Happy 10th Birthday, iPhone! How the iPhone Revolutionized The Way We Communicate
The iPhone - the original mother of all Smartphones with Touch Screen, like we know them today.
It seems almost impossible to imagine a life without a smartphone nowadays - we have the ability to access the whole internet, contact our friends from all over the world, have access to our personal documents and emails via our phone, browse our music library or play advanced games, all on that little device.
For most of us, the smartphone might just be the most important and most used electronic device, and we have gotten so used to it that we take many features for granted!
10 years ago today, on January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs announced the very first iPhone.
And whether you are a Fan of Apple products or not - this day was almost a revolution in the tech world, it changed and inspired the whole world of mobile phones forever.
Back in 2007, Apple's iPod was one of the most popular electronic devices in the world.
Most people carried around a regular mobile phone (like the legendary motorola flip phone, who remembers those?!) and additionally an iPod, to listen to music.
But then in 2007, Steve Jobs presented the iPhone as “a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet communications device.”
The first iPhone was a revolution - especially, since it had a multi-touchscreen display.
Other phones during that time might have had email or internet access (like blackberry, for example) but the iPhone replaced a physical keyboard / number pad with a simple and sleek touch screen.
That first model of the iPhone didn't even have 3G Internet, it only came with 4GB of memory space, you weren't able to copy/paste text, you couldn't change the background and you couldn't even take videos (only pictures, with a 2 MP camera!)
These specifications seem ridiculous compared to today's standards, but back then they were incredible.
Apple also introduced the concept of Apps as we know them and a grid layout on the home screen, although the App Store only launched in 2008, one year later.
In July 2008, Steve Jobs proudly announced that there were 800 different apps on the app store, created by independent developers - and today, we have a choice of over 2 million apps!
“It is amazing that from the very first iPhone through to today’s newest iPhone 7 Plus, it has remained the gold standard by which all other smartphones are judged. For many of us, iPhone has become the most essential device in our lives and we love it.”-Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing
The iPhone has come a long way - 11 different generations, different designs, screen sizes, colors, and of course improved processors, features, cameras and memory space.
In a press release about the 10-year anniversary, Apple CEO Tim Cook has stated:
“iPhone is an essential part of our customers’ lives, and today more than ever it is redefining the way we communicate, entertain, work and live. iPhone set the standard for mobile computing in its first decade and we are just getting started. The best is yet to come."-Tim Cook
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Just watched the movie about Steve Jobs three days ago... What timing and it corresponds with the anniversary of one of the most important turning point of our modern communication as well. Great review of the history making launch, thanks a bunch for sharing and educating us with such quality, namaste :)
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Yes he sure was a big personality and an important part of the smartphone revolution that apple started!
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I miss Steve Jobs. I wonder what apple would be coming up with if he were still with us!
That's true.
Also, I wonder what he would think about the development of the iPhone until now, and all the opportunities and features that are available nowadays, that he never knew of.
4GB of Memory Space, LOL
Crazy how things have changed
I still remember that the first iPods had like 1 or 2 GB space, and that was already considered a lot! And now, the iPhone 7 comes with almost as much space as some laptops
They missed the 5SE from the lineup image, which they just call iPhone SE now. Basically the same case as the 5 & 5S, with different guts...
You're right!
I still have an iPhone 4. And am satisfied with it. I only buy a new one when the old does not work anymore.
Ich hab immer noch ein iPhone 4. Und bin zufrieden damit. Ich kaufe mir erst dann ein Neues, wenn das Alte den Geist aufgibt.
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Gute Einstellung - solange alles noch funktioniert, ist das ja auch wunderbar.
Ich hab dich mal resteemed.
Vielen Dank!
Steve war ein ganz große seiner Zeit..... Danke für die tollen Dinge die unser Leben einfacher machen....
Definitiv! Er hat sehr viel verändert, we weiß wo Apple ohne ihn stehen würde.
Great piece. Thanks for sharing. Upvoted and tweeted. Stephen
https://twitter.com/StephenPKendal/status/818753671701942272
Thank you, I appreciate it!
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