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  1. The late Steve Jobs is commonly mentioned as the inventor of the iPhone, which is not true. Creating the iPhone was instead a team effort involving many individuals, such as Scott Forstall, Johnny Ive, Tony Fadell, Imran Chaudhri, and Ken Kocienda. Each individual was responsible for parts of the iPhone, such as engineering, software, and design.
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    The iPhone was created by a team of engineers and designers at Apple Inc. led by Steve Jobs, the company’s co-founder and former CEO. Although Jobs was a crucial contributor to the iPhone’s concept and direction, the product’s development was a collaborative effort involving other members of Apple’s workforce.
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    The project within Apple Inc. for developing the iPhone began with a request in 2004 from CEO Steve Jobs to the company's hardware engineer Tony Fadell, software engineer Scott Forstall and design engineer Sir Jonathan Ive to work on the highly confidential "Project Purple".
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_iPhone
    Still, a few names—including Apple designers John Casey and Jonathan Ive—stand out as being instrumental in bringing Steve Jobs' vision for a touchscreen smartphone to life.
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    History of the iPhone - Wikipedia

    The idea of an Apple phone came from Jean-Marie Hullot, a software engineer from NextStep, and later, MacOS. Initially, making an Apple phone was not favored by CEO Steve Jobs, but eventually Hullot was able to convince him. The first team was created in Paris; however, it was not until a few years later that he took the … See more

    The history of the iPhone development by Apple Inc. spans from the early 2000s to about 2010. The first iPhone was released in 2007. By the end of 2009, iPhone models had been released in all major markets. See more

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    When Apple announced the iPhone on January 9, 2007, it was sold only with AT&T (formerly Cingular) contracts in the United States. After … See more

    Apple has filed more than 200 patent applications related to the technology behind the iPhone.
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    Initially, the iPhone started from a conflict between Steve Jobs and his brother-in-law working at Microsoft, then convinced by a French high-level engineer, Jean-Marie Hullot, working for … See more

    The iPhone beta was created in 2004 to test the device and its functions. The beta version enabled Apple to develop the phone's capabilities before launching a final product.
    In an effort to bypass the carriers, Jobs approached … See more

    On June 28, 2007, during an address to Apple employees, Steve Jobs announced that all full-time Apple employees and those part-time … See more

    In Mexico, the trademark iFone was registered in 2003 by a communications systems and services company, iFone. Apple tried to gain control over its brand name, but a Mexican court denied the request. The case began in 2009, when the Mexican firm … See more

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      WEBJan 23, 2019 — The original iPhone, based on the P2 device of the Project Experience Purple (PEP) team, code-named M68 and device number iPhone1,1, had a 3.5-inch LCD screen at 320x480 and 163ppi, a quad …