Friendship with rivals, miss name and sentimentality – all about the iPhone

Eleven years ago, the United States introduced the first-generation iPhone, which revolutionized the iPhone. the entire telephony market. The cult of these intelligentsia continues to this day – the iPhone X in the first quarter of this year has become the most expensive phone in the world. However, despite the popularity of the iPhone, there are some amazing and rarely known facts badociated with these smartphones.

For your attention, three of Arnold Lukošius, an expert on the Tele2 Innovation Bureau, chose the iPhone interests that you would not have known. 19659006] 1. Acquired Name

Many people know that the iPhone was not the first smartphone, but it turns out that it was not the first iPhone too. At the beginning of 2007, this name belonged to Cisco, and more specifically to its telephony protocol and Voice over IP (VoIP).

After Apple publicly announced that it would deliver the first-generation iPhone in June, the Cisco company filed a trademark infringement complaint. Subsequently, the companies managed to reach an amicable settlement. There are rumors that companies have agreed to cooperate in the development of new products, but so far there is no such partnership.

Sentimental Time 9:41

In all official photos or ads featuring iPhone phones – their screens can still see the same time, 9:41 AM. Such consistency, of course, is not accidental. It turns out that it was the very first minute of the iPhone that pushed Apple to succeed in that minute in 2007.

Meanwhile, Apple watches are showing a different time of 10:09 . Traditionally, watch manufacturers display their devices at 10:10, since this position of the arrows is the dial and the name of the most visible watch. It is said that Apple has deliberately chosen to rebel and post a one-minute advance as a message that they are always ahead of their predecessors and rivals.

Competitive Friendship

Apple and Samsung are still touted as rivals, and not for nothing – it's there that the smartphone most often shares the top 10 phones. Yet Samsung is also one of the largest suppliers of Apple.

For example, this South Korean manufacturer was chosen as the main supplier of the 5.8-inch OLED iPhone X. It turns out that Samsung has been producing parts for Apple for a long time – before that it was providing both the processor A, NAND memory chips and DRAM.

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