Steve Jobs Rigged The First iPhone Demo By Faking Full Signal Strength And Secretly Swapping Devices Because Of Fragile Prototypes And Bug-Riddled Software — The Engineers Were So Nervous They Got Drunk During Presentation To Calm Their Nerves
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The late Steve Jobs, renowned for his innovative vision at Apple Inc., faced a unique challenge in 2007 with the first iPhone presentation. The device was a groundbreaking concept, but it wasn't ready for a public debut. Jobs, known for pushing boundaries, orchestrated a presentation that was more of an artful illusion than a demonstration of a fully functional product. Jobs insisted on a live presentation, deviating from the norm of prerecorded demonstrations common in Silicon Valley. To ensure

• 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.

  • kromem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    Most top level shit is.

    I once watched as a market research tool we’d planned but hadn’t even started building was pitched to the CEO of a Fortune 500 for a $100k project claiming it was already finished and using an image off Google Images of a stylized biological structure under a microscope that was our visualization inspiration as if it was the final product.

    We got the sale and eventually did build the thing, the client was very happy, and eventually the tool was even whitelabled by one of the FAANG companies. The person who pitched it, who was already a big deal, went on to be a much bigger deal, eventually turning down an offer to be CEO at one of the 20 largest companies in the world.

    While it’s a mistake to fake what you can’t build (I have cautionary tales about folks that did that), faking what you can and will build in order to build momentum to launch is not as uncommon as people might think.