Why the man behind iPod decided to leave Apple

In 2010, Fadell and his wife left Apple. He told The Guardian that it was because of the effect that his job was having on his son.

"One day we came home together and our son was crying," he told The Guardian. "Like really, really upset. So my wife runs to console him and he pushes her away and goes to the nanny. When that happened, it was like, 'What are we doing here? Who's truly the parent?' It's a big deal. You don't get those years back."

However, that may not be the only reason that Fadell decided to leave Apple. A book published in 2014 claimed that Fadell's departure was due to a falling out with Jony Ive, Apple's head of design. In the book, a source told the author, Leander Kahney: 
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