#aluminum-chassis

#aluminum-chassis

The company introduced its first stainless steel phone, the iPhone 4, way back in 2010, but switched to aluminum with the iPhone 5. These past couple of years, Cupertino experimented with titanium to try and fight the steadily increasing weight of the Pro and especially Pro Max models. The experiments are over and this year Apple is using aluminum for all models but the Air.

As an ergonomic keyboard owner myself, there's often a weird design trade-off we make for the sake of comfort. Not a single ergonomic keyboard I've seen is made to be sleek. They're all created in the same vein of exaggerated anthropometrics, designed to evoke a sense of tactile comfort but visual bulk. Even the ones that sidestep the bulky design often treat 'ergonomics' as a medical issue, rejecting the need to make the keyboard look cool.