Wireless electronic devices with a metal perimeter including a planar user input component

1. A wireless electronic device, comprising:

a ground plane; and

a metal perimeter around the ground plane, the metal perimeter comprising a metal planar user input component comprising a metal outer surface that is coplanar with an outer surface of a first adjacent portion of the metal perimeter,

wherein the metal planar user input component is at a break of the metal perimeter that separates the first adjacent portion from a second adjacent portion of the metal perimeter,

wherein the metal outer surface of the metal planar user input component is entirely planar,

wherein the metal perimeter further comprises first and second antennas,

wherein the metal planar user input component separates the first and second antennas,

wherein the metal planar user input component comprises a mechanically-immobile touch sensor comprising the metal outer surface that is coplanar with the outer surface of the first adjacent portion of the metal perimeter,

wherein the mechanically-immobile touch sensor, comprising the metal outer surface that is coplanar with the outer surface of the first adjacent portion of the metal perimeter, comprises a rectangular shape comprising a width sufficient to inhibit short-circuits between the first and second antennas, and

wherein the outer surface of the first adjacent portion of the metal perimeter comprises a portion of one of the first and second antennas.

2. The wireless electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the metal planar user input component comprises a camera user input component, a volume user input component, or a power user input component.

3. The wireless electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second antennas and the metal outer surface of the mechanically-immobile touch sensor comprise a same metal.

4. The wireless electronic device of claim 3 , wherein:

the mechanically-immobile touch sensor comprises a first metal planar user input component;

the metal perimeter further comprises a second metal planar user input component;

the first and second metal planar user input components are configured to operate different respective functions; and

a metal outer surface of the second metal planar user input component is coplanar with an outer surface of a portion of the metal perimeter that is adjacent the second metal planar user input component.

5. The wireless electronic device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a processor;

a camera; and

a speaker,

wherein the first metal planar user input component is configured to provide a first user input signal to the processor to control a volume function of the speaker, and

wherein the second metal planar user input component is configured to provide a second user input signal to the processor to control the camera.

6. The wireless electronic device of claim 3 , further comprising:

an audio/video connector; and

a power connector,

wherein the mechanically-immobile touch sensor comprises one metal planar user input component among a plurality of metal planar user input components along the metal perimeter,

wherein the first and second antennas comprise first and second antennas among a plurality of antennas along the metal perimeter,

wherein the metal perimeter comprises a continuous metal perimeter except for respective discontinuities in the metal perimeter corresponding to the audio/video connector, the power connector, and the plurality of metal planar user input components, and

wherein the discontinuities provide respective disconnections of the metal perimeter.

7. The wireless electronic device of claim 6 , wherein:

each of the discontinuities comprises an opening comprising an insulator and a respective one of the audio/video connector, the power connector, or one of the plurality of metal planar user input components; and

the metal perimeter further comprises a discontinuity corresponding to a strap holder.

8. The wireless electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a multi-band transceiver circuit coupled to the first and second antennas and configured to provide communications for the wireless electronic device via a plurality of frequency bands.

9. The wireless electronic device of claim 8 , wherein:

the metal perimeter further comprises a third antenna;

the first and second antennas comprise respective cellular antennas; and

the third antenna comprises a non-cellular antenna or a diversity antenna.

10. The wireless electronic device of claim 8 , further comprising a metal backplate on the multi-band transceiver circuit.

11. A wireless electronic device, comprising:

a multi-band transceiver circuit configured to provide communications for the wireless electronic device via a plurality of frequency bands; and

a metal perimeter around the multi-band transceiver circuit, the metal perimeter comprising:

first and second antennas; and

a metal planar user input component comprising a metal outer surface that is coplanar with an outer surface of an adjacent portion of the metal perimeter,

wherein the metal planar user input component separates the first and second antennas,

wherein the metal planar user input component comprises a mechanically-immobile sensor comprising the metal outer surface that is coplanar with the outer surface of the adjacent portion of the metal perimeter,

wherein the mechanically-immobile sensor is configured to receive a user input from a user of the wireless electronic device, and

wherein the mechanically-immobile sensor, comprising the metal outer surface that is coplanar with the outer surface of the adjacent portion of the metal perimeter, comprises a rectangular shape comprising a width sufficient to inhibit short-circuits between the first and second antennas.

12. The wireless electronic device of claim 11 , wherein:

the metal planar user input component comprises one metal planar user input component among a plurality of metal planar user input components along the metal perimeter;

the metal perimeter further comprises a plurality of connector components;

the plurality of metal planar user input components and the plurality of connector components correspond to respective discontinuities in the metal perimeter; and

the metal perimeter comprises a continuous metal perimeter except for the discontinuities.

13. The wireless electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of connector components comprise one or more audio/video connectors, one or more power connectors, and/or one or more physical attachment connectors.

14. The wireless electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a processor;

a camera;

a speaker; and

a display screen defining a front external face of the wireless electronic device,

wherein the mechanically-immobile sensor is on a side of the wireless electronic device that is non-coplanar with the front external face that is defined by the display screen, and

wherein the mechanically-immobile sensor is configured to provide a user input signal to the processor to power on/off the display screen, to control a volume function of the speaker, or to control the camera, responsive to the user input.