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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
It's also an exhibit of industrial design. That's part of why I like Apple products. There are plenty of boring, clunky, plastic phones out there that'll do more or less the same things and with components just about as good but one aspect that sets the Apple stuff apart is the design. It's quality. ...
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industrial design is
supposed to encompass ergonomics and usability.
Of course far too many industrial designers are more
stylist, who could give a rats ass about human factors. Their personal design i-goal is centered about being different. Somewhere, some designer(s) at Apple thought that the design language of a B&O stereo -that artful cold look that sits on the shelf as a minimalistic box o' electronics-- would be the perfect design language for an often held, often tossed, often dropped in a bag, mobile phone.
Those consumers who are annoyed by the
quality of a slippery phone with hard edges and fragile glass often seek to replace those qualities with some sort of cover of soft plastic or leather. That doesn't make the consumer wrong. They are simply adding quality that is missing from the original design.
Quality that sets Apple apart...
Remember antenna gate?
Oh what? I'm holding it wrong? WTF, mate?
An easily cracked screen design is not the mark of quality design.
A non-replaceable battery is not the mark of quality design.
Using your car analogy, the 911 - it's one tough design. It's serviceable too. replaceable battery, even.