What are some surprising facts that you know about Apple iPhones or about the company itself? Maybe you know some apps that allow your phone to have cool functions like becoming a scale. Or perhaps you know about the epic failure of Apple maps trying to replace Google maps. Either way, here are the top 8 unbelievable facts about Apple and their iPhones:
All iPhone Advertisements Have One Thing in Common
Turns out there is a good reason for this. Scott Forstall, who was a former Apple executive said that their product launch begins at 9:00, and they arrange things, so the big iPhone reveal happens 40 minutes into the presentation. So at 9:40, there will be a big image of the iPhone that appears on the presentation screen and they want the time shown on that image to be similar to the actual time.
The reason Apple set it at 9:41 and 9:42 is they realize they won’t be able to hit the exact time.
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Apple is More Mischievous than You Might Think
Apple listened to the letter and changed their computer’s codename to ‘Butt-Head Astronomer’. This made Carl Sagan sue them for defamation, which he lost.
Then, to add insult to injury, they renamed the computer to ‘Lawyers are Wimps’.
Apple and Samsung Work Together Behind the Scenes
It’s clear that Apple is trying to veer away from relying on Samsung, but there is no sign that Apple will stop purchasing its processors from them. What’s interesting to note is that Apple has opportunities to buy the processors elsewhere, but they choose to rely on Samsung. This leads people to conspire about things happening behind the scenes between them.
They’re Also Getting Free Advertisements
Their products appeared for nearly 8 minutes of screen time, and this was estimated to be worth $23 million dollars. Apple didn’t pay a dime for this.
Apple Can Monitor You
Unfortunately, there’s no way to turn off the tracking since it’s built into the OS, but there’s an option to encrypt your data so no-one can access it.
On top of tracking your location and WiFi, if you use the app ‘Siri,’ then Apple may also record whatever you say and store it up for two years.
The First Touch Screen
The answer is way back in 1971! The touch screen technology was invented by Sam Hurst and was known as the elograph. Unlike today’s touch screens, the elograph wasn’t transparent, but it was a huge step forward in touch screen technology.
The first transparent touch screen that came out three years later and Sam Hurst also developed it. It took over 40 more years until touch phones became mainstream. During those 40 years, touch screen technology has come a long way. According to iThingum, the 40-year journey was a rough and bumpy one, but the iPhone was only possible with multi-touch ‘capacitative’ screen technology.