The Historical Development of the iPhone, Released 15 Years Ago Today

Whether you’re an iPhone user or not, we agree on the iPhone’s place in the smartphone industry. “The iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is five years ahead of any other mobile phone,” said Steve Jobs at the launch of the first iPhone. Looking at the successes Apple has achieved these days, we can say that Jobs was not wrong at all.

​Steve Jobs introduced the first model of the iPhone, which is its biggest product today, exactly 15 years ago. The iPhone 1, released on January 9, 2007, helped Apple reach a company value of $3 trillion in 15 years. At the end of 15 years, from 2007, when the iPhone met users, to this time, let’s look at the development of the iPhone, and therefore Apple, with 15 items.

Apple’s development over the past 15 years:

1. Apple sold its millionth iPhone on September 10, 2007, 74 days after releasing the first iPhone on January 9, 2007.
2. In 2007, when the iPhone was first introduced, all of Apple’s shares were valued at $174.03. billion. After 15 years, the company has become the pioneer of the industry, reaching its market value to 3 trillion.
3. The first iPhone model had a silver aluminum finish. With the latest flagship iPhone 13 released by the company, this variety has been greatly improved, and the color variety has increased to 5.
   
4. The selling price of the first iPhone was $499 and had 4GB of storage. In case of need for extra memory, 8 GB of storage could be purchased for 100 dollars. Apple’s latest phone model, the iPhone 13 Pro Max, is waiting for its buyers with a tag of about 1700 dollars. In case of need for extra memory, 256 GB additional storage space can be provided for 1000 dollars.
5. When Apple launched the first iPhone, many popular social media apps today, such as Instagram, Uber, TikTok, Twitch, Snapchat, Lyft, DoorDash, Tinder, Slack, Lime, Postmates, Venmo, and Pinterest, were absent.
6. Failed to copy and paste any text on iPhone 1. This feature was not added for 2 years until iPhone OS 3, which was introduced in 2009.
7. The first iPhone model had only 15 apps: Calendar, Camera, Clock, Contacts, iPod, Maps (Google Maps), Messages, Notes, Phone, Photos, Safari, Stocks, Voice Memos, Weather, and YouTube.
8. The first iPhone had only one camera and was located on the back. The iPhone 13 Pro has a total of four cameras, with three on the back and one on the front.

   

9. It was not possible to record videos on iPhone 1. The company’s state-of-the-art model 13 Pro can record 4K 60 fps videos.
10. In the past 15 years, iPhones have appeared in many areas. Many artists have done professional projects with clips, movies or photos with the iPhone.
11. Apple launched FaceTime in 2010 and iMessage in 2011, 3 years after the launch of its first phone.
12. Apple launched the App Store with 500 apps on July 10, 2008. The application in the App Store has reached 1.8 million today.
    
13. The first iPhone had 3.5 screens. Among the phones in the last series, the iPhone 13 mini has 5.4-inch, iPhone 13 6.1-inch and Pro Max 6.7-inch screens.
14. It was not possible to transmit data such as photos and videos via text messages (MMS) on iPhone 1. The MSS feature was added to iPhone OS 3 in 2009.
15. Apple has released 33 iPhone models since 2007. Today, it sells 8 of these products.