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   > On 26 Oct 2021, Erich B. said the following...   
      
   > 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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   Well done! Good read, Jay! Never knew Siri did mathematical calculations. I   
   have a third party calculator called "MaxiCalc". It's a retro calculator and   
   looks very realistic graphically. I use it all the time!   
      
   https://apps.apple.com/us/app/maxicalc-free-big-retro-lcd-basic-desk-calculator   
   /id657247248   
   https://apps.apple.com/be/app/maxicalc-pro-80s-big-lcd-vintage-retro-calculator   
   /id622309324   
      
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