In full promotion of his new book, the father of the iPod, Tony Fadell, continues to distill indiscretions on the backstage of Apple.
In his latest book, Tony Fadell looks back on a few situations that marked him during his time at Apple. One of the striking situations is that Steve Jobs seemed to have some design preferences. He wanted a sleek iPhone. He therefore explained to the engineers and designers working on this project that he no longer wanted to ” from another hole in it ».
Back then, and still is today, there were already two different ways in the United States to access a cellular network with a phone. Either the smartphone uses a SIM card to connect to a network, or it is compatible Code division multiple access (CDMA). With this option, it is then the smartphone itself that binds to the network. This CDMA option has the advantage of being able to suppress“another hole”. Steve Jobs was a proponent of this view, because for him, a SIM-free iPhone is perfectly viable.
And 15 years later, there is now talk of an iPhone without a SIM slot that would only rely on an eSIM like an Apple Watch to be linked to an operator. Steve Jobs, visionary?
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