• Steve Jobs faked full signal strength and swapped devices during the first iPhone demo due to fragile prototypes and bug-riddled software.

• Engineers got drunk during the presentation to calm their nerves.

• Despite the challenges, Jobs successfully completed the 90-minute demonstration without any noticeable issues.

  • whofearsthenight@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    I have a hard time even figuring out what the issue here is? it’d be one thing if the first iPhone shipped and was riddled with bugs and promised/demoed features weren’t there, but that wasn’t the case. Launched more or less rock solid, and iPhoneOS 1.0 (as it was called then) was far from the buggiest wide release.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah. Am I supposed to be upset by this? Fuggen thing worked when it shipped. Are people angry that the marketing campaign started before every single engineering problem was solved? Why?

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        11 months ago

        I’m not upset at all. Because I understand. But maybe they are upset they promised something they didn’t know they could deliver.

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        11 months ago

        Why?

        Because they’ve never solved a complex problem, or accomplished anything that took the conscious coordination of multiple people.