A review by oldtom
The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone by Brian Merchant

3.0

Disappointing. I think there has to be several great stories related to the development of the iPhone. There are a few of them here. Admittedly there is a problem given Apple's penchant for secrecy many of the original participants wouldn't give interviews and several others have died. But Merchant's credibility was damaged, in my eyes, by several statements that were untrue and others that have been contested.

In addition, it seems that Merchant implies culpability on Apple's part for the problems with mining elements that are used in the iPhone, which to me seemed pretty far down the supply chain. It appeared to me to be blaming Apple for many of the problems of capitalism.

Could have been much better.