Company Apple, is now recorded in history as the greatest innovator in the consumer electronics market. For example, after the introduction of the first iPhone, he was able to Steve Jobs and his team to change the world and the perception of mobile phones. Today, none of us can do without a touch-screen phone. At the same time, for many people around the world it is Apple a company that can combine timeless design and the best technologies. Of course, even the best inventors know that not every product or idea is good enough to make history. This also applies to the already mentioned Californian giant, which has strange, unsightly or impractical products in its portfolio. In this article, we will look at the strangest ones Apple concepts and products.
MacPhone
Apple in the early 80s, he experimented with several fixed lines that he wanted to turn into a hybrid device. The whole failed experiment was called Apple Snow White 1 Tablet Mac and Apple Snow White 3 MacphoneIt was supposed to be a combination of a landline and a "tablet" that would be controlled with a special stylus. Apple released only a few prototypes of this device, and thenonec did not put a strange landline into mass production. According to former employeesancThis is mainly because the company focused on developing the Macintosh. If we think about it, we find that the product in question was essentially a precursor to the iPhone and also the iPad.
Apple TimeBand
Before release Apple Watch, the Californian giant has reportedly been experimenting with putting smart technology on the wrist. The product itself that never saw the light of day Apple Storu is strangely reminiscent of Pip-Boy from Fallout. Since it was only a proposal, it is still unclear if ever Apple created a prototype of the device.
Bike-Mounted Computer
Another design was discovered in 1991. The Japanese magazine Axis received information about the new product from Applu, which he subsequently transformed into a photographic form. In the cover photo below, we can see a unique oval device for a bike, which was supposedly intended to function as a guide in cities. According to Axis magazine, the Bike-Mounted Computer was able to play music and show your speed.
The octagonal design of the iPhone
During a lawsuit between Applema Samsugen, pointed Apple an iPhone concept that was created before the release of the iPhone 4. The device had the working name N90, and it is, with exaggeration, iPhone 4 in the shape of an octagon. If Apple hadn't decided to keep making more rounded iPhones, we might be carrying one in our pockets right now iPhone 7 in an octagonal body. I think making rounded iPhones instead of octagonal ones was the right choice.
Flower Power Macintosh
In 2001 he released Apple a range of Macs with multi-coloured patterns. Thanks to this, we could buy a Mac in blue, orange, purple, green or red. Apple but he also had a special version with flowers prepared for his customers. Apple was always miniMalistic, what is this? miniIt doesn't correspond to pettiness, judge for yourself.
Apple bashful
Long before the iPad saw the light of day, he designed the pro Apple equipment designer Hartmut Esslinger – Apple Bashful. This was an early prototype of the Newton, the first development series of PDAs that Apple made On the proposal we can see a PDA equipped with an external keyboard and a diskette reader.
"Concept 2"
O another concept for Apple Hartmut Esslinger took care of it again. It's not known what all the Mac called "Concept 2" should be able to do, but we already know that its design would definitely stand out. The vertical screen dominates the entire computer set.
Dual-Screen Workstation
The seventh product looks somewhat futuristic. The aforementioned Esslinger took care of this proposal as well. It was a Mac that had two screens, mainly to make working on the Mac more efficient. As already said, this is only a graphic design, so it is said that even a prototype of this futuristic device has not been created.
Apple Pippin
No one would have guessed, would they Apple also tried to establish itself in the game console market. The device that was on sale is called Apple Pippin. The console was used to play multimedia content and play games, it will not surprise anyone that most of the games were ported from Mac. At that time, it had a truly advanced controller compared to the competition, which worked wirelessly thanks to infrared technology. Inside its body, the console had a PowerPC 603 processor, clocked at a frequency of 66 MHz, 6 MB of graphics and operating memory. Although "on paper" the Pippin was faster than the Playstation One, unfortunately, the reality was different – the rival Playstation easily pocketed the Pippin. According to estimates, around one hundred thousand consoles were produced, with not even half of them being sold before being completely cancelled. If you wanted to buy a Pippin, you had to prepare around 600 dollars, which is roughly 15 crowns.
Premium Macintosh
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Macintosh, released in 1998 Apple a limited edition Macintosh that primarily offered greater performance. The Mac also included a high-quality Bose speaker, which also had a bitten apple on its body. However, the most striking thing is the price - 9000 US dollars, which is converted to 229 crowns.
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