Twelve years Steve Jobs announced a wide-screen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet device. But it wasn't three products. It was one product. Yeah, we got it, Steve. It was the iPhone.

And here's how it came to be.

SPONSOR:

• Brilliant Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and sign up for free. First 200 people get 20% off the premium course!

MORE:

• Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie
• Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie

SUBSCRIBE:

• Apple Podcasts
• Overcast
• Pocket Casts
• Castro
• RSS
• YouTube