The first iPhone didn`t have copy & paste for reasons we can all understand
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`The quickest explanation is that I didn`t have time to do it right. I had too much keyboard, autocorrection, and text system work to do.` What you need to know When the iPhone came out in 2007, it was missing copy and paste. One of the device`s original creators says this is because Apple simply didn`t have enough time to create it. Ken Kocienda also revealed how it stopped the iPhone from suggesting `horrid language` using autocorrect. One of the original creators of Apple`s iPhone has revealed that the first device didn`t feature cut or copy and paste because he simply didn`t have enough time to make it. Ken Kocienda took to Twitter this week to reveal some tidbits of inside information about the process that went into designing and creating the first iPhone. While the first iPhone was revolutionary in many ways thanks to its multi-touch touchscreen and more, one key feature it was missing was cut, copy and paste. Turns out Ken simply had too much on his plate and didn`t h...