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內容簡介 「這是一本令人傾倒的書……麥錢特啟程前往全球各地，從加州的設計工作室，到南美洲的礦場，到中國的工廠，訴說這台指標性裝置背後的人文故事——那破碎的婚姻，那失去的生活。你再也無法以同樣的眼光看待手中的iPhone了。」－－丹‧萊昂斯（Dan Lyons），紐約時報暢銷書作者●《彭博社》2017年年度最佳商業書籍● CNBC 2017年年度最佳商業書籍●書評網站1-800-CEO-Read 2017年年度最佳商業書籍●《金融時報》／麥肯錫2017年年度最佳商業書籍決選●《紐約時報書評》編輯精選●《華爾街日報》《倫敦泰晤士報》《衛報》等多家媒體與科技網站盛讚推薦你在展讀本書的同時，可能iPhone就在你的手邊。不過，在賈伯斯（Steve Jobs）把這台他所謂「萬中選一」（the one device）的裝置介紹給我們之前，手機只是你用來在路上打電話的工具而已。如今，iPhone上架十年以後，我們的手機是我們的生命線：是我們獲取資訊、溝通、娛樂的主要來源，是我們與工作的接口，是我們與所愛的人的恆常連結。iPhone如何改造我們的世界，把蘋果公司（Apple）變成史上最有價值的企業？資深科技記者布萊恩．麥錢特（Brian Merchant）獨家採訪創造iPhone的各階段引航手，揭開你無法從蘋果口中直接聽到的內幕故事。iPhone串起人類古今中外的重要時刻，本書更是一部現代人類科學、技術、歷史、商業與文化的精華總和。The secret history of the invention that changed everything and became the most profitable product in the world.Odds are that as you read this, an iPhone is within reach. But before Steve Jobs introduced us to 'the one device', as he called it, a mobile phone was merely what you used to make calls on the go.How did the iPhone transform our world and turn Apple into the most valuable company ever? Veteran technology journalist Brian Merchant reveals the inside story you won't hear from Cupertino - based on his exclusive interviews with the engineers, inventors and developers who guided every stage of the iPhone's creation.This deep dive takes you from inside 1 Infinite Loop to nineteenth-century France to WWII America, from the driest place on earth to a Kenyan pit of toxic e-waste, and even deep inside Shenzhen's notorious 'suicide factories'. It's a first-hand look at how the cutting-edge tech that makes the world work - touch screens, motion trackers and even AI - made its way into our pockets.The One Device is a road map for design and engineering genius, an anthropology of the modern age and an unprecedented view into one of the most secretive companies in history. This is the untold account, ten years in the making, of the device that changed everything.
