that is modern and unique in terms of shape, colour, designs, features, etc because that will be what makes the phone attractive to girls of this age group nowadays, - modernization and uniqueness. I would also include features that take care of the problems I listed above, for they are very common phone problems and solving them, while at the same time creating a phone that is creative, attractive and unique to this year group will kill 4 birds with one stone. Basically, all the colours and the designs I will be adding to the phone are just simply advertisements or means by which girls of this age group can be attracted to it. As mentioned above, I will include a variety of colours, due to the variety of girls 12-18 years in choice of colour and design, so that different classes of girls in this year group (i.e quiet, bold, outstanding, loud, flashy) can all be satisfied with my product.as I also said, the phone should be unique in terms of shape, because all the present phones are in just one shape- rounded rectangle, but if a new shape of phone comes into market, people would want to have it because it would be the "latest" and "reigning" phone, due to its uniqueness when compared to other phones.

__//**Product specification.**//__ My final phone must:
 * Have a unique shape, i.e. it must not be a rounded rectangle or anything close to that, and it must have a shape different from any phone presently available in the phone market.
 * Be appealing and attractive to girls of the age group 11-18 years old, because they are my target for this task. If they are not attracted to my phone, the purpose of making the phone has been defeated, and my effort is thus in vain.
 * Be water-proof.
 * Come in different colours. This is to satisfy a wide range of girls, with varied colour preferences and taste.
 * Be light.
 * Be strong, firm and rigid.
 * Not fall apart easily; except when the owner wants to voluntarily open it up.
 * Be of average size; not too large and not too small.
 * Look bright and cheerful; with at least two different bright and warm colours, including white.

__//**Product test.**//__ To test on whether my product is what I want it to be, which is what will appeal to girls of the age group 11-18, I will first of all check the product against my design specification. I will then show my product to a group of girls of the age group, 11-18 and they will test the product against my design specification. I will also ask them about their general opinion of the phone: what they like about it, what they dislike about it, what could have been done better, what could have been added as a special feature to make it better, e.t.c. From the information gathered from these tests written here, I will have gained enough information to write up my reflection and evaluation.

=__ DESIGN STAGE. __= DESIGN 1. This design is not clear, but it is well annotated. Basically, in this design, the phone is in the shape of a shoe. The front part of the shoe, the toe section can be opened up to view the keypad of the phone. The phone, as annotated, is covered in waterproof material. The phone comes in more than one colour, but this design only shows the pink version of the phone. As said in the specification, all the phones must come in more than one colour, because different girls have different preferences, some girls are also more babyish than other girls, some like to have quiet and reserved colours, and some others like to have loud and outspoken colours. The basic function of the phones I'll be creating is that they have to be appealing and attracting to girls of the age group 11-18, but if I have only one colour of phone, I cannot achieve this to a large group of girls, because while some girls love that particular colour, other girls might detest that same colour. This phone comes in pink (as illustrated above), red and purple. Below is my rating for this phone:
 * < Descriptor ||< 0 (Not done) ||< 1 (Poorly carried out) ||< 2 (Fairly carried out) ||< 3 (Good) ||< 4 (Very good) ||< 5 (excellent) ||
 * < Have a unique shape. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||< x ||
 * < Be appealing and attractive. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||< x ||
 * < Be water-proof. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||< x ||<   ||
 * < Come in different colours. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||< x ||<   ||<   ||
 * < Be light. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||< x ||<   ||
 * < Be strong, firm and rigid. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||< x ||<   ||
 * < Not fall apart easily. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||< x ||<   ||<   ||
 * < Be of average size. ||<  ||<   ||< x ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * < Look bright and cheerful. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||< x ||<   ||
 * Have at least 3 colours. ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||   ||

=DESIGN 2. = This design also is not clear. However, in this design, when the watermelon phone is closed, it is waterproof, when it is open, however, the keypad is also waterproof, because the phone keys are attached to the keypad in a way that there is no gap around the keys. The inside of the phone is also covered in a protective waterproof material. The phone is appealing and attractive, in the sense that it has a unique shape. However, not everyone likes watermelons. Because of this, some girls might not want to buy the phone, and the aim of creating this kind of phone will be defeated. It only comes in one colour, contrary to the design specification. It is also light, and quite rigid in structure. I have designed the phone not to fall apart easy, by making use of very string hinges to pyut both ahalves of the phoe together. It is not too large and not too samll, thereby if average size. It has bright and cheerful features. It also has, in toetla
 * Descriptor || 0 (Not done) || 1 (Poorly carried out) || 2 (Fairly carried out) || 3 (Good) || 4 (Very good) || 5 (excellent) ||
 * Have a unique shape. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || x ||
 * Be appealing and attractive. ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Be water-proof. ||  ||   ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Come in different colours. ||  || x ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Be light. ||  ||   ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Be strong, firm and rigid. ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Not fall apart easily. ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Be of average size. ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Look bright and cheerful. ||  ||   ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Have at least 3 colours. ||  ||   ||   ||   || x ||   ||

__//**Design 3.**//__ In this design, there was more showcasing of colour and there was more creativity involved I enjoyed making this design better than the first two, because it was more fun and creative and also more colourful than the first two. It was also much easier still, and less complicated than the first two. In this design, all the components can be folded into a thin structure, which makes it portable and easy to carry about, it also is waterproof, when folded into the thin structure When you expand the main structure, the whole thing is a touch scree, there is a button on the phone which you press to bring out the keypad. When you press that button, the keypad surfaces out of the surface of the screen, and at that point, the screen becomes reduced, as the keypad has taken out some of the space on the screen.When you are done with what you are doing, the keypad goes back into the layer underneath the main screen, where it comes out from. Inside the keypad is a layer of waterproof material, which prevents water that by chance enters the keypad from going further inside the keypad and damaging it. This is my best design so far. It is also unique in the sense that it folds into itself and can be held as a light structured object. that is why i have chosen it. __//**Evaluation.**//__ I am happy with the final product. It was much better and easier using Gimp. I followed the design specification accordingly. I made the phone in a unique shape, the phone is appealing and attractive, the phone is waterproof, it comes in different colours, it is light, it is firm, strong and rigid, it does not fall apart easily, it is of average size, it looks bright and cheerful and it has at least 3 colours. In the pre unit stage, I did not do it at first because I still did not understand Gimp. For the investigation stage, I did a questionnaire and managed to get answers from 4 people. I wrote the design specification and brief. In the designs, I had to design samples of the phones I had ideas of. That went well. I also had to assess my designs against my design specification. Then, we went to the creation stage. I had to create the phone using Gimp. __//**Final phone.**//__ I am impressed by this. I then had to do my product test, to ask people if they like the phone and what they like about the phone. __//**Product test.**//__ These are the questions I asked and the responses I got back. I asked the girls in my class and year group who are between 13 and 15.
 * Descriptor || 0 (Not done) || 1 (Poorly carried out) || 2 (Fairly carried out) || 3 (Good) || 4 (Very good) || 5 (excellent) ||
 * Have a unique shape. ||  ||   ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Be appealing and attractive. ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Be water-proof. ||  ||   ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Come in different colours. ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Be light. ||  ||   ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Be strong, firm and rigid. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || x ||
 * Not fall apart easily. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || x ||
 * Be of average size. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || x ||
 * Look bright and cheerful. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || x ||
 * Have at least 3 colours. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || x ||