We have always been accustomed to Apple to innovate and provide everything new in devices, but this matter will not come out of thin air or easily, as the company cannot be famous for all its products, sometimes there are experimental projects for devices and accessories and then folded by time either because of its lack of benefit to the user or because of its high cost in that Time. Apple also introduced devices that were not popular with users despite their usefulness, so these devices were the basic kernel of Apple devices at a later time.
Some of these devices were experimental "Prototype" and others were put on the market, but the project was canceled and for your information most of these devices were in the era of the eighties, but have imaginative ideas at their time, which indicates the broad horizon of Apple:
Foldable cell phone 1983 (experimental):
It seems that Apple, since its inception, had an ambition to enter the mobile phone market, as it had several studies in this field, but most of them did not see the light due to Apple's material problems at that time or because of its pursuit of other directions, and in this picture we see a trial version of a foldable mobile phone from Designed by German designer Harmut Eislinger and Frog Design, the product did not see the light as a true final product and only remained locked into ideas and papers.
"Baby Mac" 1985 (experimental):
Apple wanted to create light, small and practical computers that could be carried easily and were aimed at a segment of university students, and this copy was the first precursor to Apple's innovation for the laptop, but this Mac did not see the light and it was also designed by the German designer Harmut Eislinger and the Frog Design company.
1983 touch screen phone (experimental):
If you think that 2007 is the year in which the first Apple device with a touch screen was introduced, then you are wrong. Apple made experiments 25 years before the release of the iPhone through the first landline phone that contains a monochrome touch screen to record notes and appointments and can also be connected to the Internet, but The project was canceled due to the lack of widespread Internet and its lack of economic viability, and it was the basis on which Newton's device was built in the XNUMXs, which we will talk about later.
Macintosh for the twentieth anniversary of the company 1997 (limited edition):
When Apple celebrated its twentieth anniversary, Apple launched a Macintosh for this occasion. Only a limited amount of it was manufactured and it was designed by Johnny Eve (the current Apple designer), and it had a weight of 6.8 kilograms with a solid memory of 2 GB and a random memory of 32 MB.
Student e-mate 1997 (discontinued):
This is the first and only Apple laptop that works with a touch screen, as it launched it to target university and school students, and it was designed by Johnny Eve, and it has a transparent structure, but Apple thought it best to stop it because buyers did not come to it, knowing that it was of a competitive price, but it was possible that it was not The market accommodated touch screen devices in the late XNUMXs.
Newton 1994 (discontinued):
A device invented by Apple for correspondence and was working with a monochrome touch screen and a special system called NewtonOS was created and was aimed at the business segment, but it did not become popular and did not achieve a revolution as it was expected from it. Apple later admitted that it was a step in the wrong direction, especially as it was Very high price, but Apple was preparing after that, in the coming years, to do something big and huge, as it was preparing an idea for an upcoming product, which is the iPad.
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