This Week's Historical Theme: Technology
9 January 2007
A significant event throughout the history of technology that occurred in January was the debut of the iPhone by Steve Jobs. This occurred at the Macworld convention in San Francisco, where Jobs called the new invention a "revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone." Six months later, when it went on sale in the United States, thousands of customers lined up at Apple shops across the country in order to be among the first to ever purchase an iPhone. By November, more than 1.4 million had been sold, and it was named by Time magazine as the invention of the year.
With its launch, the iPhone joined a list of other innovative Apple products, such as the Macintosh and the iPod portable music player, that became part of everyday modern life. The App Store was later launched in 2008, which allowed people to download software applications that included games, social media, travel planning, and many other activities. The launch of the iPhone helped Apple transform into one of the planet's most valuable corporations, even after Jobs' death in 2011. In 2012, more than 200 million iPhones had been sold.
Want to find out more about the debut of the iPhone? Click here for more information, or here for more about Jobs' original plan for the iPhone.
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