iPhone 5 Industrial Design

I love how they embrace the variation (we’re talking mircons though) in parts between the case and glass and optimize their assembly and part handling robots to get the best (of 750 parts) fit for each case…that part made me giggle. The images look SO tight on the parts, it’s crazy, can’t wait to hold one. I will be preordering ASAP. I can’t believe people are complaining about the connector, it’s obviously meant to be the new standard, gotta make the jump sometime.

The earbuds are interesting, the overall form is very organic, but the pill shaped details are so rational in comparison, it’s a little bit of a weird juxtaposition to me. We’ll see how they feel, sound, and look in person I guess.