Apple is known to be a company that pays great attention to detail. From software use, to hardware inside and outside, and even to the product production supply chain, Apple has always meticulously done every detail.
Today, the professor will take you to see the amazing god details in the icons of the iPhone, see the micro-knowledge, and feel the charm of Apple's detail control.
First, look closely at the clock icon and you'll see that its hands are turned in real time; look at the calendar icon and you'll see that the icon on it shows the current date. The two of them are the only desktop icons in the iPhone that can be moved.
In addition, Apple's map icon shows where Apple's headquarters are located. Previously, Apple's headquarters was on Interstate 280, so the icon also had the word 280 on it (as shown on the left side of the following figure), and later Apple moved to the new headquarters in the circular shape, and the icon was updated (as shown on the right side of the following figure).
Image from the Flag Intelligence Bureau
Let's talk about Apple's flashlight icon. This icon is not available on the desktop, you have to see it on the lock screen or control center. Turn the flashlight on or off, and you'll notice that the flashlight switch on the icon will change, just like using a flashlight in the real world! Apple is really a complete detail control.
Left: Close the | Right: Open
Speaking of the control center, let's mention a god detail: press the flight mode, you will find that the status bar will fly in a small plane, click again to turn off the flight mode, you will find that the plane flew away again. This small animation not only vividly reflects the flight sense of the airplane in the flight mode, but also makes the whole use process dynamic and interesting! Really superb!
Speaking of your usual voice memos, have you ever wondered what the waveform of its icon really means? In fact, it is the waveform of Apple pronunciation, is not very good!
Apple's Watch icon is also interesting. The previous icon is the side image of the Apple Watch wearing a sports strap (shown on the left side of the image below), but as you can see, the strap doesn't look as clean. Later, Apple introduced a loopback strap without a tie structure, and simplified the Watch icon (as shown on the right side of the following figure). It even makes people suspect that Apple launched a loopback strap to simplify the icon to satisfy its own obsessive-compulsive disorder ...
In fact, when it comes to Apple Watch, it has a pain point that has been scaled by people: it can't listen to songs.
Obviously there are speakers, you can play it when you call, but you must connect a Bluetooth headset when listening to a song, which is really annoying. But fortunately, I myself use the Green Link Bluetooth headset T3, the connection is very fast, the sound quality is better than airPods, and the price of 100 yuan also has active noise reduction, which is also exempt from a lot of troubles.
Finally, let's talk about the iPhone's address book icon. Initially, the address book icon was a silhouette of a man, but a silhouette of a girl was later added to iOS 11 to express the idea of equality between men and women. But in iOS 13, the address book has become a neutral avatar, which can represent not only men and women, but also transgender people, etc., avoiding gender differentiation and being more neutral.
It seems that the icons of the iPhone not only have details, but also stories, which are really interesting!
Do you know anything interesting about the iPhone icon? Feel free to speak up in the comments section!