EOTO: How the iPhone Revolutionized the Cell Phone Market Forever

 

The iPhone is Apple's smartphone line that people around the world use as a means of communication through texting, FaceTime, phone calls, and social media.

The iPhone first started development back in 2004 under the super top secret codename "Project Purple" with 1000 of Apple's employees working on the project. They wanted to tackle the mobile phone market with the most advanced piece of technology ever. Apple wanted to solve the problem of condensing your technology so you don't have to carry so much, but instead fit it in your pocket. Then, after 3 years of development, Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple at the time, unveiled the iPhone to the world at MacWorld 2007 and completely revolutionized the cell phone market as we know it today as a phone with the ability to listen to music, call people, take photos, check the time, take notes and browse the internet from just one device. Using multi-touch technology, the iPhone has a touch screen that requires no stylus or input lag. Every input was responsive with no delay.

The first iPhone had a starting price of $599.99 and sold 300,000 units in the first weekend alone. People were still hesitant to make the switch to the iPhone and thought it would just be a fad that faded off so some just stuck with their Blackberries and Nokias. My dad still uses a Blackberry to this day because he likes the feel of the keyboard buttons. The iPhone at the time was years ahead of every other company and had every cell phone company scramble to catch up with the times of the iPhone. Some companies just weren't able to catch up and faded from existence. The only notable companies still in the smartphone game are Samsung, Android, and Google.

Every year with each new iPhone release, Apple has always found a way to one-up their last model with new features to stay ahead of the competition with technology such as Touch-ID being introduced on the iPhone 5, Face-ID, and a button-free screen introduced on the iPhone X, and most recently, the island notch on the iPhone 14 Pro.

Despite the impact of the iPhone on cell phones, the iPhone is not the leading phone used by people around the world. Many people around the world are using Androids because they can be cheaply made and cost less to buy which is a main selling point for many people who live in less fortunate countries.

The iPhone completely changed the cellphone and smartphone industry. People were now able to call, text, email, listen to music, and browse the web from the palm of their hand without the need for a computer by their side at all times to do such things. This has revolutionized the mobile phone industry and set the standard for all companies to follow. You would be crazy to think that the iPhone didn't have an impact on our world because it forever changed the way we communicate with people.