January 9, 2007 Steve Jobs showed the world the first iPhone. Remember the words of Steve Jobs during the presentation: “Today Apple reinvents the phone again”. Steve was not wrong, because iPhone changed the smartphone market. Apple iPhone has made mobile technology more user-friendly and easy to use.
We decided to tell you some interesting facts about iPhone, which everyone should know.
The first iPhone was supposed to be exclusive for Verizon
Apple needed a good partner to launch the first iPhone. The company addressed to the largest mobile operator of the United States Verizon and offered the first-generation iPhone as an exclusive. The operator rejected the proposal. Less successful AT&T needed a good an exclusive product that would compete with Verizon. That is why AT&T is accepted all the conditions of Apple, and even refused to deploy its own logo in the phone.
Manufacturer of processors for the iPhone has been Samsung
Many people believe that Apple and Samsung are the main competitors, however, they are also partners. In recent years, Apple is trying refuse the services of the Korean company, but it is very hard to do.
The most expensive part of the iPhone is its display
Many people think that the most expensive part of any smartphone is processor. But in really the most expensive element of the iPhone is display. For example, the display iPhone 6S Plus costs $52.5. Meanwhile, the price of the processor is estimated at $22.
The presentation of the first iPhone could completely fail
Many people do not know that the first iPhone of 2007 year was unfinished prototype. Jobs was advised to postpone the presentation, but he did not want to abandon the traditional “live” presentations. Smartphone constantly buggy. It turned on and off. It was not able to play a melody or video to the end. Also smartphone turned off when someone opens the browser and mail in the wrong order and could not work longer hours without rebooting. But Steve Jobs didn’t want to postpone the presentation. Apple engineers had to find the perfect sequence of actions and applications that allow Jobs to show the possibilities of still “raw” iPhone.
The software to jailbreak has a symbolic name
Jay Freeman is famous for the creating application that allows users to install the utility on iPhone by free developers and distributed outside the App Store. Freeman called his program Cydia. The name chosen not without reason, because Cydia Pomonella is the name of apple worm that is so common and familiar to anyone who loves this healthy fruit.
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