Here's Why Steve Jobs Dropped The First iPod Prototype Into An Aquarium To Prove A Point
Former Apple employee Amit Chaudhary recently wrote about Jobs' reaction to seeing the first iPod prototype, according to CultofMac, which ended with Jobs dropping the iPod into an aquarium.
When engineers working on the very first iPod completed the prototype, they presented their work to Steve Jobs for his approval. Jobs played with the device, scrutinized it, weighed it in his hands, and promptly rejected it. It was too big.
The engineers explained that they had to reinvent inventing to create the iPod, and that it was simply impossible to make it any smaller. Jobs was quiet for a moment. Finally he stood, walked over to an aquarium, and dropped the iPod in the tank. After it touched bottom, bubbles floated to the top.
"Those are air bubbles," he snapped. "That means there's space in there. Make it smaller."
It's a lesson that seems to have stuck with Apple's engineers, too.
The original iPod was 19.8 mm thin. Years later, Apple's most recent iPod is only 6.1 mm thin, and every space is utilized. Here's what the inside of the most recent iPod looks like.
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