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Danielle Kate Wroe & Gemma Toulson

'i' in iPhone stands for 5 words and people are only just realising

Over the last decade the iPhone has become an essential item for millions of people over the world. Huge advances in technology over the last few decades has seen the internet go from something many of us previously had to go to an internet cafe to use to now being accessible through a smartphone often kept in our pockets.

But despite it being a staple item for many, it's fair to say the actual meaning behind the brand name is not quite as well known.

Apple products are not just limited to phones that start with 'i', of course, there's the iPod, iMac, iTunes, and more. But, as the Mirror reports, have you ever stopped to wonder what the 'i' prefix actually means?

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It's a question that is often asked on social media, and people have some good guesses like 'intelligent', and 'indispensable', with some people even thinking it meant 'i' as in 'my phone'.

However, as Steve Jobs confirmed what 'i' stands for in 1998 - and it's actually not just one word, it's five. The Readers Digest reported that Steve Jobs said that the 'i' stands for 'internet, individual, instruct, inform and inspire'.

It comes after Earlier this month, iPhone users were also baffled to learn that they can customise the Lock Screen for the very first time.

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