Ulysse Nardin (UN Cells) case study
Ulysse Nardin - UN Cells OTA Updates Case Study
  • UX / UI Design
  • Bespoke software

Ulysse Nardin - UN Cells OTA Updates Case Study

We created a bespoke software application to manage the global Over-the-air (OTA) Android mobile phone software updates for Ulysse Nardin UN Cells mobile phones, running on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Up close shot of a Ulysse Nardin cell phone
Up close of the detail of a Ulysse Nardin cell phone
Up close shot of the dial on a Ulysse Nardin cell phone
Man holding a Ulysse Nardin cell phone

What we did

We were asked to create a bespoke software application to manage the global Over-the-air (OTA) Android mobile phone software updates for UN Cells, running on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

A premium Ulysse Nardin Diavolo watch in silver

Not known for their phones

Ulysse Nardin is a luxury Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1846 in Le Locle, Switzerland. They are best known for manufacturing highly accurate marine chronometers.

The product

The first ever luxury phone with “watch DNA”, the hand-assembled Ulysse Nardin Chairman Diamond Edition features a watch rotor that creates kinetic energy to supplement the battery. It’s an Android phone with 32GB of storage, 3.2-inch touchscreen, keypad. The Diamond Edition has 3,000 diamonds set into the casing and there are only 100 in existence.

Ulysse Nardin cell phone in black
Android logo on white background

Android software updates

The Android operating system needed regular updates. The owners would not want to have to manually deal with these updates. An automated solution was needed.

Global distribution

Working closely with the UN Cells software engineers, the Dewsign team delivered a solution that enabled web based Over-The-Air (OTA) updates of the Android operating system to be automatically installed to the UN Cells phones. Using our CMS platform we created an administration system for UN Cells to manage the Android version deployment and upgrades. This was complimented by a customer web based portal to enable user initiated install if desired.

Outcome

100%

Uptime for Over-The-Air (OTA) Platform