Its 7.6 mm thickness is gorgeousness in itself. WolframAlpha tells me this is the typical length of an ant. An ant! The matte black evokes the cold majesty of a stealth bomber, and like the display, I still find myself staring at it. Even after I dropped it on a hard locker room floor, revealing a dainty chip—yes, it does chip and scratch—it's inky and sublime. That coal bezel, faceted and gemlike, makes the old silver one of the 4, 4S, and much of the gigantic competition look straight tacky. The white iPhone 5 is fine, but you're missing out on some of the best industrial design of all time if you pick that over the understated black—you'll feel more George Jetson than Darth Vader.