Forget all the specs, forget Siri, and forget iCloud. Forget that the iPhone 4S is probably the most amazing iPhone yet. Leave the all the buzz, the hype and everything else about the current iPhone; Time to go back three decades ago and witness the birth of the first iPhone in history. And it’s way different from what you’re holding right now.
The year was 1983: the year the first Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet was released. The hit TV series M*A*S*H ended after 11 years and the introduction of the McNugget. It was also the year that the first ever iPhone was designed. Cut your imaginations short, people: the first iPhone was not a mobile phone. It was an albino landline, complete with a built in screen and a stylus.
Designed by Hartmut Esslinger for Apple, the first iPhone prototype can still be attributed to today’s iPad, except that it has a telephone receiver. Esslinger was also the brain behind Apple’s first ever “portable” computer, the Apple IIc. He then went on to found Frogdesign together with Adreas Haug and Georg Spreng. It wasn’t deemed as “iPhone” that year, but it was still under the influence of what it is today. And sensing its sophistication and advancement during that year, it is no less than evident that Steve Jobs was working his magic right then and there.
Noticing the fist iPhone, one can say that it molded the way current iPhones are working. It is also obvious that the design can be still be modified to be used today. Think of a landline telephone with an iPad minus the stylus. Not bad, eh? A great possibility and with enough motivation, there is no wondering the fist iPhone can be embraced by our generation in the years to come.
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