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“Originally, Siri was more colorful—it dropped f-bombs, teased users more aggressively, had more of a bombastic personality.” — Brian Merchant Copy Share Image
“The iPhone is not only the bestselling mobile phone but also the bestselling music player, the bestselling camera, the bestselling video screen and the… — Brian Merchant Copy Share Image
“Jobs would soon pit the iPod team against a Mac software team to refine and produce a product that was more specifically phone-like. The… — Brian Merchant Copy Share Image
“If we made the iPhone a millimeter thicker,” says Tony Fadell, the head of hardware for the first iPhone, “we could make it last… — Brian Merchant Copy Share Image
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“Wireless technology remained the province of the state through most the 1950s, with one emerging exception: wealthy business folk. Top-tier mobile devices might seem… — Brian Merchant Copy Share Image
“When I asked the iPhone’s architects what they thought its first must-use function was, Google Maps was probably the most frequent answer. And it… — Brian Merchant Copy Share Image
“Steve Jobs strode onstage at Macworld wearing his trademark black turtleneck, blue jeans, and white” — Brian Merchant Copy Share Image
“There was a problem, however: his battery kept catching fire. “There were some flammability issues,” Whittingham says. “We had several fires, mostly” — Brian Merchant Copy Share Image
“The first calls from an Apple phone were not, it turns out, made on the sleek touchscreen interface of the future but on a… — Brian Merchant Copy Share Image
“So, according to Michaud’s calculations, producing a single iPhone requires mining 34 kilos of ore, 100 liters of water, and 20.5 grams of cyanide,… — Brian Merchant Copy Share Image
