Fifteen years ago, the iPhone was unveiled for the first time… that revolutionary device that was presented to the world by the late Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, and was put up for sale on June 29 of the same year.
Jobs famously said at the time: “An iPod, a phone, a device for Internet communication…these are not three separate devices.”
“Today, Apple will reinvent the phone,” he added.
Since its debut, the iPhone has changed mobile technology forever. After its launch, it only took 74 days before Apple announced that it had sold more than a million devices.
The first iPhone sold for $499 with 4GB of storage, and for an extra $100, you could get 8GB of storage. Now the iPhone 13 Pro Max costs $1,099 for 256GB and $1,599 for 1TB.
After 15 years, the iPhone has completely evolved, and is characterized by advanced performance capabilities, high-resolution cameras, accompanied by an iOS system and an app store, which the first version did not have. There are 34 iPhone models, of which Apple still sells eight.
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In 2018, the company sold more than 216 million iPhones, roughly a million units every 1.5 days, before it then stopped disclosing the numbers sold.
The first iPhone launched as a “game-changer” in 2007 laid the foundation for the future smartphone, the first iPhone dropping the traditional keyboard and replacing it with a touch screen. Five years ago, on the tenth anniversary of the iPhone, the company presented the iPhone X, which was considered revolutionary at the time, with a new design and a powerful chip.
Today, on the 15th anniversary of the birth of the first iPhone, Apple is preparing for the annual “Far Out” event, where it will unveil the new star of its phones. iPhone 14There have been rumors about its features.
The value of the giant company reached 3 trillion dollars in January 2022, which is the highest market value of any company at all, after it was in 2007, at only 174 billion dollars. And no matter how many products it has, the iPhone remains Apple’s most valuable asset, since it has been the main source of its revenue since 2008.
Although the company has diversified its product line, the phone is still the source of about 50% of Apple’s revenue.