Saturday, March 22, 2008

a present from me to me

i decided to buy a mp3 player. i didn't want an ipod... i dunno i guess i'm just trying to fight going apple and the norm. so here it is, the microsoft zune. (yeah i know it's ironic me wanting not be the norm but getting a microsoft product)

80gigs lays in there. it came in a pretty neat package. i guess they're trying to play up the exclusivity. but big ups to the marketing department, they did a pretty good job.

nice touch with the two bi-material but same color box. in normal light it just looks like a white box, but at an angel you can see the word original written on the side.
it's simple with nothing too overbearing. the font looks neat coming down from the left, and the small zune logo on the bottom right isn't screaming at you, but it being the only thing that's visible at first glance, it makes you look at it even though it's the huge.

inside it's lined with a splash of pink with the product and an envelope nicely embedded and plush, waiting for you to pick up.

inside the envelope is just a plan blank and white thank you card. very nice minimalistic design.

the mp3 player comes in a nice drawstring pouch with gold strings.

inside the pouch is a box with a similar design as the initial box.

inside that is finally the mp3 player and two more boxes containing the headphones and usb cord.

it comes with in-ear buds. pretty cool, i hope they last long than the ipod headphones.

overall the packaging really impressed me. the design department for that is really earning their money. sure i'm probably going to toss it all away, and it's far from being green, but i felt like a vip or a secret agent opening an expensive package.

good job guys.

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