What role did the Newton's patents play in iPhone development and Apple's survival?
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Steve Jobs hated Newton but Newton's patents from Samsung disputes became iPhone patents, preventing Apple's demise. ARM technology sold for $800M kept Apple afloat; extensive documentary covers this overlooked history.
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57:44I mean, Apple has historically never been first. But what they do is they kind of just wait things out to make sure that the technology, like if they're going to do something, they're going to wait until they have something that they think is considerably a better user experience than what is already out there like they're not going to do something unless they
58:04have a contribution that they think is actually worth doing uh go ahead guy yeah one more thing on that note uh so samsung and apple had some patent disputes back in the um 90s uh and david Brady just sent me a link to this video that he's like, is this Adam Tao in it? It's a Newton video. And one of the things that the guy says in this video, it's like an hour long documentary. He said,
58:30Steve Jobs hated the Newton, but it was the Newton that saved Apple because the patent disputes with Samsung. Those patents were already for the Newton that became the iPhone. So the iPhone wouldn't exist without the Newton patents. And then the ARM technology, the actual chips in there, They sold those stock for $800 million, and that's what kept Apple afloat. So I'll put a link to that documentary in the chat.
58:54It's fascinating to watch and know about this story behind everything. Yeah, and it looks like the sensor John Walls posted that the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max feature a 48-megapixel main camera sensor measuring 1 over 1.28 inches, which is 71.5 millimeters squared. There we go. All right. I think that is it for today's show. Thanks to all the panelists for coming in this morning and bringing your different perspectives and answering these questions very thoroughly.
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