re: Clear iPhone 3G Replacement Case
Posted in Uncategorized on December 29th, 2008 by bpope – Be the first to comment
Ignoring the fact that some critical components are missing (e.g. the camera), this after-market case brings up an interesting point of design.
In the consumer electronics industry, more specifically at Apple, industrial designers are starting to pay more and more attention to the interior of their products, too. To some extent this has been the case since the original Macintosh (Steve Jobs required that ribbon cables follow Apple’s rainbow color scheme). Currently “user serviceable” areas in the laptop lines are taking on more of Jonny Ive’s aesthetic.
To that end, I guess it’s obvious that the inside of the iPhone was not meant to be “user serviceable” but it will be interesting when the inside of the iPhone is just as impeccably designed as the ouside. Oh, and the etching on the clear case is fugly, too.
addendum: as campo reminded me, the cables in the original macintosh ended up being generically colored because Jobs’ requirements were very expensive. Nevertheless, you can tell where Jobs’ head was (and is) at.