
Initially, making an Apple phone was not favored by CEO Steve Jobs, but eventually Hullot was able to convince him.

The idea of an Apple phone came from Jean-Marie Hullot, a software engineer from NextStep, and later, MacOS. By the end of 2009, iPhone models had been released in all major markets. spans from the early 2000s to about 2010. The history of the iPhone development by Apple Inc. Steve Jobs presenting the iPhone 4 First iPhone on display under glass at 2007 Macworld

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