When Steve Jobs was at his deathbed, he asked for the 5 different oxygen masks. Why? Only to get the mask having the best creative design. Literally, this guy’s obsession with the design was beyond limits. But that’s what makes Apple different from the rest right? Although that’s not the end of the crazy ride about Apple. I have put down all those jaw-dropping facts and happenings around this company that would definitely amaze you.
- Initially in the 1980′s in Japan when Apple computers' names were not recognised well the local workers mistakenly thought it was real apple and delivered it in refrigerated trucks.
- Apple designated number #2 to Jobs and Wozniak got #1, he offended to the second position so instead of that he took #0.
- In 1986, a clothing line was also launched by Apple.
- Remember if you are smoking beside an Apple computer then it could void your warranty.
- Apple was the first to launch a digital colour camera.
- When the iPod prototype arrived, Steve Jobs dropped it in an aquarium to prove size can be minimised as empty space inside raised air bubbles.
- iPhone displays 9:41 am in ads since at the time Jobs in 2007 unveiled it.
- Apple in 2011 owned operating cash more than the U.S treasury itself.
- Apple don’t let you build nuclear weapons using iTunes.
- Apple Mac book battery is enough to defend you from a gunshot as it’s bulletproof.
- While launching iPhone latest versions Apple admitted that they were updating the software to slow down the older model’s performance. Later, after a week they issued an apology for this and to satisfy users offered a cheap battery. Also known as Battery Gate incidence.
- Steve once accused Bill Gates of stealing the Graphic User Interface idea from Apple.
- The Apple 1 computer in 1976 was built in Job’s garage and was sold in a 2014 auction for US$905,000.
- In Apple headquarter, for every new project a wall structure is erected so that the team can work within a highly secured environment.
- An iPhone is made up of 0.0012 ounces of gold ( worth $1.52), 0.000012 ounces of platinum ( worth $0.017) and 0.012 ounces of silver ( worth $0.24). It consists of two-third of the total elements in the periodic table.
- In the 2014 first quarter, Apple itself earned more than the combined profit of Amazon, Google, and Facebook.
- As per the 2019 record after Amazon, Apple is the most valuable brand at US$309 billion.
- Samsung manufactured the retina display for i Pads. Both are rivalries in the smartphone industry and share a symbiotic business relationship.
- Due to a law case, Samsung by force had to pay $1 billion to Apple by 30 trucks filled with 5 - cent coins.
- An iPhone would cost you twice as much in Brazil as compared in the United States.
- Apple patent rounded corners of rectangular electronic devices in the U.S.
- Even the top fortune companies taste lemon once in a while, so with no exception Apple in 1980 with the launch of Apple III destroyed all predecessor gains. It was 100% failure when without any air vents, the computer's chips and other components melted down due to overheating.
