Watch Steve Jobs reveal the original iPhone on its 10th anniversary

So, Apple has to make sure that everything works. At that point in time, it could have been true since touch controls, iPod, a widescreen, a breakthrough device with internet connections, and a revolutionary mobile device. Steve showcased the smartphone at an event in San Francisco, US. The device was called Apple iPhone 1 or iPhone 1G.

In the ensuing years, the iPhone and the App Store ecosystem surrounding it have grown larger than anyone could have imagined. With the iPhone 3G, the company introduced 3G mobile network and Global Positioning System capabilities.

It is said the iPhone 8 would rake in bigger profits for the iDevice giant and Q4 will be a supercycle in terms of Apple’s smartphone design.

“Apple needs to continue innovating and releasing new technologies and features that are unique to new iPhones in order to convince people to upgrade the phones they have”, wrote Dawson.

Apple’s regulatory filing revealed that the company was bracing for a sales drop previous year, although not quite as steep as what occurred. The iPhone also in ways became the first video iPod. Nearly ironically, the weeks leading to the iPhone’s 10th birthday were marked by the device’s first ever disappointing, though not disheartening, numbers.

Pictured is the first ever iPhone, which was unveiled in 2007.

Jobs first revealed the smartphone on stage at the Macworld conference on January 9, 2007. “This is a day I’ve been looking forward to for two and a half years”, he told the packed crowd at Apple headquarters who were about to have their minds blown. Reports indicate that Apple is working on a curved OLED edge-to-edge glass display with the Home button embedded right into the screen, plus wireless charging.

In July 11 2008 the second generation iPhone 3G launched.

In 2016, TIME Magazine released its list of the 50 most influential gadgets of all time.

The video ends with a scrolling list of features over the last edition of the iPhone, packing an huge amount of information into just 107 seconds. Many things have changed in the decade that followed, what hasn’t changed is the way iPhone is looked at with admiration. Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that … changes everything.

Say what you will about the management style of Steve Jobs and the many accounts of his character, behind all the personality quirks was a marketing genius, one that truly understood what would excite the consumer.