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“I don’t have any of this phone.” When I saw the production version of the Reno Ace version of the mobile phone in my hand, OPPO designer Ben showed up.

On October 10th, Reno Ace, which had exposed all the configurations in advance, gave two surprises at the time of release: one was the bid price of 2,999 yuan, and the other was the appearance of the Gundam version. The former makes Reno Ace “true incense”, while the latter makes this cost-effective mobile phone “cool”.

One of the most talked about OPPO employees in my circle of friends is: Don’t ask if I have a Gundam version, I also need to snap up.

For Ben, this is his high-light moment as a designer, but what makes him feel the most fulfilling is the 20-year-old identity. Looking at the anime obsessed from elementary school and turning it into a hand-painted work, the mood is no less than the first time that Amro drove the RX-78-2 to destroy two Zagu.

“No one is more experienced than me”

Young Amro faced the ZMF’s air strikes and climbed up to look at the operating manual to successfully destroy Zagu. This became the starting point of Amro and was elected to the EFF as the MS’s main driver. The 15-year-old boy became a hardcore war god through personal struggle, which touched Ben in the second grade of elementary school.

“When I was in junior high school, I started to get into the model. I spent two months of lunch and bought the first one in my life. I fell in love with the model. So I entered a bigger pit, and now I have already There are 80 MG versions (Master Grade, 1:100 ratio) of the Gundam, including the full-loaded unicorn, the mourning banshee, and the Yuanzu dynasty, recalling the ups and downs that they have spelled, and Ben is a treasure.

“There is no more senior in the team than I am, and everyone quickly agreed to design this phone.”

Bhen he chose the source of the design element, Ben didn’t hesitate to choose the one that Amro drove. It was Ben’s anchor on the memory. As a body of origin, it has a special commemorative meaning, and the RX-78-2 is more suitable for combination with Reno Ace.

How to integrate RX-78-2 into mobile phone design, become Ben next to thinkQuestion.

“White Devil by Shape”

Design Reno Ace is a familiar and unfamiliar area for Ben: the up-and-coming elements of the day and night are intertwined with phones that have never been designed. Ben recalls: “Gundam official gave us a lot of reference materials, but I am so familiar with them, and even can directly draw at least 10 sketches of up to the model. This design I skipped the stage of learning and understanding the IP core. And soon entered the creation.”

The difference is that the Gundam version is based on Reno Ace’s re-creation, which is a low-level job with a very low ceiling. The easiest thing is to stick a logo or a body up to the back of the phone. The next step is to introduce a new color scheme based on this, and to match a few peripheral products to make a gift box, this is already full of sincerity.

But as a senior fan, Ben said:

“Put a logo on your mobile phone and paste a picture to finish it. This is too much.”

Expanding and splitting The elements of the RX-78-2 are incorporated into the Reno Ace fuselage, and the shape of the soul becomes Ben’s design idea.

RX-78-2 Up to the white demon, in the Gundam camp, it is a simple, brightly colored type. White is the main color, the upper body is blue, the feet and shield are red, and a little bit is dotted. Yellow.

In the first version of the Reno Ace version, the white is the main color. Ben said: “After proofing, I found this white plastic feeling too strong, and the texture is more like a toy phone. The adjusted scheme adds a silver base to the bottom of the glass, which is similar to the metal texture, echoing the gold version of the commemorative edition. Metal properties of up to iron.

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There is a red and blue color block design on the upper and lower parts of the back of the Reno Ace, based on the red and blue colors on the body. Unlike the flat and smooth back of the Reno Ace regular version, the back of the Gundam version has a lot of texture, which is to match the body’s armored lines and details.

In addition to these abstracted stripped design elements, there are also E.F.S.F (Earth Federal Space Army) logo and RX-78-2 Gundam’s avatar as an obvious figurative design element. Non-highTo die the loyalty powder can also feel the custom version of the Gundam element at first glance, and those who are more discerning and familiar can also feel the up-to-date genes in the mobile phone in various subtleties.

The lines on the back of the fuselage are not printed, but the actual texture. This three-dimensional shape is shaped by the yellow etch process of adding glass. “We use special potions to adjust the concentration and time to make the texture more three-dimensional,” Ben added.

“Even if it is a medium frame with a strong sense of presence, we have introduced a new process,” Ben told us: In this “unobtrusive” middle frame, there are actually four colors, the upper half of the middle frame. Part of the blue, the lower red, the middle silver, and the black side of the diamond cut. This is also the reason why the middle frame is “inconspicuous” even if it incorporates four colors. It is the same as the design of the back of the fuselage. Moreover, the black color of the diamond cut edge is also integrated with the black of the screen panel.

It is not easy to make four colors of anodizing on a metal frame. Originally, the coloring of metal is higher than other materials in the process difficulty. It is OPPO that has not been tried before.

Up to Red Shield, Commemorative Badge, Custom UI, small details outside of the phone

In addition to the various combinations of Gundam and Reno Ace phones, the included silicone case is more like a product of the same.

Ben said: “The design of the shield protection shell is fixed. Everyone saw the proof for the first time and passed the plan. There is no second design. It is like this from beginning to end. It almost restored. The RX-78-2 is up to the shield’s red outsole and yellow cross star. And this shell is originally a shield, which fully fits the protection of the phone case.”

For mass production, the “four-color edging” process of Shield Silicone Case is a new attempt of OPPO. On the black PC support board, a layer of white silica gel is required, and then the upper part is red. Finally, It is part of the yellow cross star. The first pressure brought by a relatively complex process is of course the cost, followed by the yield.

“The supplier of the mobile phone case has a headache when I see it.” The yellow cross star has a high tolerance requirement. Ben said: “At the beginning of the trial production, many star-shaped parts of the cross star are missing. We can’t meet our requirements. In the 30,000 Reno Ace mobile phones in the hands of consumers, these tightly-knit silicone sleeves can be said to be costed and yielded.”

A “40th Anniversary” badge attached to the mobile phone box is what Ben insists on putting into the mobile phone box: “As a senior fan, the “up to 30 anniversary” badge has been “a chapter difficult” The “40th anniversary” badge is also more commemorative.

Although this “up to 40th anniversary” badge is independent of the phone, it can be counted as Ben’s extra gift to the Reno Ace version.

In the system UI, OPPO is full of up to the elements of the armor wind, the OPPO proud of the 65W SuperVOOC super flash charging technology is also equipped with a new up to version of the charging animation, which is considered a careful detail.

But as a 20-year-old fan, Ben wants to do a lot more: “I also imagined to customize the system sound of the boot into a sound that is up to the start. If it is supported by time, the card is made into a beam army, even Try the “light effect” again, not the kind of RGB lights, but the point that the eyes are lit up when starting up.

After talking for an hour, Ben raised his hand and looked at the time. We noticed that his watch was also up to a limited amount. He finally excitedly summed up his own ideas: “It is not necessarily a flash of eyeballs, but it is enough to be the “finger of the finishing touch.” If there are opportunities for cooperation in the future, I will definitely try it.

Of course, Ben would be better if he could grab a production version for $3,599.