Apple reveals iPhone Easter egg: An old-school wallpaper that honors Steve Jobs

Some iPhone customers have reported that their up to date working system — iOS 16 beta 3 — has given them the choice of utilizing an old-school wallpaper that is an Easter egg and homage to Steve Jobs. The wallpaper in query options clownfish and was used when Jobs debuted the iPhone again in 2007.

On Twitter, Mark Gurman, a reporter who covers Apple for Bloomberg, quote-tweeted a consumer named @JackLRoberts, who appeared to have the clownfish background as an possibility on their iPhone.

“That is the wallpaper Steve Jobs used when the unique iPhone was introduced in 2007 — however it by no means really ever shipped with any iPhone. Right here we’re 15 years later,” Gurman wrote on Twitter.

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The web site 9to5Mac reported that not all customers have been in a position to entry the wallpaper simply but.

Previous discussion board posts present that iPhone fans have been in search of this wallpaper for years, drawing on the nostalgia from the groundbreaking launch and its ensuing promotional supplies that featured the clownfish. It is not but completely clear if and when the wallpaper may roll out to all customers, however it does at the very least seem to be people will quickly get their long-awaited background.