http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2017/0109/843636-iphone-anniversary/
iPhone turns 10 years old
The iPhone, the device that redefined the mobile phone and has helped make
Apple the most valuable company in the world, marks its tenth anniversary today.
It was on 9 January 2007 that late Apple founder and chief executive Steve Jobs
went on stage at the company's Macworld event to announce the tech giant was to
reveal "an iPod, a phone and an internet communicator".
But rather than three separate products being revealed, one of the first truly
smart phones was unveiled.
Since then, Apple has sold more than one billion iPhones around the world and
has become one of the wealthiest companies ever.
However, increasing pressure from competitors and the smartphone market
beginning to reach saturation point has created new pressures â 2016 saw
sales of the iPhone drop for the first time in the device's history.
Pressure from the likes of Samsung, Google, HTC and Huawei has squeezed the
popularity of the iPhone, as has the increase in higher-quality budget and
mid-range devices that undercut the iPhone and others on price.
Since the initial announcement in 2007, Apple has introduced 11 new generations
of iPhone, drastically redesigning the device on several occasions.
It has also altered the screen size and introduced an overall larger version of
the phone with the iPhone 6 Plus in 2014, the first iPhone to feature a screen
over five inches.
The iPhone also sparked the creation of the App Store, which launched in 2008
and has since been at the heart of the creation of a large number of hugely
successful mobile app businesses, including the likes of Angry Birds, Uber and
Deliveroo.
Such has been the success of the iPhone that as an individual business the
revenue generated by the phone alone has exceeded that of some of its rivals,
including Microsoft and Google.
Analysts have referred to the device as a cultural icon and most modern
smartphones have been inspired by the iPhone in some form.
The next version of the iPhone, which is expected to be unveiled in September,
has already been rumoured to feature a larger screen that covers the majority
of the front of the device.
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