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He remembered loading a Beatles song the moment he got his hands on one and how that little white device changed his daily commute.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/01180910\/original-iphone-prototype.jpg\" alt=\"Original iPhone Prototype\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><br \/>The 2007 iPhone launch remains Cook\u2019s favorite moment in the company\u2019s history, and a circuit board from one of the first working prototypes sitting on the table illustrated just how far the engineering team had to travel to get there. It looked more like a cutting board than something destined for a pocket, an early proof of concept that needed everything working together before the whole thing could be miniaturized. Cook noted that even inside Apple, employees were walking around with early models watching keys and coins scratch the plastic casing. Steve Jobs made the call to switch to glass within a matter of months, a timeline Cook described as close to impossible, comparing it to trying to land on the moon between January and June.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/01180901\/apple-watch-prototype.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Watch Prototype\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><br \/>Cook touched on projects that never made it, framing each one as something the team learned from before showing up the next morning and getting back to work. That steadiness, he suggested, is what carried the company through five decades of setbacks and breakthroughs alike. 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