The Original Apple iPhone… from 1983

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<p>Apple was busy dreaming about the future 29 years ago, long before the days of the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a>, touch screens, cell phones, and even cordless phones. As this Apple product concept from 1983 shows, the company envisioned an Apple phone complete with a Mac-like OS, touch screen, touch keyboard, and even a stylus to navigate the onscreen elements. Of course this particular phone never went anywhere, but it does show Apple’s tradition of dreaming big and being years ahead of their rivals in imagination alone. </p>

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<p>These particular concepts were created by one of Apple’s famous first industrial designers, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmut_Esslinger" target="_blank">Hartmut Esslinger</a> of frogdesign. You can see more old Apple product concept <a href="http://fudder.de/artikel/2007/07/17/die-design-vorfahren-des-iphone/">pictures at fudder.de alongside a fascinating article</a> about Apple’s early design, though it’s in German so the English translation is a bit rough.</p>

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<p>Conceptually this one looks much more useful than the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/29/apple-phone-patent-1985/">silly looking literal Apple phone from 1985</a>, which was shaped like an actual Apple logo. </p>

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