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Steve Jobs Rigged The First iPhone Demo By Faking Full Signal Strength And Secretly Swapping Devices Because Of Fragile Prototypes And Bug-Riddled Software (finance.yahoo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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• 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.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey... at least the ruse worked...

[–] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That was on him for going out the script. He could have made a cult like Apple.

Instead he did whatever the hell this is

[–] 4z01235@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Somehow it still has a cult like Apple

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

That is the one single example when a product was unveiled on stage and the presenter perfectly expressed my feelings on it.