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KOMPAS.com – Since its introduction in 2007, iPhone has evolved a lot. The smartphone pioneer brings advanced features into the hands of its users from time to time.
However, who would have thought, the first generation iPhone did not have a feature that seemed trivial but needed by users, namely copy and paste aliases copy-paste.
After almost 15 years have passed, ex engineer and software designer Apple, Ken Kocienda finally opened his voice regarding this matter. Joining Apple in 2001, Kocienda became one of the key people behind the iPhone.
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Kocienda revealed, the main reason the first generation iPhone was not equipped with features copy-paste is because there is no time for the engineer Apple at that time to develop and include features copy-paste on the first iPhone.
If you look back, the iPhone itself reportedly took two and a half years to develop.
During that process, the engineer Apple is busy making keyboard virtual with auto-correction system (autocorrect). Because in the 2000s, smartphones with touch screens were still rare.
Even though it doesn’t have features copy-paste, The first generation iPhone is still called a smartphone pioneer because it is the only phone equipped with a touch screen and supports 2G cellular networks.
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Copy-paste coming to iPhone in 2009
Because, according to Kocienda, engineers had to make text enlargers (magnifying text loupe) and log touch history.
With this technology, the system automatically detects the position of the user’s finger in milliseconds after the last touch, so that the cursor remains where the user wants it to be.
Text magnifier technology and log This touch history allows iPhone users to more easily select the text they want to copy and paste.
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The new Apple officially includes features copy-paste by default on the iPhone 3G S which was released June 19, 2009. The third generation iPhone is running the iPhone OS 3.0 operating system.
At that time, features copy-paste became one of the superior features on the iPhone 3G S. So that Apple even created a TV commercial highlighting the new feature copy-paste that, as compiled by KompasTekno from 9to5MacTuesday (21/6/2022).
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