Apple was founded in 1976 by two college dropouts, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Together, they created a vision to change the way people thought of technology creating computers small enough for people to have in their home or workplaces. Little did they know their small idea would create a $13 trillion company.
The Apple Computer 1 was their first release in 1976 but it was just the beginning. After releasing more and more products, in 2001 the iPod came around. The sleek and elegant design of the iPod inspired the Jobs to create the most luxurious phone to be invented. It took over two and a half years to develop this idea. Bouncing off the iPod, the first prototype created was the "iPod phone," which was a total bust. Dialing a phone number was like using a rotary phone, it sucked. the touchscreen idea came and went as Jobs couldn't come to a decision or a suitable creation. He stuck with his idea to "just create a really cool phone," and finally in January of 2007, Steve Jobs took the world by storm and released the iPhone at Macworld in California.
"Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along, that changes everything. Well, today, we're introducing three revolutionary products of this class. The first one is a widescreen iPod with touch controls. The second is a revolutionary mobile phone. And the third is a breakthrough internet communications device. An iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator... are you getting it? These are not three separate devices, this is one device, and we are calling it iPhone." -Steve Jobs
On June 29, 2007, the iPhone finally went on sale, selling for $599. By November of the same year, over 1.4 million iPhones were sold. In July of 2008, just a few months after, the App Store opened which released over 500 downloadable apps for the iPhone instead of just the 13 apps that came with the phone.
The iPhone was revolutionary and changed the world forever. There was no other phone that was remotely close to something as amazing as this product. It was so easy to use, the battery life was excellent, and the beautiful design made it mesmerizing and impossible to ignore. This was the start of "apps" and without this, who knows if some of the biggest social media apps like Instagram and Twitter would've been created. Digital media was accessible at the touch of a screen in the palm of your hand. Available wherever and whenever you wanted. Although back then, you couldn't text pictures or take videos on the phone, that only left room for the iPhone to grow and become what it is today. As of 2022, there are over 1.2 billion iPhone users in the world.
The iPhone isn't only just an iPod, internet communicator, and a phone anymore, it's the entire world in our pocket. It's a video camera, GPS device, music player, communicator, and payment tool. It's only growing more and more, year by year. Whatever the next best thing is, Apple is ahead of the game and ready to take that advantage. Apple is simply able to build more and better things than anyone else, and they don't plan to stop.
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