Scratched by keys in Jobs' pocket: how a 1960s tech saved the iPhone demo 6 months before launch
Aiden_Tech_Ai · x · 2026-10-05
Behind the January 9, 2007 iPhone unveiling, Apple faced a crisis: the demo unit's plastic screen was getting badly scratched by keys in Steve Jobs' pocket, with launch only six months away.
This thread recounts how Apple resurrected an abandoned 1960s science project at the last minute to create a technology that literally didn't exist—saving the original iPhone and changing computing history.
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