Blog Post #4

The Development of the Apple iPhone

    Being able to have technology that is on myself at all times and can do practically anything has been completely normalized. Still, once you look at it from an outside perspective, it is incredible to see how much has changed and developed in the past two decades. I constantly have my iPhone for everything I do; the same goes for almost
everyone I know.

    The first ever released iPhone was in 2007 in the United States. But it was started and put into motion in 2005, and the final device, the iPhone, was created two-and-a-half years later. This was a spectacle at this time as having a device that had the features of a traditional phone but also would be the first to have internet communication and a music player, like the iPod. Steve Jobs had released the original Apple iPhone. This creation started a revolution for smartphones because it went above and beyond the competition. To this day, the iPhone is one of the most used and most known smartphones in history. It completely revolutionized communication and the cell phone industry to having everything one would need at one's fingertips. 

    In today’s time, there are 38 models of the iPhone, and there are over 1 billion consumers. The biggest takeaway from iPhones is having everything you need available in one place. We are currently on the iPhone 14, and in three days, the new iPhone 15 and 15 plus will be available to buy. Even the software has changed drastically to now having IOS 16 and, in a couple days, the full release of IOS 17. 

    Even with all this new technology, there are things not invented by Steve Jobs or Apple. But other innovations and technological breakthroughs would not have been possible without the iPhone. A couple of examples of this that I found interesting was the touchscreen invented by Eric Author Johnson in the 1960’s. Then, in 1969, a patent was released that was the creation of more famous inventions like Apple’s patent in 1997 for what would be the iPhone. It was called “a portable computer handheld cellular phone.” The other example that caught my attention was the lithium battery. In the 1970s, Stanley Whittingham created the first lithium battery. This was improved by John Goodenough, which was then used by Sony in 1991 and was later followed by Apple when the first iPhone launched in 2007.  

       iPhones have made a massive impact throughout their development due to a unique combination of innovations. Apple's continuance of cutting-edge technology, along with their commitment to user experience. Apple has consistently set new industry standards. From the revolutionary original iPhone to the iPhone 15 about to be released and IOS 17. With new and improved services, software, and hardware, they will forever continue to guide the path to new innovations in the smartphone/tech world.