Apple iPhone Celebrates 10 Years Aiversary – All You Need To Know

It was on the 29th of June 2007 that the iconic Apple iPhone was officially launched into the world market. In January that same year, Steve Jobs stood on stage at Macworld Expo 2007 in San Francisco and told the world that Apple was reinventing the phone, revolutionizing an entire industry like it had done with the Macintosh in 1984 and the iPod in 2001.

The passionate reaction to the launch of the iPhone resulted in sections of the media dubbing it the ‘Jesus phone’ Following this successful release in the US, the first generation iPhone was made available in the UK, France, and Germany in November 2007, and Ireland and Austria in the spring of 2008.

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The Apple iPhone, with its 3.5-inch display, lack of a physical keyboard, Apple-designed touch-based user interface, and multi-touch support, was unique among phones of that era, and as Jobs promised, it changed everything.

The original Apple iPhone was described as “revolutionary” and a “game-changer” for the mobile phone industry though there were speculations that it would fail miserably. Newer iterations from Steve Jobs Apple have also garnered praise, and the iPhone’s success has been credited with helping to make Apple one of the world’s most valuable publicly traded companies.

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The user interface of the iPhone is built around the device’s multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard. The iPhone has Wi-Fi and can coect to cellular networks. An iPhone can shoot video (though this was not a standard feature until the iPhone 3GS), take photos, play music, send and receive email, browse the web, send and receive text messages, follow GPS navigation, record notes, perform mathematical calculations, and receive visual voicemail. Other functionality, such as video games, reference works, and social networking, can be enabled by downloading mobile apps.

As of January 2017, Apple’s App Store contained more than 2.2 million applications available for the iPhone. Apple has also released ten generations of iPhone models, each accompanied by one of the ten major releases of the iOS operating system.

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Undoubtedly, iPhone has proven to be indispensable. The phone was structured in a way it can stand the test of time even inside water. Its durability is second to none. Even ten years later, while the company is much different from what it used to be 10 years ago, sadly, there can never be the first iPhone again.

This year’s iPhone has been nicknamed iPhone 8 and there are speculations that it will be launched as an aiversary phone to celebrate iPhone’s ten years of existence.

When Steve Jobs introduced the Apple iPhone, he presented it as three revolutionary products: a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet communications device.

“An iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator. Are you getting it? These are not three separate devices,” said Jobs. “This is one device.”

Over the years, the iPhone has evolved and it’s not just three products — it’s over a dozen. What was once just a phone, an iPod, and an internet communicator is now also a high-quality point and shoot camera, a camcorder, a GPS device, a scaer, a portable gaming system, a wallet replacement, an e-book reader, a TV, a newspaper, a flashlight, and so much more.

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The iPhone’s design has remained largely unchanged since 2014, so there’s a lot to be excited about in 2017, so much so that analysts are predicting an upgrade supercycle. The design and technology advancements coming in the 10th aiversary iPhone will show just how far Apple’s come and will shape iPhone development for the next 10 years.