6 surprising facts about the iPhone

The first iPhone was invented in 1983!

Of course, this piece bears little resemblance to today's cell phone, it was a normal landline phone only with a touch screen control which was carried out with the stylus.

This phone was designed by Hartmut Esslinger from Apple and was the predecessor of touch screens, which are used today for the iPad and iPhone. Hartmut also developed Apple IIc - the first "portable" from Apple Computer. But he was not available to the general public and stored in the archive Apple. Only in 1997, when Steve Jobs returned to the company, the project has been released.

This iPhone - not the only invention Apple, which never saw the light. iPad prototype appeared for many years before he was released. Interestingly, the device 1983 is reminiscent of iPad make calls, but now iPad has many functions, besides the possibility to make calls. Maybe soon it all the same there will be?

One-third of American students have an iPhone

Survey research firm Piper Jaffray found that the iPhone has 34% of the students. This is a fairly high rate, and it is twice as higher than it was last year. The reason is, explains the analyst Gene Munster that Apple had new favorable price proposals, which are suitable even for students. And more good news for Apple - more 40% of the students are going to buy an iPhone in the next 6 months.

Also, 34% of students indicated that they have a tablet, and 70% of them - iPads. 19% plan to buy a tablet in the near future, and 80% of them said that most likely it will be iPad.

Icon "Artists" on the iPhone or IPod Touch - is a silhouette of Bono, vocalist of U2

In 2004, Bono and other Irish rockers have been on very good terms with Apple. U2 took off for icons were among the first who presented their entire discography in iTunes (Digital Box Set), Limited Edition «U2 iPod» was even released with autographs of musicians.

Since then, the group has already started cooperating with rival Apple - Blackberry, but Bono's silhouette remained on iGadzhetov.

More interesting fact - on the map icon on the iPhone shows the location of the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California.

A few more secrets Apple icons you can learn from our a recent publication.

Cydia - this apple worm

If you iPhone with jailbreak, you have surely heard about Cydia. Thanks to her, you can download hacked device Apps. Cydia has been created by a group of independent programmers, and is named with a hint of cydia pomonella - apple moth, typical of worms that you can watch in apples.

iPhone can survive a fall from a height of 4 kilometers

Jarod McKinney parachutist dropped your iPhone 4 out of the pocket at an altitude of 4 kilometers. Using GPS-navigation Jarod found a "runaway» iPhone 800 meters from the landing place on the roof of the building. "Well, he landed exactly on the building and not on someone's head" - joked while McKinney.

On the screen naturally been cracked, but the device to make and receive calls, and also worked perfectly GPS, because it found. McKinney was very much surprised by the strength of the device, he did not expect, especially since before the cracks appear on the screen even when he dropped it on the floor of the house.

On all promotional screenshots on the iPhone clock shows 9:42

In fact, it has its own logic. Every time Apple releases a new product, in the presentation of 40 minutes they give disclosure of its main secrets. Therefore, the screenshots and always worth 40 minutes plus 1-2, because Apple knows exactly what they are able to spend exactly 40 minutes. By the way, on all iPad screenshots show time 9:41.

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