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.

电子巨头中兴日前表示，希望公众帮助设计该公司的下一个手机。该公司推出了一个网站，在该网站上人们可以提出自己的想法，还能给其他人的设计投票。

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.

最初的建议包括一个太阳能电池板方案、一个可以360度旋转的第二屏幕方案，以及一个可以连接键盘和游戏手柄的模块化设计。

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

中兴已经承诺将在2017年发布这款“来自于人民群众”的手机。

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

这个计划被称之为Project CSX，最初是在今年一月于拉斯维加斯举行的电子消费展上宣布的。

Submissions¹ officially opened on 3 August, and ZTE's community website now features a growing list of ideas proposed by the public.

手机设计样式从8月3日开始正式提交，现在中兴社区网站上工作推荐的设计正在不断增多。

One user believes the phone should include a "desktop² mode" that turns it into a rudimentary PC, while another says ZTE should build a phone dedicated³ entirely⁴ to Pokemon Go.

一名用户认为手机应该包括一个“桌面模式”，从而可以变成一个简易的电脑，而另一名用户则认为中兴应该打造一款专门用来玩《Pokemon Go》的手机。

But the smartphone manufacturer has laid some ground rules to curb⁵ impractical⁶ ideas.

但该智能手机制造商已经制定了一些基本的规则，以限制不切实际的想法。

"Of course, there are always rules and restrictions⁷ 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, technically⁸ possible by 2017 and be affordable⁹ to the general public."

中兴公司技术规划副总裁Jeff Yee说道：“当然，对于所有的比赛来说，总有那么一些规则和限制。最重要的一点是，我们最终将要制造的这款产品，要和中兴的愿景保持一致。它必须是一款移动设备、可以用2017年的技术造出来、价格可以被一般大众所接受的。”

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.

中兴美国CEO程立新表示，这个计划是“手机制造行业一个大胆的方法，这显示了中兴把消费者放在第一位的理念。”