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15 years ago today, Steve Jobs unveiled the world’s first Apple iPhone

IT House January 9 news, 15 years ago today, Steve Jobs took the stage at the Macworld conference held in Moscone West in San Francisco and took out the first iPhone, declaring it as “a widescreen iPod with touch control” and a “revolutionary”. Sexual mobile phone”, is a “breakthrough Internet communication device”.

Jobs announced the era of the iPhone on January 9, 2007. During that year’s Macworld keynote, Jobs teased that Apple would “reinvent the phone” with the announcement and release of the iPhone. After 15 years, BlackBerry has just announced the end of support for all BlackBerry OS smartphones.

PCMag’s Sascha Segan shares a picture of his original notes at the iPhone launch.

Fifteen years ago, I was at CES, the big consumer electronics show, when Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in Cupertino, and history was being made.

I have done multiple jobs. Specifically, I remember crouching in the vestibule of the convention center trying to make sense of Jobs’ reality distortion field, then attending a media gathering where two Cingular (now AT&T) executives explained the importance of the iPhone from their perspective.

The original iPhone was a dainty little thing with a 3.5-inch LCD display, a regular Home button, a chunky back, huge bezels, a Samsung processor and a 2MP camera, but it didn’t match the The products on the market at the time were almost completely different.

What makes the Apple iPhone stand out is that it uses very few physical buttons and relies heavily on a multi-touch display.

Jobs described the “iPhone” as three revolutionary products: the iPod with touch controls, the cell phone, and a breakthrough Internet communications device. “Today, Apple is going to completely reinvent the phone,” he said.

original iPhone

Apple said in January 2021 that there are more than 1 billion active iPhones worldwide, and the success of the iPhone has further propelled Apple to become the world’s first company with a market value of more than $3 trillion.

With the arrival of 2022, we can also expect that Apple will bring you some new products. For example, it is reported that the iPhone 14 will be Apple’s first full-screen iPhone without bangs. The user provides more available screen display space.

iPhone 14 Mimic Pill

Beyond that, we can look forward to the performance of the A16, improvements to the 5G network, and brand new features.

Of course, Apple is also exploring a future beyond the iPhone and trying to prepare for the day when smartphones are obsolete.

Existing news indicates that Apple will launch its first-generation AR/VR headset this year. Although the first-generation product is a bit bulky and expensive, Apple hopes to use it to replace mobile phones and computers until one day. Wearables become indispensable.

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▲ Ian Zelbo’s AR/VR headset rendering

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