. Everyone probably has some USB or Micro USB charger at home, so to save the environment a bit more, we decided to only include a MicroUSB Cable.
Good choice on leaving out the charger, but as already mentioned > make that very clear in the shop description. Did you already choose a cable type ? I would suggest a MicroUSB3 type plug.
Things that could be considered to further the idea to reducing the "harm footprint" of the device:
- do not paint the whole thing (like it was with the Pandora), just some unform colored text and maybe some logo(s) on a uniform, simply colored box (maybe even just white). The Pyra won't sit on any shelf in a store, so it does not have to be flashy to attract customers
- Is a case for the battery really necessary ? Never used it for the Pandora as the battery was always sitting in the device. Maybe don't order as many battery cases as actual batteries and just ship extra batteries with a case ?
There are tons of things you can do with it
And it would be even better, if they were on the front side, so you could see them, when the device is open and closed
All I can say is:
- Things tend to look bigger on camera than they really are
- I'm not going to throw either packaging away
And I will definately either throw it away, or use it to store something in the attic. The smaller the box, the less material is used, the less costs > you can put a smaller box equally well on your shelf
That's why you usually produce 50 - 100 pieces of plastic that you throw away after you changed the color.
Don't know if it is actually a good idea, or not:
Maybe you could tell the factory to not throw them away (unless they can't be really used as case parts, because they are warped have holes or whatnot) but instead include them in the shipment to you. I imagine some people would be happy to get one, for modding ideas: you could either give them out for free, sell them for a low price, or a slightly higher price and fund something with the return (maybe some additional dev hours for Nikolaus, to work on something that is not essential but cool to have, like porting the dial application from one ot the various Linux on mobile phone distributions)
It also seems like folks always want to nitpick all the smallest details, which seems a bit unnecessary to me.
But this is were a lot of fun comes from
Any chance of making the aluminum logo plate black?
I would vote for that too (or, probably not feasable, paint it on the same color as the case)
Totally forgot:
yes, the grey should be darker - or better skip the gray, and use dark purple