中興尋求公衆創意 力圖打造適合大衆的新手機!

Electronics giant ZTE wants the public to help design one of its next mobile phones. The company has launched a website where people can submit their ideas and vote on those of others.

電子巨頭中興日前表示，希望公衆幫助設計該公司的下一個手機。該公司推出了一個網站，在該網站上人們可以提出自己的想法，還能給其他人的設計投票。

Initial proposals have included a solar-panel case, a second screen that can rotate 360 degrees, and a modular design to connect with keyboards and games controllers.

最初的建議包括一個太陽能電池板方案、一個可以360度旋轉的第二屏幕方案，以及一個可以連接鍵盤和遊戲手柄的模塊化設計。

ZTE has promised to release the "crowd-sourced" phone in 2017.

中興已經承諾將在2017年發佈這款“來自於人民羣衆”的手機。

Known as Project CSX, the initiative was first announced in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

這個計劃被稱之爲Project CSX，最初是在今年一月於拉斯維加斯舉行的電子消費展上宣佈的。

Submissions officially opened on 3 August, and ZTE's community website now features a growing list of ideas proposed by the public.

手機設計樣式從8月3日開始正式提交，現在中興社區網站上工作推薦的設計正在不斷增多。

One user believes the phone should include a "desktop mode" that turns it into a rudimentary PC, while another says ZTE should build a phone dedicated entirely to Pokemon Go.

一名用戶認爲手機應該包括一個“桌面模式”，從而可以變成一個簡易的電腦，而另一名用戶則認爲中興應該打造一款專門用來玩《Pokemon Go》的手機。

But the smartphone manufacturer has laid some ground rules to curb impractical ideas.

但該智能手機製造商已經制定了一些基本的規則，以限制不切實際的想法。

"Of course, there are always rules and restrictions to any competition. The most important thing is that the product that we end up building follows ZTE's mission," said Jeff Yee, vice-president of technology planning at ZTE. "It must be a mobile product, technically possible by 2017 and be affordable to the general public."

中興公司技術規劃副總裁Jeff Yee說道：“當然，對於所有的比賽來說，總有那麼一些規則和限制。最重要的一點是，我們最終將要製造的這款產品，要和中興的願景保持一致。它必須是一款移動設備、可以用2017年的技術造出來、價格可以被一般大衆所接受的。”

The initiative was a "bold approach for the industry that demonstrates how ZTE keeps consumers at the heart of everything", said Lixin Cheng, chief executive of ZTE USA.

中興美國CEO程立新表示，這個計劃是“手機制造行業一個大膽的方法，這顯示了中興把消費者放在第一位的理念。”