The QWERTY keyboard design was considered by Apple after all. But that was a long time ago. According to Tony Fadell, an ex-Apple executive and a revered iPod guru, when they developed the first iPhone in January 2007, they actually entertained the idea of using a physical keyboard, instead of the then-new multitouch design that was a game changer. Tony said that Apple narrowed down the original design to three prototypes: one was an iPod-phone hybrid, another was an undisclosed iPhone design, and of course the final design that was applied to the first generation iPhone.
Ubergizmo, Apple once toyed with physical keyboards for the first iPhone
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