Nine interesting facts you didn't know about Apple.

Nine interesting facts you didn't know about Apple.

Apple is one of the most valuable brands in the world of a long history of incredible facts, some of which very little know, writes PC World. Apple has more cash than the U.S. government is not secret at all that Apple is one of the largest corporations in the world [...]

Apple has more cash than the U.S. government

It's absolutely no secret that Apple is one of the largest corporations in the world of technology. But the strange thing about this is that Apple has more cash than the world's strongest government, the U.S. government.

According to Forbes, there were times in the past that Apple owned twice the American government's cash.

 Apple's first computer was sold for $666.66.

When the first Apple debuted in 1976 it cost $666,66. As this price quickly activated the storm of conspiracy theories, the truth is much simpler. Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has repeated several times that the price has nothing to do with evil, but he just likes repeated figures.

Apple's first logo had Isaac Newton

Apple's logo is one of the most popular interiors in the world. But that's not how it started. Apple's original logo was designed by cofounder Ronald Wayne and had Isaac Newton standing in the shade of an apple tree along with a saying by English poet William Wordsworth, “Njuton... a mind swimming only on the foreign sea of thought”.

Apple launched a dress line in 1986

When people think about Apple's biggest products, iPhones and iPads are instantly remembered. But most people do not know that Apple recently entered the fashion world by introducing the dress line “The Apple Collection”.

The line contained broken clothes, accessors and everyday life items accompanied by solid colors.

Apple Time commercials are always 9:41.

Those who pay close attention to Apple commercials may have noticed that the clock on Apple's equipment is 9:41. This is no trivial detail.

In Apple's early ads, it was 9:42 hours, just as Steve Jobs presented his iPhone in 2007. When the first iPad debuted in 2010.

But why 9:41? According to IOS Vice President Scott Forstall, most of Apple's new products are presented in the first 40 minutes of conferences.

Samsung produces iPad retina screens

Apple's retinal that made the iPad such a popular choice is produced by no one but Apple's main rival Samsung.

Only four countries of the world have GDP higher than Apple's market value

In 2022, Apple became the first company to be worth $3 trillion after breaking records of $1 trillion and $2 trillion. Only the US, China, Japan and Germany have higher GDP.

If Apple were a country, it would have been richer than most of the world's countries, including wealthy countries like Britain and France, or with large populations like India.

The iPod almost didn't even exist

One of Apple's most popular products that revolutionized the way people listen to music on personal equipment, such as the iPod, could never have existed.

iPod inventor Tony Fadwell had the idea of re-generating a portable musical device. The idea was sent to RealNetworks and Philips, but it was rejected. But Apple looked at the potential in his idea of employing him in 2001 and gave a crew of 30 to design the iPod.

A MacBook Pro can stop a bullet

Besides being a laptop achieved in many ways, MacBook Pro can also be used as bulletproof.

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