Introduction: iPhone is a series of smart phones developed by Apple in the United States, equipped with the iOS operating system developed by Apple. Jobs released the first iPhone at the 2007 Apple Global Software Developers Conference held at the Masconi Convention Center in San Francisco.
Secret research and development:
In 2004, Apple convened more than 1000 internal employees to form an iPhone R&D team, and launched a highly confidential project called "Project Purple", among which Jonathan Ive, the behind-the-scenes designer of the iPhone, was one.
At that time, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, shifted his focus from tablet computers such as iPad to mobile phones. Apple and AT & amp； T secretly cooperated to create some software and hardware devices-Cingular wireless network at that time-AT&; T also gave Apple investment and great freedom, spending about $65.438+0.5 billion in 30 months.
In exchange, Apple promised that the iPhone sold in the United States would be handed over to AT & amp； T exclusive sales.
Apple started the development plan of iPhone with the development code of "Purple 2". At that time, Nintendo's NDS was popular all over the world, and the design elements of iPhone such as multi-touch were obviously affected.
Patent infringement:
20 17, 10, Qualcomm made a big move in the protracted and fierce litigation war with Apple. The chipmaker filed a lawsuit in a Beijing court to ban the production and sale of iPhone in China.
As early as 2065438+July 2007, Qualcomm filed a similar lawsuit in the United States, demanding that Apple ban the sale of iPhone, and pointed out that Apple infringed six patents.
Qualcomm and Apple have been fighting a lawsuit for several months, mainly focusing on the technology licensing business in Qualcomm. Although most of Qualcomm's sales come from the manufacture of mobile phone chips, most of its profits come from the collection of patent licensing fees, which cover the basis of all modern mobile phone systems.
For Apple, the latest lawsuit may come at a bad time. Apple has just released iPhone 8 and X, hoping to re-establish its market leading position. However, the rapid growth of local mobile phone manufacturers in China has led to increasingly fierce market competition.