What did people think when the first iPhone was released?

In February 2005, Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, gave an ultimatum to Greg Christie, a senior software engineer. Christie's team has been trying to design the software interface of the iPhone for several months, studying how to make all the parts work perfectly. Now, Jobs told them that if they couldn't finish the task within two weeks, they would hand over the project to other teams. "Steve has basically got the final effect," said Christie, who still leads Apple's user interface team. "He still wants some better ideas and concepts." Christie designed many functions of the iPhone, including sliding to unlock, calling from the address book, touching the music player and so on. IPhone completely subverted the design mode of high-end mobile phones at that time: the keyboard was completely abandoned and replaced by a touch screen covering the front of the whole fuselage. The software it runs is also very close to PC programs. Patent Litigation Christie has never publicly talked about the early development of the iPhone, but on the eve of a new round of patent litigation between Apple and Samsung Electronics, Apple allowed him to stand up and tell people what happened at first, so as to let people know what a creative product the iPhone was when it was released in 2007-which is also the key to a series of patent litigation by Apple. Since then, Apple has sold 470 million iPhone. In the patent war between Apple and Samsung, the two most profitable companies in the smart phone industry, this mobile phone has become the object of litigation without exception. Apple accused Samsung of copying the company's design and software functions, while Samsung argued that many innovations in iPhone and iPad were not unique to Apple. In the trial of the federal court in San Jose, California, the jury ruled that Samsung paid Apple $930 million in infringement fees. Samsung filed an appeal. The second round began on Monday, when Apple accused Samsung of infringing five other patents, including the "sliding unlock" function developed by Christie. Samsung counterclaimed that Apple infringed two of its patents. This infringement compensation may be greater than the last one, because the mobile phone model involved in this case is updated and the sales volume is larger. A Samsung spokesman declined to comment. The secret project Christie 1996 joined Apple and participated in the short-lived Newton project. This short-lived PDA device also uses a touch screen that requires a stylus. But Newton was too advanced-too big, too expensive and too poor in software. Nevertheless, the potential of this powerful computing device that can be put into a pocket still attracts Christiern's strong interest. At the end of 2004, when Scott Forstall, then an executive of Apple's software team, walked into his office, Christie was developing a software for Macintosh. After he closed the door, he asked Christie if she would like to participate in a secret project codenamed "Purple"-developing a touch-screen mobile phone with a built-in music player. At that time, Apple was revived under the leadership of Steve Jobs and focused on devices with keyboards, including iPod. Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president in charge of iPhone and iOS product marketing, has been paying attention to whether other mobile phone manufacturers are interested in integrating music players into their mobile phones, thus posing a threat to the iPod. Christie's team is absorbed in many problems, including the optimal scrolling speed of the mobile phone and the natural rebound effect after the screen reaches the bottom. In order to study how to change the arrangement of short messages from chronological order to a series of independent conversations, his team racked their brains. I also said that the team involved in the project was "surprisingly small". However, Apple declined to disclose the specific number of team members. During the months of strict secrecy, Christie reported to Jobs twice a month in a windowless conference room on the second floor of Apple headquarters. Only a few employees can enter this conference room, not even the cleaners. After Christie's team finally moved Jobs with the idea of iPhone software, they explained the idea to Apple director bill campbell and other cronies of Jobs again. According to Christie's memory, Campbell said at the time that the performance of this phone would be better than that of the first generation Mac. But Campbell did not comment on this. A few days later, Jobs assembled a team for the third time to explain the idea. This time, Jony Ive, Apple's design director, is also involved. Christie said that Ivey, who was designing a glass screen for the iPhone, was "curious about how we can achieve this magical effect". Every time he gives a speech, Jobs will take on more speech tasks and turn the whole story into his own. "He is very excited about it." Christie said. Jobs was also very secretive about the project. He ordered the staff working on the project at home to carefully design a place to prevent anyone from accidentally seeing the details on the screen. He also asked employees to encrypt equipment pictures. At the beginning of 2005, the project was finally approved, but it was only the beginning for what Chris called a "two-and-a-half-year marathon". In the whole process, they need to consider every detail of the mobile phone, including how to check the email and how to display the schedule. Jobs devoted himself to every detail. At the end of 2006, just a few months before Jobs officially launched the iPhone, the CEO asked Christie which albums could best show the effect of the iPhone's "cover streaming" function. Jobs wants to use bright colors and many faces as the album cover, but music must be something Jobs likes. They finally chose Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band in The Beatles. In the next few months, before the iPhone went on sale in June 2007, the Christie's team made other adjustments. At the suggestion of Jobs, they canceled the split-screen view of e-mail and no longer displayed sender information and e-mail content on both sides. "Steve thinks it's silly to use a split screen interface on such a small screen." Christie said. Now, nearly seven years after the birth of the iPhone, Christie recalls a moment he still remembers. Just a few days before the release of the first iPhone, Christie entered the auditorium through a side door that only two key cards could open, and then opened the thick curtain. He saw a huge picture of the iPhone home screen projected on the screen in a dark room. At that moment, he realized the great significance of this mobile phone. "It shines in this huge space," Christie said. "My heart was pounding and I thought,' This really happened.' "