History:
On January 9th, 2007, Apple founder Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone at a Macworld convention, he spent at least an hour explaining the device. But the phone did not release until 6 months later. Apple sold 270,000 iPhones the first weekend it was available,
with the first iPhone had 4 GB of storage for $499. It was also the first phone to use Multitouch technology. But it ran on "EDGE," which is painfully slow. It's basically as slow as home internet was before high-speed broadband. Yet, the 1st generation iPhone sold 6 million in its first year, firmly securing its impact.
Impact:
Today, Apple has sold 2.2 billion iPhones. In the United States, there are 100 million iPhone users, accounting for 45% of all smartphone users. The iPhone gave us 24/7 internet, which can have the effect of “blurring the lines between work and home-life". Also while using their iPhone as their only computer as well as their only camera, GPS device, music player, communicator, trip planner, and payment tool. It puts the world in our pockets. Not only does an iPhone put the world in our hands, but it has also revolutionized technology, due to the invention off apps.
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