The room in which I was born iPhone

Due to the court between Samsung and Apple in the network is constantly funneling interesting details from the history of both companies. Today, The Wall Street Journal published a photo of the room, where all the decisions are taken on the establishment of the first iPhone, and a short story of one of the founders of the legendary smartphone.

As you can see in the photo, it is quite nondescript, windowless room. However, for the iPhone is the "holy land". It is here to make all decisions regarding the appearance of the device and its interface. It was not a futuristic room, which are many. One of the walls was spoiled water due to break into the room next to the pipe. On the other hand we hung some posters. Among them are found the legendary «Think Different», created by Paul Randy. Nearby hung a running image of a chicken without a head.

All of the software for the revolutionary smartphone tested on a long time outdated Power Mac G3.

Recalls interface designer and one of the first iPhone developer Greg Christie, when his office came Scott Forstall, Apple's senior one-software engineers. Forstall closed the door and asked if Christie does not want to work on a secret project, code-named purple. The team had to develop a phone that combines the functions of a music player and can be controlled by touch screen.

Smartphone development began in 2004, but little progress has been. Then, in 2005, Steve Jobs told developers that they either end up creating iPhone interface for two weeks or it will give the other team project.

"He wanted more ideas and more concepts," - says Christie, who still heads the team of Apple user interface.

It turns out that the number of employees who worked on the iPhone, was "remarkably small". Apple has refused to disclose the exact number of people. However, they were able to lay the foundation for future iOS. For example, Steve Jobs really liked the iPhone unlock.

Initially the smartphone had to have a physical keyboard, but she decided to give up on. Once the board of directors, Jonathan Ive, and other high-ranking Apple employees have seen a prototype of the future device Christie said that «the iPhone is much more popular than Mac». The product gave a "green light".

Creation of the first iPhone was delayed for two and a half years. In late 2006, a few months before its release, Steve Jobs went to Greg Christie and asked what albums are best suited to showcase their artwork scroll on the screen. Steve wanted them to have bright colors and the display of the smartphone could see a lot of people. But as Christie notes, this was supposed to be "the music of Steve," so they chose the album Beatles «Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ».

Since the start of sales was in 2007 sold more than 500 million iPhone.