The iPhone at 15: Steve Jobs revealed his greatest product 15 years ago

Fifteen years in the past right this moment, Steve Jobs in maybe his most iconic Apple keynote introduced the original iPhone: “An iPod, a cellphone and web communicator. An iPod, a cellphone, are you getting it?”

It was 2007 and Night time on the Museum was the No. 1 movie in theaters. The week prior, there have been funeral and memorial companies for President Gerald Ford. Days earlier, in a wildcard playoff sport for the NFL, the Indianapolis Colts (who finally went on to win the Tremendous Bowl) defeated the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. And Nokia was the massive title when it got here to telephones.

“iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that’s actually 5 years forward of some other cell phone,” Jobs stated throughout his Jan. 9, 2007 keynote.

As notable as Jobs’ introduction was, the iPhone did instantly change the world. However 15 years later, it will be onerous to argue that the iPhone wasn’t revolutionary. Granted it isn’t magical, other than the behind-the-scenes happenings needed to keep the iPhone from crashing while Jobs demonstrated it during the keynote. Whether or not you’re a loyal iPhone proprietor or have by no means owned one, the affect the iPhone has made in our day by day lives is indeniable.

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To have fun the fifteenth anniversary of the iPhone’s unveiling, listed below are 15 info concerning the iPhone and Apple.

1. In 2007, Apple’s market capitalization (the full worth of all of the shares of Apple inventory) was $174.03 billion. On Jan. 3, 2022, it hit $3 trillion dollars, the best market capitalization for any firm ever.

2. The unique iPhone got here with a silver brushed aluminum end. The present iPhone 13 has an aluminum body, glass back and front, and is available in 5 colours. The iPhone 13 Pro is offered in three finishes.

3. The unique iPhone value $499 and got here with 4GB of storage. For $100 extra you would get one with 8GB of storage. The iPhone 13 Professional Max prices $1,099 for 256GB of storage and tops out at 1TB of storage for $1,599.

4. The next firms did not exist in 2007: Instagram, Uber, TikTok, Twitch, Snap, Lyft, DoorDash, Tinder, Slack, Lime, Postmates, Venmo and Pinterest.

5. The unique iPhone had a single digital camera and it was situated on the again. The iPhone 13 Pro has four cameras (three on the again and one on the entrance).

   
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6. You couldn’t copy and paste text with the original iPhone. In fact, copy and paste wasn’t added until 2009 with the release of iPhone OS 3.

7. The original iPhone had 15 apps: Calendar, Camera, Clock, Contacts, iPod, Maps (Google Maps), Messages, Notes, Phone, Photos, Safari, Stocks, Voice Memos, Weather and YouTube.

8. There have been 33 iPhone models, and Apple currently sells eight.

9. You couldn’t record videos with the original iPhone. Now the iPhone 13 Pro can record 4K 60fps video and can even record in ProRes at 4K 30fps.

10. The following movies were filmed with an iPhone: Unsane, Tangerine, Detour, High Flying Bird, Snow Steam Iron and Lady Gaga: Stupid Love (which is technically a music video). 

11. The original iPhone didn’t support MMS for sending things like photos and videos via text messages. It was added as a part of iPhone OS 3.

12. The original iPhone had a 3.5-inch screen. The iPhone 13 Mini has a 5.4-inch screen, the iPhone 13 comes with a 6.1-inch screen and the 13 Pro Max has a giant 6.7-inch screen.

    
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13. FaceTime was released in 2010 and iMessage in 2011.

14. The App Store opened on July 10, 2008 with 500 apps. According to Apple’s website, there are currently 1.8 million apps in the App Store.

15. On Sept. 10, 2007 (74 days after the launch of the original iPhone) Apple sold its millionth iPhone. In 2018, Apple sold 216.7 million iPhones which is roughly a million iPhones sold every 1.5 days. Apple stopped sharing the number of iPhones sold after 2018.