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   On 26 Oct 2021, Erich B. said the following...   
       
    EB> Why did Apple never release a calculator for the iPad?   
      
   So according to a comment posted on Reddit back in 2016:   
      
   "It is actually a funny story. When they were prototyping the iPad, they   
   ported the iOS calc over, but it was just stretched to fit the screen. It was   
   there all the way from the beginning of the prototypes and was just assumed by   
   everyone at apple that it was going to be shipped that way. A month before the   
   release, Steve Jobs calls Scott Forstall into his office and says to him,   
   "where is the new design for the calculator? This looks awful" He said, "what   
   new design?" This is what we are shipping with. Steve said, "no, pull it we   
   can't ship that". Scott fought for it to stay in, but he knew he had to get   
   their UI team involved to design a new look for the calculator but there was   
   no way they could do it in that short time frame, so they just scrapped it. It   
   has been such low priority since then that no one cares to work on it since   
   there is more important things to work on. (Source: I worked at Apple)"   
      
   https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/4dlqgv/comment/d1s5rr9/   
      
      
   While there is (still) no native calculator built into the iPad, you can   
   download third party ones or simply type your calculation into the Spotlight   
   Search field and siri will do it for you.   
      
      
   Jay   
      
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