Put down your iPhone and appreciate its geniusReuters Former Apple chief executive Steve Jobs holds the original iPhone. READ MORE:* Book chronicles how the iPhone changed our lives* Apple reveals lifespan of iPhone* Apple readies iPhone overhaul for its 10th anniversaryA single iPhone has behind it the production of 34kg of gold ore, with 20.5 grams of cyanide used to extract the most valuable parts of the gold. IPHONE IS POSSIBLE ONLY BECAUSE CHINAThe iPhone also shows that China is a major innovator and has been for some time. If you don't think that's a major and novel accomplishment, try doing it in some other country. The iPhone isn't fundamentally a phone, even though Steve Jobs himself thought that phone service was the killer app for the product.

Source: Stuff June 28, 2017 21:00 UTC