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10 unknown facts about Iphone



Introduced by Steve Jobs in the year 2007, the iPhone is a technological revolution which changed the fate of smartphones forever.  It is also safe to say, the iPhone is one of the most coveted smartphones in the world.  

Here is a list of few things you may not know about this amazing piece of technology.

 

Unknown facts about iPhone

 

1) The iPhone was originally called ‘Purple.’ Scott Forstall, the ex software head of Apple, revealed, the phone was initially named ‘Purple,’ after ‘Purple Dorm,’ the building where it was built and developed.

2) Cisco Systems owns the patent for the name iPhone for its VoIP phone.  When Apple released its iPhone, Cisco sued Apple for using its name. Both the companies then reached a settlement and agreed to work together on products later in the future.

3) If you ever observed the iPhone commercials, you will notice, all the iPhones show the time as 9:41 A.M.  Apparently, 9:41 A.M., was the time when Steve Jobs first unveiled the iPhone.

4) The retina display on the iPhone is its most expensive feature.

5) We are all aware of the rivalry between Apple and Samsung.  Samsung was seen trashing the iPhone in many of its commercials.  Still, it looks like these companies are not rivals after all. According to technology intelligence experts, the processor that powers the iPhone is actually manufactured by Samsung.  Now that’s a shocker.

6) When the iPhone was introduced, founder steve jobs first used it to make a prank call to order 4,000 lattes from a nearby Starbucks store. 

7) iPhones are the most profitable products created by Apple.  They account for up to 70 % of Apple’s total revenue.

8) 

The iPhone earned 73 % of the profit of the smartphone industry in 2018. 

9) In 2007, iPhone was awarded the Invention of the Year by TIME 

magazine.

10) By 2015, Apple sold around 700 million iPhones.  Reports also suggest, the users of iPhone are more loyal to their brand than Android users.

Do you know any other interesting facts about the iPhone?  Comment below and let us know.

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