Steve Jobs wanted to create a device that could be used anywhere, even in the bathroom
Much has been written about the creation of the original iPhone. More than 13 years have passed and the team in charge of designing and building the most famous smartphone in the world has given us many details about how They and Jobs managed to create a unique device which all current smartphones are based on, even with the help of an unexpected collaborator from Microsoft.
Today we delve back into the story of the creation of the original iPhone and collect the words of one of the Apple engineers who worked on the project: Joshua Strickon. one of Apple’s longest-serving employees who was at the company during that time and working on the original iPhone project. Jobs’ explanation of the device he wanted to build was, to say the least, unexpected.
A device for everything that can be used even in the bathroom
The iPhone project was born many years before Apple introduced it, the company had a touch-enabled screen technology that they were developing, but they didn’t really know how to use it. At the beginning, we talked about the year 2003, The company was focused on a tablet, however they later reduced the size and postponed the idea that later brought us the iPad..
However, Jobs’ initial idea was to create a home device that was easier to use than a computer and much more portable, Steve wanted to use it anywhere of the house, even in the bathroom.
“Steve wanted a device he could use to read emails while on the toilet”
According to Joshua Strickon’s own words, since 2003, some Apple engineers were working on multi-touch technology for a tablet.The story was that Steve wanted a device he could use to read emails while on the toiletthat was the extent of the product specs. But you couldn’t build a device with enough battery life to take it out of the house, and you couldn’t get a chip with enough graphics capability to make it useful. We spent a lot of time trying to figure out what to do“
Steve Jobs wanted an iPad, but the iPhone came out first
After several years of research, Steve decided that it was better to consider the phone before the tablet, so that little by little, and thanks to the evolution of the components, the technology would advance until a decent tablet could be created. It should be remembered that The original iPad was the first device with a processor designed 100% by Applethe A4, which was also included in the iPhone 4 a few months later. This processor was already powerful enough for a screen the size of the iPad with that large number of pixels.
In the end, Jobs got his wish, and twice over. Both the iPhone and the iPad are devices with which we can check email from the bathroom.and from anywhere else we want. Iconic devices that transformed the world, which is why the original iPhone is now worth thousands of dollars.
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