@mcfate
Just to avoid a flex ribbon connector?
Nope, to fit it all into a small, thin case.
@mcfate
Right, but couldn't a flex connector have accomplished the same thing?
Not in THIS case. The two sides of the board were about 1/8 inch apart.
Don't ask me, I didn't do it.
@mcfate
Makes me wonder how they fit stuff into the Nanos. I owned a couple generations of those, and the later one was ridiculously thin. If Apple had dropped that 30-pin connector earlier, I bet they could have gotten the thickness down even a little bit more.
@voltronic how many flex connectors is that???
@matuzalem
Too many.
@voltronic
Some of the iPod Touches had circuit boards that were FOLDED. Oof.