13174 Apple iPhone: 10 years from the start of sales has changed the industry device

Apple iPhone: 10 years from the start of sales has changed the industry device



Exactly 10 years ago, on 29 June 2007, went on sale the first iPhone also known as iPhone 2G. He proved to be a revolutionary device, Apple showed the world how to be a smartphone and the user interface is optimized for control through finger. In the end, the iPhone killed five of mass market gadgets. About what happened at the presentation, and the chaos that happened before the start of sales of the iPhone, read on.

Apple iPhoneThe original 2007 iPhone

The presentation of the first iPhone was held on 9 January 2007 at the conference Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. Steve jobs, then Apple CEO, was presented as a device that combines iPod, phone and Internet.

“Today we’re introducing three revolutionary-in-class product. The first is a widescreen iPod with touch controls. The second is a revolutionary mobile phone. And the third is a breakthrough device to communicate with the Internet. So three things: a widescreen iPod with touch controls; a revolutionary mobile phone; and a breakthrough device to communicate with the Internet. iPod, phone, and Internet Communicator. iPod, phone… catch? It’s not three separate devices. This one device. And we call it the iPhone” — just as Steve jobs introduced the first iPhone.

Below you can watch the full recording of the presentation of the original iPhone:

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Now, while Apple, little was said about the product. The company is trying to show emotion or way of interacting with their devices. In the very first iPhone commercial was collected scenes from famous movies, where the actors answered the phone. All the scenes had one thing in common — the word “Hello” when the person answers the call. At the very end showed a call on the iPhone and the phrase “Out in June”.

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After the presentation of the iPhone, many competitors mocked Apple and did not believe in the success of this device. For example, Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, laughed at the iPhone and said that at a price of $500 Apple can’t sell this gadget.

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Despite the fact that the iPhone was completely new to the market device for a few days before June 29, 2007, thousands of people stood in line to be the first in the world to purchase it.

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Source: 9to5mac.com

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