# Creating the iPhone (Part 1)

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Podcast: [Decoding Tech](https://stenobird.com/podcast/decoding-tech-7190029)
Published: 2025-09-03T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/computer-history-museum/episodes/Creating-the-iPhone-Part-1-e37ev48
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## Resource

With the latest iPhone soon to be announced, we're sharingthis conversation from 2017 about how the first iPhone came to be. In this episode, John Markoff interviews original iPhone Engineers Nitin Ganatra, Scott Herz, and Hugo Fiennes. Part 2 of the conversation, featuring original iPhone Software Team Leader Scott Forstall will be released in 2 weeks. This conversation was recorded on June 20, 2017 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, as a part of the CHM Live series. To watch a video of this program, please visit the Computer History Museum's YouTube channel. To learn more about the Computer History Museum and our upcoming CHM Live events, visit our website at www.computerhistory.org

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