iPhone 8 leaks reveal the X factor of Apple’s 10th anniversary device



You can't build nuclear weapons. No way
End-user licence agreements are a bore to read; the 'Agree' or 'Accept' button is just there as a mere formality to get it out of the way and start using your device or service.

Apple, however, incorporated something interesting. First discovered in 2013, part of iTunes' EULA read like this:
 

 

"You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, missile or chemical or biological weapons."

Well, if you were planning some sort of world domination, you can forget about it - if you're an iTunes user.

What's in a worm, er, word?
We all know jailbreaking is basically a no-no. Whoever named one of the most famous jailbreak software apparently thought this was a no-brainer.

Cydia, a software used for this purpose, has an even deeper meaning: cydia pomonella is the binomial name of the codling moth, a pest in apple orchards. Genius.

Never taunt Apple
When the iPhone was released, then-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer famously ridiculed it, saying that it was "the most expensive phone in the world and it doesn't appeal to business customers, because it doesn't have a keyboard, which makes it not a very good e-mail machine".

Five years later, in 2012, here's the final stat line: iPhone sales - $22.7 billion; Microsoft, as an entire corporation - $17.4 billion.

Imagine how's that now.

 

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