"The lines fit together"? I'm sorry but I still don't hear anything concrete about what is unique to a 4x4 grid of icons and the same rectangular profile of a phone.
Throughout this thread, I keep hearing "its magical beautiful design" and nothing concrete. Please give me some examples.
Please don't take this HTC 1 as a good example of the interface fitting with the hardware. Look to some of the other examples cited elsewhere in this thread.
Like it was mentioned above, it seems that Kim's desire was to match the simple lines of the phone with a flat, simple interface. I think his proposed interface is poor at best. If you gave a really great UI designer this hardware to design against, you'd quickly understand the cohesion.
Throughout this thread, I keep hearing "its magical beautiful design" and nothing concrete. Please give me some examples.