Seems Google<\/a>'s former CEO and current Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt<\/a> is an iPhone<\/a> fan. Schmidt, who was in South Korea to witness Google's AlphaGo AI system take on the world Go champion, was caught using an iPhone.
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Schmidt was taking pictures with the Apple<\/a> phone at a press event in South Korea's capital Seoul. The images which are going viral first appeared in South Korean publication Osen. In one picture, Schmidt can be seen using iPhone's camera and in another he is seen selecting a photo to send.
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Seems Google<\/a>'s former CEO and current Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt<\/a> is an iPhone<\/a> fan. Schmidt, who was in South Korea to witness Google's AlphaGo AI system take on the world Go champion, was caught using an iPhone.
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Schmidt was taking pictures with the Apple<\/a> phone at a press event in South Korea's capital Seoul. The images which are going viral first appeared in South Korean publication Osen. In one picture, Schmidt can be seen using iPhone's camera and in another he is seen selecting a photo to send.
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\nIncidentally, this is not the first time that Schmidt has been caught using a non-Android device. Earlier too, he was see using a BlackBerry device and had reportedly admitted that he likes the device's physical keyboard.
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Schmidt has been Google's executive chairman since April 2011 and of Google's parent company Alphabet Inc's since October 2, 2015. He was Google's CEO from July 2001 to April 1, 2011, when he stepped down and Google co-founder Larry Page<\/a> took over.
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\nHe is credited with helping grow Google from a Silicon Valley startup to a global technolgy giant.
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\nPrior to Google, he has also served stints as CEO of Novell and chief technology officer of Sun Microsystems and Oracle America.
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\nGo is a popular Chinese board game that has existed for centuries now.
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\nImage courtesy: http:\/\/osen.mt.co.kr
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