The origin story of the first iPhone reveals that Jobs was just trying to make a really cool phone.
Steve Jobs Originally Envisioned the iPhone as Mostly a Phone, iphone 1
TIL Steve Jobs wanted the original iPhone to not have a SIM card slot according to Former iPod VP. Stating that he didn't want to have another hole in it. : r/todayilearned
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Steve Jobs Originally Envisioned the iPhone as Mostly a Phone
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