Counterclockwise: the Apple iPhone makes history, Part 2

Last week we went through the first chapters of the Apple iPhone chronicles and now we’ll bring you the rest of its story.

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Ads for the Atari Jaguar made a big deal about it being the first 64-bit video game console. How is 64-bit better than 32-bit? The marketing department doesn’t care as long as it can advertise a bigger number.

That is not to say that Apple didn’t have a good reason to jump to 64-bit with the iPhone 5s. In fact, given that the phone was introduced 5 years ago and is currently running the latest version of iOS, we’d say things worked out…


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