A Steampunk-Style Rotary Dock For Your iPhone

Courtesy of Brian Freeland of Freeland Studios comes this steampunk update of his original iRetrofone, the iRetrofone Steampunk Copper Edition.

It’s admittedly a more attractive dock than the original, although in this case, “Steampunk Copper” seems to mean “brown with lots of functionless plastic molded gears.” I’d rather see what the likes of Jake von Slatt could do with the concept of a steampunk iPhone dock than spend $450 on this one, but your taste might well vary.

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Don Pope
Plasticpunk is more like it.
CallMeDumbButJustWondering
That thing is ugly.
porkchop1234
Lose the cheap plastic and go with actual metal. Give it a nice coppery finish or even a nice gunmetal finish and I wouldn’t hesitate dropping 450 on something that could become or just aid as an add on to a rooms decorative focal point. If the manufacturer could also add more interesting lines and curves to the general form factor it would also be a huge plus. As it stands now its quite boring to look at and IMO its a huge waste of money by being grossly overpriced for the materials used.
Check this out:
http://www.concept-phones.com/apple/iphone-steampunk-concept-surely-bizarre-design/
Kind of bizarre and funky but I can’t help but wonder if people would jump on this as a decor add on for a room?
Ferd
UGLY! Steampunk would be brass and wood, not plastic made from a craft store kit and baked in a Holly Hobby easy-bake oven.
If you spend $450 on this to liven up your room and have intellectual conversations with your hipster friends, you’re free to do that. Just know that even your hipster friends would think you were a douche who had too much money.
http://www.thepadrino.com/ The Padrino
This is cool I linked you up with my post