13 years ago, on June 29, 2007, the original iPhone was released, which changed the world of telephony and mobile applications forever. It was the same Steve Jobs who (one month ago, in January 2007) presented this mobile phone to the world for the first time, in one of the most emblematic conferences in the world of technology. And on the occasion of the iPhone anniversary, here we tell you 13 curiosities about the most famous family of cell phones in the world.
1. On June 29, 2007, the iPhone was initially released in the United States with a base price of $ 499 ($ 100 more than today’s second-generation iPhone SE costs). In January of that same year, the then leader of Apple, Steve Jobs, revealed it for the first time to the world. Time magazine named it “Invention of the Year.”
2. The cell phone immediately attracted attention, since it was a combination of music player, telephone and internet connection, in Jobs’s words. In addition, it broke with what was previously seen, since the iPhone did not have a physical keyboard.
3. In their June 26, 2007 review, Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret of AllThingsD stated that Apple’s phone “is a beautiful innovative mobile computer. Their software sets the new standard for the smartphone industry, and its nifty playful interface, which allows for a stylus and lots of buttons, performs well, though sometimes adding a few steps for common functions. ”
4. What is the reason that iPhones dial 9:41? On January 9, 2007, as already mentioned, Steve Jobs unveiled the first cell phone of this family at the Macworld Conference & Expo; the clock said 9:42, and the entire promotion of the first phones did specify that time, which changed when the iPad was released on January 27, 2010. Business Insider reported that since the presentation of the tablet , most of the promotional material showed at 9:41 am; According to the information, Apple’s conferences were designed so that the flagship product would be known about 40 minutes after it began.
5. On July 10, 2008, Apple introduced the App Store, with only 500 applications on the platform; As of September 2010, the number of mobile developments here was 250,000. Currently, thanks to Apple, cell phones, tablets and smart watches could not be understood without apps.
6. The last iPhone presented by Steve Jobs was the iPhone 4, in 2010, which became one of the best-selling phones in history, despite the fact that it was leaked before being released and having problems with its antenna. ( antennagate ).
7. On October 4, 2011, Tim Cook, the current advisor to Apple, took the stage to present the iPhone 4s, a smartphone that was introduced as the main novelty by the personal assistant Siri. A day later, on October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs’s death was reported from complications with pancreatic cancer that had been diagnosed since 2004.
8. In July 2016, Cook reported that Apple had sold more than a billion units of its iconic cell phone.
9. At 9:41 a.m. on June 29, 2017, the current Apple leader tweeted a photo of the original iPhone with the following message: “Here’s the iPhone that changed the world, the man who dreamed it (Steve Jobs) and the Apple people who have never stopped looking to the future. ”
Here’s to the #iPhone that changed the world, to the man who dreamed it & the people at Apple who have never stopped looking to its future. pic.twitter.com/kw3Ifx0qmi
– Tim Cook (@tim_cook) June 29, 2017
10. On the tenth anniversary of the iPhone, in 2017, Apple launched the iPhone X, a cell phone that set the tone for multiple manufacturers to introduce facial recognition and the controversial notch , that brand that continues to “invade” mobile screens.
11. On June 27, 2019, after nearly three decades of collaboration, Apple announced the departure of Jonathan Ive from the firm. Before the iPhone and iPad, I’ve shaped, in terms of design, such iconic products as the iMac and iPod. “Jony is a singular figure in the design world and his role in Apple’s rebirth cannot be underestimated, from the innovative iMac to the iPhone, to the unprecedented ambition of Apple Park,” said Cook at the time.
12. In September 2019, Apple unveiled the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max; while a few months later, on April 15, 2020, he released the second generation of the iPhone SE, with a starting price of $ 399 dollars.
13. For this 2020, Apple is expected to launch its line of iPhone 12, which would have as main novelty the compatibility with the 5G network, although that implies the elimination of accessories in its packaging.
