1st Gen iPad Prototype

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  • Опубликовано: 6 янв 2025
  • iPads, a product that has continued to change drastically over the last decade. Today I look at not only a first generation iPad, but a Prototype One running a super rare Internal Build of iOS. Come along for a depe dive inside and out.
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Комментарии • 210

  • @Laylatg
    @Laylatg 2 года назад +404

    i wanna see a video of you explaining every singe detail of the internal apple apps

    • @michaelandersson6088
      @michaelandersson6088 2 года назад +17

      Same! :)

    • @DongleBookPro
      @DongleBookPro  2 года назад +121

      I guess with enough demand I could do this, although the video would prolly be 20 or so minutes in length

    • @Laylatg
      @Laylatg 2 года назад +35

      @@DongleBookPro not to say that's what everyone wants, but that's exactly what I want

    • @reputationtaylorsversion
      @reputationtaylorsversion 2 года назад +9

      @@DongleBookPro that would be great, especially since so many internal apps are confusing as hell

    • @mb-iu4wh
      @mb-iu4wh 2 года назад +5

      @@DongleBookPro Yes!! That would be so interesting! Even if it lasts 30-40 min...

  • @zumuvtuber
    @zumuvtuber 2 года назад +241

    It's so unreal seeing so much unused space inside an iPad! That's a really cool prototype.

    • @lbgstzockt8493
      @lbgstzockt8493 Год назад +3

      I think it is because the sides are sloped, you cant really put anythinge there because it is so thin.

    • @Piipperi800
      @Piipperi800 Год назад +10

      It's not actually as unused as it looks, the space is partly reserved for the display's components that are on the display assembly part.

  • @McNibbler
    @McNibbler Год назад +81

    "Apple, please scan the code and see whose iPad this is"
    As someone who works there and is in posession of a lot of prototypes all I'm gonna say is that will likely get somebody in a hell of a lot of trouble and likely fired lmfao

    • @PumpedSmartass
      @PumpedSmartass Год назад +21

      And probably brick the device as soon as it reaches network

    • @davidddo
      @davidddo Год назад +1

      ​@@PumpedSmartasslol

    • @billypeterson9284
      @billypeterson9284 Год назад +19

      If you truly worked there and had prototypes you wouldn’t be legally allowed to discuss that here 🤫

    • @reduchimaki
      @reduchimaki 8 месяцев назад

      @@billypeterson9284 tbh I dont think the RUclips account they're using is connected to their main socials, as to not reveal their irl identity

    • @mukyuuhikuu
      @mukyuuhikuu 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@billypeterson9284 you know NDAs expire right

  • @cowboyemojifr
    @cowboyemojifr Год назад +16

    Thought by your editing style and presentation you were some big youtuber I had never heard about, but 4K??? Insanely underrated stuff.

  • @ChfHappySack
    @ChfHappySack Год назад +80

    Somewhat concerning that it has a "brick device" button in the settings lol. Don't accidentally hit it 😂

    • @superNova5837
      @superNova5837 8 месяцев назад +1

      That would most definitely suck

    • @cirkulx
      @cirkulx 8 месяцев назад

      always dump iboot first to have a last effort to unbrick it later

    • @Techno-Universal
      @Techno-Universal 6 месяцев назад

      The button can also be remotely pressed by Apple.

    • @winSonoma
      @winSonoma Месяц назад

      lol that would suck if a hacker had access to that

  • @Amy-mc7zj
    @Amy-mc7zj 2 года назад +22

    That's nice! Always awesome to see InternalUI and its plethora of testing apps

  • @thunderbolt10031
    @thunderbolt10031 Год назад +71

    I miss the original iPad. It was hands down the best iPad design for ergonomics. It was so nice to hold in the hands. The square edges, the rounded back, the screen bezels to rest your thumbs, it was pure perfection!

    • @iwasthefirstgoofpaste
      @iwasthefirstgoofpaste Год назад

      so true i refuse to upgrade past the home button era, but still even then newer models have minimum bezel and maximum screen mess ups from your fingers 😭

    • @Ben-yz4jh
      @Ben-yz4jh Год назад +9

      @@iwasthefirstgoofpaste LOL. What an odd life choice

    • @yy17782
      @yy17782 Год назад +5

      @@iwasthefirstgoofpasteiPad Pro 2017 (last with the home button) has even **less** thumb room on the side bezels than the Liquid Retina Pro’s

    • @fbnmndz
      @fbnmndz Год назад +4

      @@yy17782 ipad 9 had a home button which came out in 2022.

    • @yy17782
      @yy17782 Год назад

      @@fbnmndz yeah. Last of the pro’s, not that entry level model they’ve had forever, lol.

  • @PumpedSmartass
    @PumpedSmartass Год назад +44

    As a 1st gen iPad owner, I am still salty how they screwed it up on purpose by giving it 256MB ram instead of 512Mb like the iPhone 4, and by removing the FaceTime camera sometime before production.

    • @RayEttler
      @RayEttler Год назад

      that's apple. user first.

    • @mr.vorrnyvorrn2516
      @mr.vorrnyvorrn2516 Год назад +3

      Plus, it stops at iOS 5.1.1 when it should at least be iOS 6.1.6 or iOS 7.1.2.

    • @averagerobloxsimp
      @averagerobloxsimp 8 месяцев назад +1

      7.1.2 is heavy for that device.​@@mr.vorrnyvorrn2516

    • @cirkulx
      @cirkulx 8 месяцев назад

      @@mr.vorrnyvorrn2516its the 256MB ram, and even then it gets the software support of the touch 3, which is much more underpowered. it should have gotten 6.x regardless of the missing features

    • @frizzyfrank2985
      @frizzyfrank2985 8 месяцев назад

      The iPad was released before the iPhone 4

  • @James64
    @James64 Год назад +80

    dankpod's set is looking a little different today

  • @OwensMixedChannel
    @OwensMixedChannel 2 года назад +2

    this channel is so undersubbed! You got a new fan!

  • @PegasusTenma1
    @PegasusTenma1 Год назад +1

    Internal apps video needs to happen right now.

  • @hxdeci
    @hxdeci Год назад +8

    im fascinated by internal iOS stuff, so i would be super stoked to see a video going through every app! :3
    something i've always kinda wanted to personally do, but prototypes are few and far between lol

  • @mr88cet
    @mr88cet Год назад +8

    3:36 - “Brick Device”! Now there’s a feature you definitely don’t want to fat-finger!

    • @xanderplayz3446
      @xanderplayz3446 5 месяцев назад +1

      They probably have an ‘Are you sure?’ prompt.

  • @jalis812
    @jalis812 Год назад +6

    I still have iPad 1st gen with 32gb cellullar with the original box. Cant wait for it to become rare.

  • @LucidTownn
    @LucidTownn 2 года назад +89

    The reason why the ram test app was not aligned correctly was because it was made for prototype iPods and iPhones.

  • @real_terminalgt
    @real_terminalgt Год назад +2

    i just like seeing old versions of devices/software

  • @Plainapple287
    @Plainapple287 2 года назад +46

    there’s still the possibility apple was actually using this iPad to test future iOS builds until they planned on discontinuing support in iOS 5, hence why it had all of its internal apps, on iOS 5, honestly just a theory tho

    • @DongleBookPro
      @DongleBookPro  2 года назад +20

      So I *think*, given where I go it from, an engineer just continued daily using it until 5.1.1, which is awesome since it has a later build, although I would have loved to get one on 3.X

  • @mak_audio
    @mak_audio Год назад +4

    I love this channel! There are so many interesting things to learn :)

  • @Sneffe
    @Sneffe Год назад +6

    Please set your focus settings to manual. Like 20 - 30% of the video is out of focus because of autofocus. It's just a one switch (even if you are using a phone to record)

  • @BredBordLights
    @BredBordLights 7 месяцев назад +2

    That settings screen brings back memories, bro. 😢😢😢

  • @dwad561
    @dwad561 7 месяцев назад

    I remember I bought an iPad 2 on eBay and got it for a good deal. I was so surprised of how advanced it seems to be to me. It’s crazy how much technology has advanced in 10 years. I wonder how things are here in another decade from now

  • @TotallyBCK
    @TotallyBCK 2 года назад +10

    could you please do a app by app video, please? that would be really cool!

  • @taxineil1
    @taxineil1 Год назад +2

    I still use iPad 2 as a book reader.It's still in perfect condition and the battery shows no sign of giving up,its a shame not much else works well,everything else crawls along.

    • @MikeLikesChannel
      @MikeLikesChannel Год назад +1

      Should be fine with playing back encoded 480p movies. My late grandmother had a Gen 1 chock full of DVD rips.

  • @tnode
    @tnode 2 года назад +8

    I really thought this was a dankpods video honestly

  • @jorgebrigliadori
    @jorgebrigliadori 7 месяцев назад

    Man.. This interface and icons is soooo muuuch beautiful and authentic than what we had since iOS 7...

  • @owRekssjfjxjxuurrpqpqss
    @owRekssjfjxjxuurrpqpqss Год назад +7

    Damn, are those bezel sizes the same as the original iPad? They look massive.

    • @PumpedSmartass
      @PumpedSmartass Год назад +7

      Yes, its exactly the same as the production cellular iPad 1st gen, probably you can easily install production iOS too.

  • @CamH_Y
    @CamH_Y 8 месяцев назад

    I always wonder about that !! Thank you for uplode this video!! :))

  • @kwiky5643
    @kwiky5643 2 года назад +2

    Nice video

  • @sosumee
    @sosumee Год назад +2

    I really want a long video so u can go deep into every single one of those apps

  • @nullzishere
    @nullzishere 7 месяцев назад +1

    4:21 did i just actually hear him say gooey???????

  • @epiciphones
    @epiciphones 8 месяцев назад

    awesoooome channel bro 💜

  • @dylanlindsay1993
    @dylanlindsay1993 8 месяцев назад

    cool prototype bro! you should replace the battery though! just create a sticker with the logos from the dvt battery to make the new one look legit!

  • @Pika915
    @Pika915 Год назад +2

    The thumbnail makes me think this is gonna be a Dankpods video or something

  • @superNova5837
    @superNova5837 Год назад +4

    That was the dot connectors on modern iPads before the dot connectors

  • @pointless7453
    @pointless7453 Год назад +2

    literally a Dankpods thumbnail !

  • @BRAVOROBINSON
    @BRAVOROBINSON Год назад +2

    Qr code wasn’t around in 2010? Was out for year’s earlier 😂

  • @Rebelnightwolfe
    @Rebelnightwolfe Год назад +4

    Remember Apple didn't start using "iOS" until version 4.

  • @RusticRonnie
    @RusticRonnie Год назад +2

    old youtube app, no ads good times

  • @h4msandw1ch
    @h4msandw1ch 8 месяцев назад

    the beginning of gen alphas worst nightmare and this guy has it

  • @HeHe169
    @HeHe169 6 месяцев назад

    is it possible to preserve these ipas? I'd love to try them out myself

  • @a_nicegaming
    @a_nicegaming 27 дней назад

    3:24 if you want to depress the owners dev ipad then click brick device

  • @Matyas_Ceo_Of_Matyas
    @Matyas_Ceo_Of_Matyas 2 года назад +6

    Are you eventualy going to take out the expanded battery?

    • @DongleBookPro
      @DongleBookPro  2 года назад +5

      Yes! Unfortunately this was my first time opening it in awhile and thus found the expanded battery, has been removed since

  • @ThatDumbPan
    @ThatDumbPan Месяц назад

    The fact there's a "Brick Device" button 😂

  • @BritishEngineer
    @BritishEngineer Год назад +2

    1:34 my dad used to have a cellular iPad one, no difference.

  • @ceomg
    @ceomg 8 месяцев назад

    How did you acquire such a confidential item?

    • @3jbro
      @3jbro 8 месяцев назад

      Pls give me a shout out

    • @THE_CARBON
      @THE_CARBON 7 месяцев назад

      This one was saved from being destroyed and it was sold on eBay or something

  • @hello123s3
    @hello123s3 10 месяцев назад

    I might have seen the “development team” sticker tag on an old iPad in a bucket inside a flea market. (Except, the sticker tag had a blue label instead of golden yellow shown in this video.)

  • @slob5041
    @slob5041 Год назад

    I like the antenna band being grey

  • @SensibleDuck
    @SensibleDuck 2 года назад +1

    How do I get the spinning iPhone app?

  • @ewhiteside
    @ewhiteside Год назад

    Is there anyway you can dump the ‘scouting’ app, I’d love to get those floor plans out of it

  • @jorulz_
    @jorulz_ Год назад +2

    Hi, I am one of Apple's early devs and the qr barcode on the back was one of my co-workers. lol how did you find this

  • @fraenker
    @fraenker 2 года назад +2

    Well, that's awesome.

  • @Іапа
    @Іапа 8 месяцев назад

    THAT is incredible

  • @krov.
    @krov. 2 года назад +1

    Nice!

  • @rileyolson6008
    @rileyolson6008 Год назад

    We’ve come along way thank God 😂

  • @Vulturul333dfd-original
    @Vulturul333dfd-original Год назад

    3:08 sounds familiar (did anyone jailbreak their iPhone once?)

  • @soundofreality
    @soundofreality Год назад +1

    Back then when the UI was beautiful

  • @MetalY2KMusic
    @MetalY2KMusic Год назад

    This was so cool! Hearing you talk about it was genuinely painful though

  • @Techno-Universal
    @Techno-Universal 6 месяцев назад

    Steve Jobs likely also used that prototype unit at some point! :)

  • @purely_jay
    @purely_jay 2 года назад +2

    wow, i didn't know about this

  • @Mhdmishalk
    @Mhdmishalk 6 месяцев назад +1

    The internal apps are the best apps from apple😅

  • @danyfdz12
    @danyfdz12 Год назад +2

    Dang it, saw the thumbnail and I was about to say, how come dank pods took away the green ipad case?!

  • @slob5041
    @slob5041 Год назад

    The keyboard accessory makes more sense if they had a landscape view originally

  • @BritishEngineer
    @BritishEngineer Год назад

    Hey man, do you have a ferrite core on your finger? Fresh out of the power supply.

  • @Robospidera1
    @Robospidera1 Год назад

    Very cool overall

  • @Maggashi
    @Maggashi Год назад +1

    I saw a setting called brick device

  • @enbuyukgs2000
    @enbuyukgs2000 Год назад

    I have the same exact ipad in very good condition

    • @Seed
      @Seed Год назад

      Prototype or no

  • @RowFatMirk
    @RowFatMirk Год назад +11

    0:59 "And in 2010, that technology wasn't really around"
    From QR code wiki page, first sentence..
    "A QR code (short for "quick-response code") is a type of two-dimensional matrix barcode, invented in 1994, by Japanese company Denso Wave for labelling automobile parts."
    Please don't just say something because you think it makes sense. This took 7 seconds to fact check.. there's no reason you couldn't have fact checked your script before shooting.
    Haphazard videos like this do history a grave injustice.

    • @renussy5117
      @renussy5117 Год назад

      He said “wasn’t *really* around,” simply meaning it wasn’t super popular yet.

    • @costa-w3k
      @costa-w3k 29 дней назад

      If it existed, it doesn't mean it was widely used

  • @maximiacovacci
    @maximiacovacci Год назад

    please make really long vid for the apps

  • @scottb.8523
    @scottb.8523 Год назад

    Amazing it was able to be smuggled out from the testing center

  • @jackalneck
    @jackalneck Год назад +3

    QR codes were invented in 1994. Apple did not create the idea in 2010 to track internal assets because QR codes "weren't really around" yet. 0:58

  • @reputationtaylorsversion
    @reputationtaylorsversion 2 года назад

    what photos are on it?

  • @Ronaldovsmessi-n2o
    @Ronaldovsmessi-n2o 7 месяцев назад

    The ur mums iPad in the closet got me cracking up 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Shaddow798
    @Shaddow798 2 года назад +1

    How was this updated?
    I would think a internal ui build would not update
    Could you just update from old internal to new internal.
    I would think trying would just reflash stock iOS.

    • @DongleBookPro
      @DongleBookPro  2 года назад

      I think it was just via continued use from an engineer, not super certain for older builds, but anything newer needs to connect behind apples firewall to update

    • @Shaddow798
      @Shaddow798 2 года назад

      @@DongleBookPro but wouldn't they have a new device that is closer to retail for continued development. Although honestly it is more interesting that that device is on iOS 5 compared to an older one as there probably are a lot less internalui of ipads

  • @nyaa
    @nyaa Год назад

    nuance dragon recognizer 👀👀

  • @bbblop4545
    @bbblop4545 Год назад

    Looked the phone number up on the screen that tells you to call someone if found. It is or was the phone number of Evelyn Sell at Apple Computer. Can't find any info on them, at least yet. Maybe they were an engineer at apple or responsible for asset handling?

  • @Pixcuber
    @Pixcuber Год назад +1

    I still have the iPad 1 but it is taking a few days to charge to 1%

    • @RWL2012
      @RWL2012 Год назад +1

      sounds like the battery doesn't want to battery anymore

    • @Pixcuber
      @Pixcuber 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@RWL2012working now it lasts 3 hours on

  • @app0the
    @app0the Год назад

    Interesting the OS has a Compass app, which you'd not get on the iPad unless you copied it through jailbreak from a 3GS

  • @redpowergaming2336
    @redpowergaming2336 5 месяцев назад

    My iPad 1st Gen is on iOS 3.2.2 currently

  • @faruk408
    @faruk408 8 месяцев назад

    How many years did you work at Apple

  • @Amaan_Ahmad_786
    @Amaan_Ahmad_786 Год назад

    I have an iPad 4 64GB wifi+cellular in Factory Condition !

  • @blaze8908
    @blaze8908 Год назад +1

    I think I might have a prototype ipad

    • @Seed
      @Seed Год назад

      Do you

  • @YKZKYEN
    @YKZKYEN Год назад +3

    My Grandma's ipad

  • @kaneyweast6554
    @kaneyweast6554 Год назад

    bruh that refresh rate

  • @ErnizAutyzmem
    @ErnizAutyzmem Год назад +1

    Carrier settings should be available in standard iPad. I must Jailbreak my all devices to have options which I see normal in Android.

  • @0ryanryanryan0
    @0ryanryanryan0 8 месяцев назад

    noooo this guys last upload was 1 year ago

  • @stepanrumyantsev6098
    @stepanrumyantsev6098 Год назад

    I thought the PCBs of Apple Prototype devices are red

  • @uPilot
    @uPilot Год назад

    ipad pro?

  • @NikoraGG
    @NikoraGG Год назад +2

    Holy lithp

  • @Monkey12HEHAHA
    @Monkey12HEHAHA 6 месяцев назад

    Duuuuude now RUclips lets you scroll full RUclips videos like shorts except longer…

  • @The1Mox
    @The1Mox Год назад +3

    DankPods would like to know your location.

  • @joelmulder
    @joelmulder Год назад

    The overhead camera is quite shaky and frequently out of focus

  • @AidanDotDash
    @AidanDotDash 8 месяцев назад +1

    *dankpods would like to know your location*

  • @BurReToe
    @BurReToe Год назад

    I miss the old school Apple logo

  • @DAONEVAPOREON
    @DAONEVAPOREON 8 месяцев назад

    Can it run doom

  • @Manveru1986
    @Manveru1986 Год назад

    I was thinking about getting an oura (or whatever smarting it is) but it looks ridiculous.

  • @Cam-ts3pi
    @Cam-ts3pi Год назад +1

    Lawful Good Dankpods

  • @AceAmericiumWind
    @AceAmericiumWind 9 месяцев назад

    i want to see ios 3 ipad

  • @Bayr0n
    @Bayr0n 6 месяцев назад

    The battery seems swollen.

  • @incelubat8073
    @incelubat8073 8 месяцев назад

    qr codes has been around since 1994 😊

  • @nextplayz9543
    @nextplayz9543 Год назад +2

    When he said "this probably looks different from you're mom's IPad in the closet" was so funny to me because she has the 1st generation iPad in her closet😂