"Full smartphones often feel like overkill, but the Apple Watch on your wrist is still awkward for anything beyond quick glances. There's also the complication of wanting to wear a mechanical or analog watch without giving up notifications, Apple Pay, and quick replies. Stacking both on one arm feels ridiculous, and choosing between connectivity and wearing the watch you actually like is the kind of small annoyance that lingers."
"Leaving your iPhone in a bag and carrying the miniphone instead means you still get calls, messages, and Apple Pay, but you are not staring at a six-inch screen every time a notification pings. Holding the watch in a slightly larger body makes tapping icons feel more like using an old iPod than pecking at your wrist, and clipping it to a pocket means it stays out of sight until you need it."
elrow's miniphone Standard and miniphone Ultra are 3D-printed cases that transform an Apple Watch into a narrow, palm-sized device with a lanyard. The Standard fits 46mm Series 10 and 11 models while the Ultra fits Apple Watch Ultra 1–3; both measure roughly 95mm tall and feature textured translucent bodies, visible screws, and an open back for charging. The designs use PLA+ on the Standard and PETG on the Ultra with stainless or black-coated steel hardware, and include an integrated lanyard hole and paracord. Moving the watch off the wrist preserves calls, messages, and Apple Pay but sacrifices continuous heart rate, ECG, blood oxygen, sleep tracking, reliable activity rings, and accurate step counts, and it requires turning off wrist detection which alters Apple Pay, auto-lock, and some security behaviors.
Read at Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
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