15 Fun Facts You May Not Know About iPhone

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The iPhone has reshaped the smartphone market and created a new niche. He completely changed the world by making mobile technology easier, more convenient and, most importantly, closer. Today, the original iPhone is exactly ten years old. On this occasion, we have collected for you 15 interesting facts related to the iPhone, which many do not even know.

iPhone started out as an iPad project

Despite the fact that the iPad appeared several years after the release of the iPhone, the idea of creating a smartphone came to Jobs while working on the tablet. Initially, Steve wanted to make a tablet without a keyboard, on which you could type directly from a multitouch screen. Seeing the first prototypes of the device in action, Jobs decided to postpone the development of the tablet and take up the smartphone.

The first iPhone could be exclusively sold on the Verizon network, not AT&T

Before launching the iPhone, Apple needed to enlist the support of a partner. Naturally, the company turned to the largest American operator, but he rejected the offer from Apple, not wanting to cede control of the market to it. AT & T, on the other hand, needed a good exclusive, which would be useful to fight a competitor. Therefore, the operator agreed to all of Apple's terms, even the absence of the AT&T logo on the iPhone.

More than a billion iPhones sold

In July 2016, Apple sold its billionth iPhone. The company has been counting since 2007.

Apple's most profitable product - iPhone

The share of the iPhone in the total profit is about 70%, just imagine - 70%! All those 200 billion that Apple managed to earn over its long history, 70% of the money generated from the sale of the iPhone.

All commercials on the iPhone screen at the same time - 9:41

If you look closely, you will notice that all the images of the iPhone - whether it be advertising on TV, a photo on the official website or the packaging box - froze at the same time, 9:41. This is not a coincidence. It's all about the standard presentation length of 40 minutes and Apple's pedantry: the moment the device appears on the slide, the time on it and on the audience's clock in the hall must coincide. By the way, in the beginning, on earlier iPhone models, the standard time was 9:42.

The first iPhone could have a curved display

In the early stages of development, Apple experimented with prototype design. This idea was discarded due to the high complexity of the cutting process and, as a result, too high cost.

Processors for iPhone are made by Samsung

Believe it or not, Samsung and Apple are very important partners despite numerous legal disputes. In recent years, the company has tried to reduce its dependence on the Korean competitor by using its own processors, but has not yet been able to do this completely.

The most expensive iPhone component is the Retina display

When iFixit disassembles the iPhone down to the last screw and estimates the cost of each part, the quoted price, unfortunately, does not include the resources spent on development, design and assembly. Nevertheless, it allows you to understand how much a single iPhone component costs. The most expensive is the Retina display: for example, in the iPhone 6 it costs $ 45, and in the iPhone 6 Plus - $ 52. In second place are wireless chips from Qualcomm.

A secret elite team worked on the first iPhone

When creating the original iPhone, Steve Jobs gave Scott Forstall complete freedom of action and the right to hire the specialists he deemed necessary to the team. True, with one caveat: it was impossible to attract people from outside, only from the Apple staff. Choosing the best engineers from various Apple departments, Scott could not even tell them what they would be working on - he only mentioned that work sometimes would have to be late late and even sacrifice weekends.

Demonstration of the original iPhone miraculously did not fail

When Steve Jobs showed the iPhone at the famous presentation in 2007, the smartphone was still in the prototype stage and its work was far from ideal. Subsequently, Apple engineers were pleasantly surprised that, despite the Wi-Fi and other problems, the demo went like clockwork. They worked hard for the next five months, and the iPhone that went on sale was completely different from the one shown by Steve.

IPhones have the most loyal users

Compared to users of smartphones from other manufacturers, iPhone owners are the most loyal to the brand. Research shows that iPhone users are more likely to buy the next version of iPhone, while Android smartphone owners do not always choose new Android devices.

Apple didn't originally own the iPhone brand

In fact, the rights to use the iPhone trademark were originally owned by Cisco. Nevertheless, this did not stop Apple from releasing its smartphone in 2007 under the same name. Later, the companies amicably settled the dispute, agreeing on mutual cooperation in the future. However, this cooperation has not manifested itself since then.

The display of the first iPhone prototype was made of plastic

Initially, Apple was going to use a plastic screen protector, but during testing in real situations, Steve Jobs noticed that his keys were constantly scratching the screen. As a result, the company opted for glass.

Apple never pays to advertise an iPhone in a movie

The heroes of almost all films and TV series use Apple technology, including the iPhone. Such hidden advertising, or product placement, costs money and, in the case of Hollywood hits, very considerable. However, Apple doesn't pay the filmmakers a cent. Yes, the company is ready to give out an infinite number of its products to appear in the frame, but to pay with money - sorry.

The name of the iPhone jailbreak software is very symbolic

The application for installing software packages distributed by free developers, its creator Jay Freeman called Cydia. This name was chosen for a reason, because this is the name (cydia pomonella) of the most common apple "worm", which you have probably seen more than once in your life.