Courtesy of Benzinga.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s iPhone, which was introduced on June 29, 2007, has been a runaway hit for the Cupertino, California-based company. In fiscal year 2016, the company derived roughly 63.4 percent or $136.70 billion of its total revenues from the iPhone.
Work on the iConic phone began well ahead of its launch, with the development said to have begun in 2004. There is a story doing the rounds that the iPhone was conceptualized when late Steve Jobs wanted a device that would allow him to read e-mail in the bathroom. The development was kept under wraps despite the company working with partners like Cingular, which is now part of AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)’s Google. The project to develop the iPhone was known as Project Purple back then.
The iTeam
Benzinga looked at some of the engineers involved in the original iPhone development team and where they are currently positioned.
In a testimony, Forstall said he was vested with the responsibility of hiring people from inside the company project, giving them little details, given the secrecy shrouding the project.
After his unceremonious exit from Apple in 2012, seen as a result of his abrasive personality, he kept a low profile until April 2015, when he revealed via a tweet that was a co-producer of the Broadway version of musical “Fun Home.” Forstall is reportedly advising Snapchat currently.
is the face behind the design of many Apple products, including MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, Mac mini, iPod, iPod Touch, iPad, iPad Mini, Apple Watch, iOS and iPhone. He currently serves as the chief design officer of Apple, overseeing its Industrial Design Group and providing leadership and direction for Human Interface software teams across the company.
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