Portable electronic device with two-piece housing

A portable electronic device comprising:

• a first portion having clips with holes;
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• a second portion having springs with prongs that protrude into the holes and that hold the first portion to the second portion, wherein the clips include elongated members that define at least one surface that includes the holes, wherein each clip comprises a bent planar portion that extends at least partly into one of the holes, wherein each bent planar portion has an edge along which that bent planar portion is bent away from the surface.

A handheld electronic device, comprising:

• a first assembly having a display, a frame that is connected to the display, and first engagement members that are connected to the frame;
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• a second assembly having a housing and second engagement members that nondestructively engage the first engagement members when the first assembly is inserted into the second assembly to form the handheld electronic device, wherein the second assembly includes a printed circuit board that is carried by the housing and wherein the second assembly comprises a bezel that is connected to the housing and that surrounds the display when the first assembly is inserted into the second assembly to form the handheld electronic device, and wherein the first engagement members comprise first metal members with holes and wherein the second engagement members comprises second metal members with flexible prongs that mate with holes in the first metal members.

An electronic device having an external body and having external surfaces, the electronic device comprising:

• a single housing portion that has sides and that forms the external body of the electronic device, the single housing portion having walls that form a pocket in a front face of the electronic device and that form the sides of the single housing portion including an edge portion, wherein the front face of the electronic device has a surface area;
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• a display portion that has a periphery and that is mounted within the pocket of the single housing portion, the edge portion of the single housing portion surrounding the periphery of the display portion, the display portion covering most of the surface area of the front face of the electronic device, the display portion and single housing portion cooperating to form the external surfaces of the electronic device.