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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 11 months 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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[–] LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They didn't fake full signal strength they had AT&T( I think) bring in a full blown portable GSM transmitter

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[–] itsraining@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of this: http://toastycode.com/besavers/buynow.html

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's amazing they were able to pull that off

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[–] binboupan@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I think it is normal since the software wasnt ready for production yet; at work we also have forks and forks of forks just to demo new features for people. At the end he did deliver a working product unlike many game devs these days.

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