Blog Post #4: EOTO

Technology is constantly evolving, it allows us to communicate efficiently with the world and our loved ones. As Steve Jobs says "Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything." Millions of people around the world today use smartphones as their only computer, camera, GPS device, music player, communicator, trip planner, and payment tool. In the beginning, a majority of the design elements of early smartphones resembled those of the company BlackBerry. Later on, The Apple iPhone became known as the most influential gadget in the world. According to WCCFTech, Apple has sold 2.32 billion iPhones since Steve Jobs first announced them in January 2007 at the Macworld conference. At the conference, he mentioned that his goal was to reinvent the phone by combining an iPod, a revolutionary mobile phone, and an internet communications device. He spent one hour explaining the device, from the ability to gain access to multiple apps and news sources from a touch interface to even making a phone call placing what some say is the largest Starbucks order in history.  While the phone didn't hit stores until six months after the initial reveal, people were lined up outside stores to buy one. According to an article published by Wired, Apple sold 270,000 iPhones the first weekend it was available. 

 

 

The first iPhone offered a 3.5-inch screen and a 2-megapixel camera. Allowing users to watch TV shows and movies, take and store photos, listen to music, and make phone calls all from one small and lightweight handheld device. Each year, Apple introduces a new model of the iPhone with improved design elements while still keeping the phone's most beloved features. Nearly a year later after the first iPhone was launched. Apple introduced the new iPhone 3G with larger storage space as well as an addition of a new built-in GPS. Most importantly, it added the App Store, which gave software developers the opportunity to sell and build apps to millions of smartphone owners.  

In 2017, Apple removed the home button with the new iPhone X. Which made room for a new security feature: Face ID. Users could now unlock their phones and make transactions with Apple Pay simply by looking directly into the camera.  These same features continued into newer models. Personally, I love owning an iPhone because it allows me to communicate easily with friends and family as well as browse social media platforms and store important information.  Social media apps such as Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, etc, are easily accessible all on one device. The iPhone has made a long-lasting impact on the lives of people around the world by making communication more convenient and easily accessible than ever before. 

 https://www.wired.com/story/guide-iphone/

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3692531/evolution-of-apple-iphone.html

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_One_Device/kwsvDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=history+of+the+iphone&pg=PT8&printsec=frontcover

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2007/01/09Apple-Reinvents-the-Phone-with-iPhone/

https://www.exposedmagazine.co.uk/features/importance-of-iphones-on-the-society/#:~:text=Impacts%20of%20iPhones%20on%20the%20society&text=Apple's%20iPhone%20was%20a%20great,needs%20done%20in%20one%20device.