Jobs wanted OS X on the iPhone, and Forstall's software approach prevailed once his team demonstrated that it could work.

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"Jobs wanted OS X on the iPhone, and Forstall’s software approach prevailed once his team demonstrated that it could work."

Vogelstein reports that Jobs wanted OS X but doubted it could be made to run on the phone, and that Forstall won control of the software effort after his team succeeded.

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Source title Inside Apple's 6-Month Race to Make the First iPhone a Reality

Source authors Fred Vogelstein

Source year 2017

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