US EditionA Steve Jobs Threat Is the Main Reason Corning Agreed to Make iPhone Screens
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A Steve Jobs threat is the main reason Corning agreed to make iPhone screens
The new iPhone 17 comes with a Ceramic Shield 2 screen, built by Corning. But it only exists because a Steve Jobs masterclass convinced the company's CEO to take a giant risk way back in 2007.Corning has been making screens for iPhones since 2007 That's according to Wendell Weeks, who is still the Corning CEO almost two decades later. Speaking to Fortune, Weeks told the story of how his company got involved with the iPhone — and it includes a ty…
Corning CEO says Steve Jobs pressured him into making all the screens for the first iPhone: 'Do you know what your biggest problem is? You're afraid'
According to Wendell Weeks, Jobs said if Corning couldn't help Apple deliver on "the biggest product in history ... I'm going to eviscerate you."
If the iPhone 17 today benefits from the new Ceramic Shield 2 signed by Corning, this alliance between Apple and the American glassmaker would never have come into being without a huge blow of typical Steve Jobs bluff. In 2007, while the very first iPhone was still only a prototype, the founder of Apple required a screen display [...] Read more... Follow iPhoneAddict.fr on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to download our free iAdd…
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