It’s been 15 years since Apple started selling the original iPhone just a few days ago. And on this important historical occasion, Joanna Stern of the Wall Street Journal, Interviewed some of the people involved in the development of the iPhone in its early stages and discussed the original launch of the iPhone, the early days of the App Store, and more stories.

From this documentary, we were also able to see how Apple still hasn’t forgiven Samsung for iPhone plagiarism. other very interesting stories of those who were there during this revolution.

The iPhone was a change that even Apple wasn’t ready for.

A change in Apple’s culture

Tony Fadell, former senior vice president of Apple, said: iPhone changed the way they should behave. iPhone allowed you to stay connected all the time and this forced it to restrict its use especially in meetings.

The culture at Apple has changed when we can always connect and always text and check things out. We got a glimpse of the effect, but didn’t know what would happen when the phone leaves Apple.

App Store revolution

A year after the original iPhone was released, the App Store came with iOS 2, which was then known as “iPhoneOS 2”. this avalanche of applications Apple suddenly discovered the enormous potential of the app store.

The App Store revolutionized the iPhone

Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, explains that they expect to receive around 50 apps in the first few days, with more than 500. The numbers exceeded Apple’s expectations like never before. presented in April 2009 25,000 applications per week for your confirmation.

We thought maybe we’d get 50 apps, it feels pretty good as a small start. We were 500 people.

There’s also a travel story with in-app purchases. Phillip Shoemaker, who oversees the application review process, daughter Mylie spent $450 on a game From the Smurfs.

This mandated the call to be created as the “Mylie Rule”. parents can set a password To be able to make any purchases within an app.

As you see, The revolution brought by the iPhone and the App Store meant that Apple had to improvise on the fly.. Everything was new and you wouldn’t know what to expect. It’s been 15 years and the iPhone is still Apple’s flagship, something that won’t change in the short term.