9 (quite strange) facts about the iPhone

The first iPhone was announced in 2007 and the smartphone is now indispensable. These are 9 (strange) facts about the iPhone!

9 (quite strange) facts about the iPhone

Steve Jobs immediately knew that he had something special in his hands, when he showed the first iPhone in 2007. And from that moment on the iPhone was known for its sleek design and cool functions.

But there are also a lot of remarkable and unexpected facts behind Apple’s showpiece. Apple not only pays a lot of attention to new functions, but also regularly adds small details. Some of them are funny, others downright strange – but they are all interesting.

Below you will find a series of funny and special facts about the iPhone that you probably didn’t know yet!

• The first iPhone had hardly received any touchscreen. Apple was planning to use the click wheel (which you may still know from the iPod).
• The time on an iPhone in Apple videos is almost always 09:41. This was the time when Steve Jobs revealed the first iPhone.
• The first prototypes of the iPhone could run a version of Mac OS X. Apple experimented with a slimmed -down version of their operating system for the iPhone.
• There was no App Store on the first version of the iPhone. The first App Store only appeared on July 10, 2008.

• The ‘i’ of the iPhone was originally for the internet. Nowadays it mainly stands for individuality or inspiration.
• Almost a third of all e-mails are opened on an iPhone. Around 50 to 60 percent of all e-mail traffic is opened on smartphones.
• Time Magazine called the iPhone ‘the invention of the year’ in 2007. And in 2016 the iPhone was at the top of the list of 50 most influential gadgets.
• Siri was originally not conceived by Apple. The app was purchased by Apple in 2010.
• The well -known ‘Marimba’ ringtone of the iPhone is made in garage. Dr. Gerhard Lengeling is the creator of this and many other ringtones on the iPhone.