Steve Jobs Rigged The First iPhone Demo By Faking Full Signal Strength And Secretly Swapping Devices Because Of Fragile Prototypes And Bug-Riddled Software — The Engineers Were So Nervous They Got Drunk During Presentation To Calm Their Nerves
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The late Steve Jobs, renowned for his innovative vision at Apple Inc., faced a unique challenge in 2007 with the first iPhone presentation. The device was a groundbreaking concept, but it wasn't ready for a public debut. Jobs, known for pushing boundaries, orchestrated a presentation that was more of an artful illusion than a demonstration of a fully functional product. Jobs insisted on a live presentation, deviating from the norm of prerecorded demonstrations common in Silicon Valley. To ensure

• 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.

  • Dra@lemmy.zipEnglish
    494·
    1 year ago

    This is how all demos used to be. If the author/publisher of the ai prompt wasnt born less than 20 years ago they would know this

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldEnglish
      171·
      11 months ago

      Used to be?

      Even as early as a few years ago, game demos at E3 were extremely controlled environments to avoid the journalist player crashing the game.

      • sunbeam60@lemmy.oneEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        I’ve been at Gamescom once where we considered backup consoles and HDMI switches in the cable aisle to ensure we could rapidly switch onto a running game when the first instance crashed. Stability improved enough that it wasn’t required in the end but yeah, software for trade shows was always hot as hell.

    • whofearsthenight@lemm.eeEnglish
      132·
      11 months ago

      I have a hard time even figuring out what the issue here is? it’d be one thing if the first iPhone shipped and was riddled with bugs and promised/demoed features weren’t there, but that wasn’t the case. Launched more or less rock solid, and iPhoneOS 1.0 (as it was called then) was far from the buggiest wide release.

      • Pohl@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        11 months ago

        Yeah. Am I supposed to be upset by this? Fuggen thing worked when it shipped. Are people angry that the marketing campaign started before every single engineering problem was solved? Why?

        • GladiusB@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          I’m not upset at all. Because I understand. But maybe they are upset they promised something they didn’t know they could deliver.

        • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
          35·
          11 months ago

          Why?

          Because they’ve never solved a complex problem, or accomplished anything that took the conscious coordination of multiple people.