Already knew? This is what the “i” in iPhone really stands for!
Why is the iPhone actually called iPhone, what does the letter “i” stand for? If you think you know, you might be wrong, because the whole truth has now been somewhat forgotten.
Actually, the matter is clear, with the first iMac in 1998, Apple’s world-famous nomenclature began – iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad. Actually right but what did the little “i” stand for on the knobbly all-in-one?
Interesting: The “i” in iPhone doesn’t just stand for “Internet”
One or the other Apple user thinks they know the answer and calls out at the same time: Internet! Correctly. The global network was just about to take off and the iMac was the ideal launch pad. But this does not completely answer the question. What was forgotten, the small “i” had other meanings.
Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder and long-time CEO, revealed the meaning of the small letter when the iMac was presented. So you could read the following other terms in English: individual, instruct, inform, inspire. In German roughly: individual, instruct, inform, inspire. The iMac was supposed to stand for all of this, later the “i” was quickly adopted for other products until today. It thus became the unmistakable trademark of Apple – until today.
Who could forget that day in January 2007? in the Video to see the idea of the very first iPhone – a revolution at the time:
The “i” on the downward path
But in the last few years Apple made less and less use of it. For example, there is no iWatch or an iTV. Instead, we enjoy the Apple Watch and Apple TV. Also iTunes has meanwhile more or less been buried, that’s what Apple Music is for. But the iPhone will probably continue to be called the iPhone and not the Apple Phone – we’re pretty sure of that.
