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By JENSEN BIRD FOR DAILYMAIL.COM<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 13:51 EDT, 21 June 2025 | Updated: 13:54 EDT, 21 June 2025 <\/p>\n

Almost 20 years after the release of the first iPhone<\/a>, Apple customers are still wondering what exactly the ‘i’ even stands for.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For a long time, all of Apple’s products were branded with the letter ‘i.’ Whether it be the iPod, the iPhone, the iMac, or the iPad<\/a>, it became an iconic symbol for the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Naturally, with so many ‘i’ products in their inventory, people began to have their own theories.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Users on social media assumed<\/a> that the famous character referred to the internet, immaculate or even immediate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Others thought that it just referred to the pronoun ‘I,’ as in the user themselves.<\/p>\n

There’s also speculation that it means intelligence, information or even is a reference to the device’s software ‘iOS’.<\/p>\n

One person even posted on X that they thought it meant ‘individual’, as in ‘individual phone’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The late Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder and the creator of the iPhone,<\/a>\u00a0actually revealed the meaning behind the ‘i’ before his passing in 2011.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The late Steve Jobs (pictured), Apple’s founder and the creator of the iPhone, revealed the meaning behind the ‘i’<\/p>\n

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A close up of an Apple iPhone 16 Pro in retail packaging is seen in this September 2024 photo<\/p>\n

According to Reader’s Digest,<\/a>\u00a0with Apple’s first ‘i’ product, the iMac, the letter did in fact signify the internet. The computer, which was released in 1998, had unheard of internet technology at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, Jobs and Apple decided to highlight their innovation in the name.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But since then, Jobs gave other meanings to the moniker. Sure, all of his products had radical internet capabilities, but soon other companies began to catch up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Consequently, as the company grew so did the meaning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jobs said the ‘i’ could stand for a whole host of iconic mission statements. Internet, individual, instruct, inform, and inspire are among a few of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also alluded to the letter referring to ‘I’ as a personal pronoun and for ‘instruction,’ referring to the educational aspect of his products.<\/p>\n

\"With <\/p>\n

With new Apple AI capabilities rolling out in more recent iterations of the iPhone, ‘intelligence’ may even be an appropriate meaning for the recognizable ‘i’\u00a0<\/p>\n

With new Apple AI capabilities <\/a>rolling out in more recent iterations of the iPhone, ‘intelligence’ may even be an appropriate meaning for the recognizable ‘i’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Jobs, there never was one true meaning for the ‘i.’ Instead, it fully encompassed the innovation, inspiration and iconic nature of his brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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