Apple designer: iPhone crafters are ‘maniacal’

HIGH STAKES: Apple attorney Harold McElhinny (left) questioning Stringer in this court sketch during a high profile trial between Samsung and Apple in San Jose, California. Apple Inc told jurors on Tuesday that Samsung's internal documents show it made a decision to copy the iPhone because the South Korean company could not compete in the smartphone market on its own. — Reuters

SAN JOSE (California): Apple Inc’s celebrated industrial design team is a group of around 16 “maniacal” individuals from all over the world who spend a lot of time brainstorming around a kitchen table.

The world’s most valuable technology corporation on Tuesday allowed a rare glimpse into a zealously guarded internal hardware design process that has produced some of the world’s most celebrated consumer electronics.