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October 5th 2011 was 12 years, 4 months and 6 days ago.

The Vanity Fair article says Tim tried the prototype “years ago; maybe six, seven, or even eight.”

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I watched a TV interview where he said "I saw the first prototype of this over 10 years ago", CNBC on launch day.