The Original iPhone? Apple Phone Patent from 1985
Apr 29, 2011 - 5 Comments
Long before the iPhone, there was… an Apple phone? I don’t know if this is real, if it was actually patented by Apple Inc, or if it was ever produced, but it certainly looks like someones brilliant high-tech idea from 1985. Who wouldn’t want to be talking into a flip apple phone?
For more retro Apple fun, check out the hilarious Apple Corporate video from 1984. Be sure to have your audio on for that one, because there’s even a theme song.
image via @AppleSpotlight
Jesus!
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Hey. That looks like the apple logo. lol
First, just to be clear, this is a design patent. Design patents basically cover the ornamental design of a product, not the functionality or technology.
Anyway, the company that got this patent was not Apple. It was Marvin Glass & Associates.
PS: there is a Wikipedia article on Marvin Glass & Associates here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Glass_and_Associates
Their work was mostly in toys. My guess is that this was a design for a kid’s phone.