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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 1 year 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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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Still more honest than some game trailers. 😂

[–] KnowledgeableNip@leminal.space 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"You'll cum within 40 seconds by using this iPhone."

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is... Is that something people want?

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I would switch to apple if that was a feature 🤷‍♂️ just saying

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You don't want to cum within 40 seconds every time you use your phone?

Are you some kind of prude?

[–] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Can confirm. Worked at BioWare for ten years. They did a presentation at some big release event and they had the pc off stage with a pan of ice and a fan directly blowing on the open pc. Mmmhm it totally won't melt your pc! They eventually fixed it, but video game announcement trailers are total smoke and mirrors typically.