Apple celebrates 10 years since the presentation of the first iPhone

Today, Apple is celebrating 10 years since the presentation of the first iPhone model by Steve Jobs, the most important smartphone of the last decade being launched in June.

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Adrian Gabor
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January 9, 2007 was the day that changed the smartphone industry forever, Steve Jobs presented to the whole world the first model of iPhone. In the video clip below you can see the legendary presentation that has been viewed hundreds of millions of times on various YouTube channels in the 10 years that have passed since then.

Because we are talking about an important moment, the Apple company celebrates the past decade with a press release in which it talks about the evolution of the iPhone. We are talking about 10 years in which the iPhone became the most desired smartphone on the planet, with the highest sales in the premium segment, at least in the last 7 years.

The iPhone redefined the idea of ​​a smartphone, making physical keyboards forgotten and putting applications in the foreground, even though Steve Jobs initially resisted the idea of ​​launching an AppStore. Despite this, the iPhone set record after record in terms of sales, and this despite the high selling price, its popularity increasing from one year to the next.

Apple celebrates 10 years since the presentation of the first iPhone

The evolution of the iPhone has brought Apple to a point where in 2017 people are waiting for a truly revolutionary iPhone 8. So far, radical changes have been announced in terms of design, but also the first use of an OLED screen in an iPhone, so we are talking about serious changes prepared by the Apple company for us.

Despite the continued extremely high popularity, in 2016 iPhone sales decreased, and 2017 should be the year of revitalization, with Apple making it clear that this will happen. Through the press release released today, those from Apple praise the iPhone and its achievements over time, implying that the anniversary will not be without importance in 2017.

Considering that we are talking about an extremely important year for the Apple company, I think that by the end of this summer we will also find out what major news will be prepared for the iPhone. Although the iPhone 2G was released on June 29 by Apple, 6 months after the presentation, it is hard to believe that something similar will happen this year, so we will have to wait for the iPhone 8 until the fall.

"January 9 marks the tenth anniversary of iPhone's blockbuster debut. At Macworld 2007 in San Francisco, Steve Jobs introduced the world to iPhone as three products in one — "a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet communications device." In the ten years since, iPhone has enriched the lives of people around the world with over one billion units sold. It quickly grew into a revolutionary platform for hardware, software and services integration, and inspired new products, including iPad and Apple Watch, along with millions of apps that have become essential to people's daily lives.
 
"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," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "The iPhone set the standard for mobile computing in its first decade and we are just getting started. The best is yet to come."
 
"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, the iPhone has become the most essential device in our lives and we love it," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "iPhone is how we make voice and FaceTime calls, how we shoot and share Live Photos and 4K videos, how we listen to streaming music, how we use social media, how we play games, how we get directions and find new places, how we pay for things, how we surf the web, do email, manage our contacts and calendars, how we listen to podcasts, watch TV, movies and sports, and how we manage our fitness and health. The iPhone has become all of these things and more. And I believe we are just getting started."

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Innovations

  • The world's most popular camera is even better with a 12-megapixel lens, optical image stabilization, an f/1.8 aperture that captures 50 percent more light as well as wide color capture, all allowing for more vibrant colors with more detail even in low light , while iPhone 7 Plus also offers a dual-lens camera with Portrait mode and up to 2X optical zoom.
  • The A10 Fusion chip is the most powerful chip ever in a smartphone, with processing performance 120 times faster and the graphics performance 240 times faster in iPhone 7 than the original iPhone.
  • Stereo speakers provide amazing and immersive sound that is twice louder than iPhone 6s, with increased dynamic range of sound and a higher-quality speakerphone.
  • An entirely reengineered enclosure resulting in the first water-resistant iPhone that offers protection against spills, splashes and dust like never before.
  • The brightest, most colorful Retina HD display ever in an iPhone, with a wide color gamut for cinema-standard colors, greater color saturation and the best color management in the smartphone industry.
iOS 10 was the biggest iOS release ever, with innovations including:
  • bringing the power of the App Store to Messages;
  • a Memories feature in Photos;
  • SiriKit for developers so apps can talk to Siri;
  • a new Home app that allows users to easily and securely set up, manage and control their home all in one place;
  • an improved Maps app that is even simpler and more intuitive to use;
  • greater clarity and simplicity to every aspect of the Apple Music experience; and
  • support for breaking news notifications and paid subscriptions in the News app.”

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