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iPhone turns 10

Loads of Apple articles last week, Michael and I have put together all the links that we think you need (you are welcome), in order to see how far the product has come. There are some suggestions that the smartphone of the future may be glasses, or more augmented reality. The fact is that the iPhone is the most successful consumer product of all time. Last week marked the 10 year anniversary of the iPhone, here are a couple of links to celebrate the occasion. First off here is Steve Jobs introducing it - Steve Jobs' iPhone 2007 Presentation.

Here is a re-take on the very first iPhone, the version one of the iconic smartphone. A WSJ staffer decided to put it all to the test, her daily life cast back to the future with an iPhone 1 -> iPhone Review Redux: 10 Years Later, So Slow, So Small. Getting a sim card that is compatible is a problem. The battery sucks. There is no front facing camera. There are no apps on the iPhone 1. You have to access Facebook and Twitter via the internet. 2 megapixel camera. And how many did they sell? 1,389,000 ..... The 3G (which was the first one that I had), sold 12 million units. The iPhone 4S propelled Apple through 100 million. It was the 7 (and the Plus model, that came along with the 6) that saw the company sell 1 billion products, inside of a decade. Read the article, see how archaic the phone was you (may have) used a decade ago.

The iPhone is also the fastest to one billion units sold, and most units sold for a consumer product. Barbie is the only other product to break the 1 billion units sold.



Another one here, connected to the above, the very good (and you should sign up for the newsletter) Horace Dediu. Born in Romania, schooled in the US, lived in Helsinki (he was an analyst for Nokia), he is now a full timer at his business, called Asymco, which is around 7 years old. Horace often writes about the iPhone, we included this in links last week, it is worth another take - Defining the 21st Century. Horace reckons that Apple will have sold one trillion Dollars worth of iPhones by the end of 2018. The many things that we can do with the device amazes him, as should it you. The defining paragraph (for me) after Horace praises the device, was as follows: "That all this happened while the product itself was always perceived as fragile, vulnerable, copyable, doomed to early demise. That imitators outnumber it 10 to 1. That it somehow found ways to become better even though we exhaust what we can ask of it."

The Verge has an excerpt from the book The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, in an article titled: The secret origin story of the iPhone. It is a very long article, perhaps you are reading half a chapter of the book, I haven't got there yet I am afraid. One misstep in this whole process and perhaps we wouldn't have this incredibly successful product.

Having such a successful product has dramatically reshaped Apple from a Mac/Macbook/iPod company to cellphone company - How the iPhone Changed Apple in 10 Years

Infographic: How the iPhone Changed Apple in 10 Years | Statista You will find more statistics at Statista

Look at how the employment numbers for the company have grown over the last decade, The iPhone Decade in 12 Charts.




With the rise of the smartphone other consumer products have become obsolete, when was the last time you bought a video camera? (The Losers of the Smartphone Boom)

Infographic: The Losers of the Smartphone Boom | Statista You will find more statistics at Statista


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