Dinner for one tonight? A new type of ramen bowl comes with a built-in iPhone dock so your smart phone can keep you company. The Anti-Loneliness Ramen Bowl places the dock on the opposite end of the bowl, letting customers watch their favorite shows, listen to music, or video chat while devouring their ramen noodles.
The bowl is one of the latest creations of , a sustainable design and corporate-branding company. The bowl has a sleek and sculptural design and comes in multiple colors.
Minnie Jan, one of the designers, told , that they got the idea after they saw a Taiwanese man eating a bowl of ramen with one hand and holding his phone with the other.
鈥淗e just couldn鈥檛 let the phone go!鈥� Jan told the Daily News. 鈥淲e thought it would be a good idea to help him restore his manners.鈥�
The company announced on its that the bowls will be released by April or May. In the meantime, customers can pre-order the bowls.
While the iPhone dock rests a solid inch or two above the top of the bowl, customers will want to avoid slurping in the iPhone鈥檚 presence and be careful when placing it on the dock. And it鈥檚 probably not best for Skype dates.
