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Overview
"The One Device is a tour de force, with a fast-paced edge and heaps of analytical insight."-Ashlee Vance, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk
"A stunning book. You will never look at your iPhone the same way again." -Dan Lyons, New York Times bestselling author of Disrupted
Odds are that as you read this, an iPhone is within reach. But before Steve Jobs introduced us to "the one device," as he called it, a cell phone was merely what you used to make calls on the go.
How did the iPhone transform our world and turn Apple into the most valuable company ever? Veteran technology journalist Brian Merchant reveals the inside story you won't hear from Cupertino-based on his exclusive interviews with the engineers, inventors, and developers who guided every stage of the iPhone's creation.
This deep dive takes you from inside One Infinite Loop to 19th century France to WWII America, from the driest place on earth to a Kenyan pit of toxic e-waste, and even deep inside Shenzhen's notorious "suicide factories." It's a firsthand look at how the cutting-edge tech that makes the world work-touch screens, motion trackers, and even AI-made their way into our pockets.
The One Device is a roadmap for design and engineering genius, an anthropology of the modern age, and an unprecedented view into one of the most secretive companies in history. This is the untold account, ten years in the making, of the device that changed everything.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780316546249 |
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Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company |
Publication date: | 05/29/2018 |
Pages: | 416 |
Sales rank: | 586,153 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.30(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Teardown 3
i Exploring New Rich Interactions 13
1 A Smarter Phone 29
2 Minephones 49
3 Scratchproof 62
4 Multitouched 69
ii Prototyping 93
5 Lion Batteries 107
6 Image Stabilization 123
7 Sensing Motion 138
8 Strong-ARMed 148
9 Noise to Signal 185
iii Enter the iPhone 197
10 Hey, Siri 227
11 A Secure Enclave 244
12 Designed in California, Made in China 263
13 Sellphone 295
14 Black Market 316
iv The One Device 331
Notes on Sources 381
Acknowledgments 395
Index 399
What People are Saying About This
"The One Device is a tour de force. Brian Merchant has dug into the iPhone like no other reporter before him, traveling the world to find the untold stories behind the device's creation and to uncover the very real human costs that come with making the iPhone. Packed with vivid detail, the book carries the reader from one unexpected revelation to the next with a fast-paced edge and heaps of analytical insight."
"Compressing decades of competitive invention and behind-the-screen intrigue, Brian Merchant looks deep into the black mirror of the iPhone to tell us the prehistoryand cultural futureof Apple's addictive device. This is the true science fiction of our time: how everyday experience was reinvented by a gadget."
"This is a stunning booka comprehensive, fascinating, and compulsively engaging account of how the most revolutionary product of our age was invented. Brian Merchant sets off on a journey around the globe, from design studios in California to mines in South America to factories in China, to tell the human storiesthe ruined marriages, the lost livesbehind this iconic device. You will never look at your iPhone the same way again."
"Brian Merchant has written a fascinating biography of the iPhone, the most important single product ever created. If you've ever looked at the glowing screen in your hand and wondered where the hell it came from, this book provides rich, unexpected, and unusually sophisticated answers."