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Agreed. I wish we had more details. A hint of apple's touch is simply the radius of the connector metal - it's very elegant.

I mean, the radius is half the thickness of the connector - it couldn't really be anything else.

It could be squared off, or some weird shape, the way mini and micro USB were.

And also that the shells are typically deep-drawn (and therefore seamless) rather than folded.