{"id":1595,"date":"2015-03-15T12:32:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T10:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2022-04-27T04:52:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T02:52:16","slug":"runcible-a-circular-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2015\/03\/runcible-a-circular-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Runcible: A Circular Smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We live in a world of quadrilateral architecture and design. Gadgets may have developed curve corners, but they are still predominantly four-sided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Has living in a world of four-cornered tangibles affected the human thought process? Would developing a circular smartphone be the first step toward rethinking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article below and\u00a0express your thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2015\/03\/12\/tech\/mci-runcible-smartphone\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2015\/03\/12\/tech\/mci-runcible-smartphone\/index.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What are your thoughts on circular smartphones?<\/li><li>What could be Monohm&#8217;s motivation in working on the circular &#8220;anti-smartphone&#8221; called Runcible?<\/li><li>The article suggests that the shape of an object&#8217;s frame impacts its use. Can you think of an everyday object that people would approach differently if it were round instead of rectangular?<\/li><li>The author notes the rise of circular avatars in apps and various interfaces. Does this design choice make any difference at all to gadget users? Why or why not?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate We live in a world of quadrilateral architecture and design. Gadgets may have developed curve corners, but they are still predominantly four-sided. Has living in a world of four-cornered tangibles affected the human thought process? Would developing a circular smartphone be the first step toward rethinking? 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