Micro-table / coat pocket radio, thermoplastic cabinet 5 15⁄16×3 5⁄16×1 5⁄8 inches / 151×84×41 mm 2-band MW/LW radio, six transistors (OC44, 2× OC45, OC75 2× OC72) + OA70 diode Superheterodyne circuit Four 1.5-volt “AA” cells
Braun’s first pocket transistor radio, designed by Dieter Rams and produced in 1958. An identical-looking model, the T31, was introduced in 1960 and employed seven transistors.
Much has been made in recent years about the Braun T3 having been the design inspiration for the original Apple iPod—that’s pretty clear by now: Apple’s chief industrial designer Jon Ive is well known for his love of Dieter Rams’s designs, and a number of his Apple product designs bear unmistakable direct influences from classic Braun product designs.
