The first iPhone was announced in 2007 and mobile or smart was about 10%. By the time I'm recording this we're talking 90% now, right? And just how different the world has changed. So a couple of other things that I really enjoyed from this book was this stat That was pulled from Apple and mobile analyst Horace and Ddu Horace if you're listening apologies if I budget your name thereI'll be unfortunately butchering you quite a few of the names in this presentation. But so Horace Had a great list and he put this on 2011 speaking to how success actually maybe 2016 speaking to how successful The iPhone is as a product. We're gonna keep this particular episode PG
Trung does a deep dive on the 2007 iPhone launch. He discusses Apple’s design process, the iconic iPhone Keynote, what was the first killer app?, why Jobs hated the App Store, the history of multi-touch, Gorilla Glass and much more.
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:07:07) - The Convergence of Technology Theory
(00:09:58) - The Fragility of Ideas
(00:15:11) - iPhone Background
(00:18:51) - iPhone's Success by the Numbers
(00:21:06) - The iPhone Development Story
(00:27:40) - Multi-touch Story
(00:42:43) - Apple's Previous Phone Project?
(00:46:08) - The Grind of Building the iPhone
(01:04:22) - The Inside Story of the Iconic iPhone Keynote
(01:07:00) - The Carrier Deals
(01:07:57) - Why Steve Hated the App Store
(01:11:18) - How to build trust with you end-user
(01:13:29) - Gorilla Glass Story
(01:21:16) - Summarizing the iPhone Story
(01:27:42) - Awards and Biggest Lessons
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