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The secret is revealed: why the first iPhone did not have one of the most popular functions in history – copy and paste
Apple introduced the first iPhone 15 years ago and a lot has changed since then. We’re now talking about rumors of the next iPhone with 8K video and a new display, but it’s hard to believe that the first iPhone once didn’t even have copy and paste options. Former Apple software engineer and designer Ken Kocienda gave details on why the first iPhone didn’t have these features.
Kocienda, who joined Apple back in 2001, was one of the key engineers behind the iPhone. Prior to working on the iPhone, Kocienda was on the team that created Apple’s Safari web browser, which guaranteed him an important role in the development of Apple’s first smartphone.
Kocienda’s explanation boils down to the fact that Apple engineers didn’t have time to implement the copy and paste feature in the first iPhone. The team was already busy building the iPhone’s virtual keyboard and autocorrect system, he said. After the launch of the iPhone, Kocienda and his team finally decided to work on the copy and paste options, but it took a while before the feature was ready.
The engineer explains that he came up with a “magnifying text magnifying glass” to let users know exactly where they were pointing the text cursor, which was crucial for copy and paste. However, even with this classic virtual magnifying glass, the cursor moved between characters after the user removed their finger from the screen due to natural flickering.
Kocienda had to develop a “touch history log” just for text editing. Thus, after removing the finger from the screen, the system automatically determined the position of the user’s finger in milliseconds after the last touch, so that the cursor remained where the user intended.
Copy and paste options were introduced as part of iPhone OS 3.0 in 2009, which came preinstalled on the iPhone 3GS. At the time, Apple even created a TV ad highlighting the new feature.
Phones
This ultra-cheap $75 smartphone offers a “premium” design and a 90Hz screen. Infinix Smart 8 HD unveiled
Infinix has announced the Smart 8 HD smartphone with a price of just $75. At the same time, the device is equipped much better than many smartphones priced at $100-120.
But it’s worth starting not even with this, but with design. As you can see, Infinix does not betray itself and even made an ultra-budget smartphone so that it stands out: the back cover seems to have a relief pattern. The company itself even uses the expression “premium design,” but this, of course, is on its conscience.
From a technical point of view, the device is not bad, and for such a price it is very good. It is based on the Unisoc T606 SoC, which scores about 240,000 points in AnTuTu 10. There is 3 GB of RAM, 64 GB of flash memory, a 13-megapixel main camera and a 5000 mAh battery. And the 6.6-inch screen with HD+ resolution also supports a frame rate of 90 Hz. In addition, there is an element that imitates the Dynamic Island of the iPhone.
It remains to add that the dimensions here are 164 x 75.6 x 8.5 mm with a weight of 184 g.
Phones
The only modern smartphone to receive 10 points for repairability from iFixit. Fairphone 5 is very easy to disassemble
iFixit specialists disassembled the Fairphone 5 smartphone to assess its repairability. Like its predecessor, the new product has the maximum.
Fairphone smartphones stand out for a number of features: very long support, modular design and the ability to buy and replace these same modules yourself and, as a consequence of the latter, excellent maintainability. According to iFixit, this is 10 points out of 10 possible.
The smartphone has a removable back plastic cover, a battery that can be easily removed like smartphones of the past, many modular components, from the USB-C port to the camera unit, various pointers to simplify the assembly process, and so on.
Asus published on Twitter the first image of its new gaming flagship ROG Phone 8. The picture shows the rear panel of the smartphone with a new camera unit: visually it is more compact than the camera unit of the current model, but at the same time it protrudes more beyond the body.
There are no specific details about the specifications of the ROG Phone 8. This model, like most new flagships, will receive the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, and data from the Chinese regulator 3C suggests that the smartphone will support 65 W charging. Finally, ROG Phone 8 has already appeared on Geekbench in versions with 16 and 24 GB of RAM.
Asus promises to introduce ROG Phone 8 soon, but there is no exact date yet.
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