<p>Understand that the iPhone is a product that was developed by thousands of people. Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive did not sit down and design it on their own.</p>
<p>But to answer your question… Coming from an electrical or computer engineering background will not guarantee the design of a product equivalent to the iPhone. The iPhone is an product that was envisioned as a UI experience, not like laptops or desktops which are built to outdo predecessors in clock speed or pixel density (although this is what the latest iPhone release was all about).</p>
<p>The overall concept of the iPhone UX was the make-or-break element in it’s development, not the hardware. The hardware was the requirement; regardless of what hardware is capable of, Apple have shown that they are willing to wait until it can successfully implement its desired design.</p>
<p>So… Coming from an electrical or computer engineering background may not be the ideal path to develop an iPhone-like product. You’ll be much better off IMO getting experience in Software Development, UX Development and also Industrial Design.</p>