Before Apple officially released the iPhone in 2007, the company secretly developed a number of prototypes - some of which were designed differently from the iPhone we know today. Now, another iPhone prototype has been exposed, and its design is very intriguing because it has an iPod turntable turned into a numeric keyboard.
This prototype was developed by Tony Fa Dell disclosed that he was mainly responsible for [Apple] in the 2000s( https://apple.pvxt.net/c/1251234/435400/7639?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fcn%2Fmusic%2F ) IPod development. Since fadell recently released a new book called build, he has been sharing details about his work at Apple and other technology companies.
First iPhone The story behind development has been told by many people. After Apple's plan to work with Motorola to put iTunes on rokr E1 failed, Steve Jobs and other Apple engineers thought they had to develop their own smartphones.
However, before 2007, Apple had no other mobile devices except iPod, which was first used as the conceptual basis of Apple's smartphone. When the company explored the idea of simply putting a mobile phone in an iPod, a strange prototype was created. It had a turntable and then turned into a numeric keyboard.
According to fadell, the prototype was made by a third-party manufacturer in the early stages of the development of the "iPod phone". Thanks to a rotating device, users can quickly change the bottom of the iPod to use it as a phone. In addition, the prototype also has a built-in camera, and the color is quite similar to the color officially selected for the first generation iPhone.
How did the iPod phone become the iPhone
Interestingly, fadell disclosed that it was Steve Jobs who strongly encouraged the team to create an iPod with telephone function, rather than a new device. This is because, because the iPod turntable design has been quite classic, jobs believes that Apple's smart phones should also have this design.
Although the former vice president of the iPod division thought it was a good idea at first, he also agreed that the experience of using a mobile phone with a turntable was not good. This has forced Apple's engineers and designers to completely rethink the project, this time with a large touch screen -- almost no physical buttons -- and an operating system based on Mac OS X. As for the rest of the story, I believe everyone already knows.
New book "build"
In his new book build, fadell shares several other stories about his work at Apple. For example, he revealed how Steve Jobs was totally opposed to making the iPod and windows PC compatible. In addition, he also talked about how Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, convinced jobs that web applications were the right choice for the iPhone.
Of course, there is also a story about nest labs, a smart home device company founded by fadell after leaving apple and later acquired by Google.