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The iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple. The iPhone runs Apple's iOS mobile operating system, originally called "iPhone OS". The first iPhone was come in market on June 29 2007. the most recent iPhone, the 6th-one-generation iPhone 5, was come in market on September 21, 2012. The user interface is built around the device's multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard -rather than a physical one . The iPhone has Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity (2G, 3G and 4G these things only iphone five has.
An iPhone can shoot video (though this was not standard feature until the iPhone 3GS), take photos, play the music, send and receive email, browse the web, send texts, and receive visual voicemail. Other functions — games, reference, GPS navigation, social networking, much more. — it can be enabled by downloading apps; as of 2012, the App Store offered more than 700,000 apps by Apple and third parties.
There are 6 generations of iPhone models, each accompanied by one of the 6 major releases of iOS (formerly iPhone OS). The original iPhone was a GSM phone, and established design precedents, such as screen size and button placement, that have persisted through all models. The iPhone 3G added 3G cellular network capabilities and A-GPS location. The iPhone 3GS added a faster processor and a higher resolution camera that could record and safe video at 480p. The iPhone 4 featured a higher-resolution 960 × 640 "retina display", a higher-resolution rear-facing camera and a lower-resolution front-facing camera for video calling and other apps. The iPhone 4S added an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p video recording, a dual-core processor, and a natural language voice control system called Siri. iPhone five features the new A6 processor, holds a 4-inch Retina display that is larger than its predecessor's 3.5-inch display, and replaces the 30-pin connector with an all-digital Lightning connector.
For some years, Apple and its manufacturing contractor Foxconn have received criticism due to bad working conditions at the assembly plant in China
1 History availability
2 Hardware
2.1 Screen input
2.2 Audio output
2.3 Battery
2.4 Camera
2.5 Storage and SIM
2.6 Liquid contact indicators
2.7 Included different items
3 Model comparison
4 Software
4.1 Interface
4.2 Phone
4.3 Multimedia
4.4 Internet connectivity
4.5 Text input
4.6 Email and text messages
4.7 Third-party applications
4.8 Accessibility
4.9 Vulnerability
5 Intellectual property
6 Secret tracking
7 Restrictions
7.1 Activation
7.2 Unapproved third-party software and jailbreaking
7.3 SIM unlocking
7.3.1 United State
History of the iPhone
Development of what was to become the iPhone began in 2004, when Apple started to gather a team of 1000 employees to work on the highly confidential "Project Purple". Apple CEO Steve Jobs steered the original focus away from a tablet, like the iPad, and towards a cell phone. Apple created the device during a secretive collaboration with AT&T Mobility—Cingular Wireless at the time—at an estimated development cost of US$150 million more then thirty months.
Apple rejected the "design by committee" approach that had yielded the Motorola ROKR E1, a largely unsuccessful collaboration with Motorola. Instead, Cingular gave Apple the liberty to develop the iPhone's hardware and software in-house and even paid Apple a fraction of its monthly service revenue unitill the iphone 3G, in exchange for four years of exclusive U.S. sales, until 2011.
Jobs unveiled the iPhone to the public on January 9, 2007, at the Macworld 2007 convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The two initial models, a 4 GB model price was US$ 499 and a 8 GB model was US$ 599, went on sale in the United States on June 29, 2007, at 6:00 pm local time, while hundreds of customers lined up outside the stores nationwide. The passionate reaction to the launch of the iPhone resulted in sections of the media christening it the 'Jesus phone'. The original iPhone was made available in the UK, France, and Germany in November 2007, and Ireland and Austria in the spring of 2008.
iPhone availability:
iPhone was available since its original release
iPhone was available since the release of iPhone 3G
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On July 11, 2008, Apple released the iPhone 3G in 22 countries, including the original 6. Apple released the iPhone 3G in upwards of eighty countries. Apple announced the iPhone 3GS on June 8, 2009, along with plans to release it later in June, July, and August, starting with the U.S., Canada and major European countries on June 19. Many would-be users objected to the iPhone's cost, and 40% of users have household incomes over US$100,000.
Apple sold 6.1 million original iPhone units over five quarters. Recorded sales have been growing rapidly thereafter, and by the end of fiscal year 2010, a total of 73.5 million iPhones were sold. By 2010/2011, the iPhone had a market share of barely 4% of all cellphones, but Apple still pulls in more than 50% of the total profit that global cell phone sales generate. Sales in Q4 2008 surpassed temporarily those of Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry sales of 5.2 million units, which made Apple briefly the third largest mobile phone manufacturer by revenue, after Nokia and Samsung. Approximately 6.4 million iPhones are active in the U.S. alone. While iPhone sales constitute a significant portion of Apple's revenue, some of this income is deferred,
Three generations of iPhone, shown from behind. Left to right: original, white 3GS, black 4.
The back of the original iPhone was made of aluminum with a bla
ck plastic accent. The iPhone 3G and 3GS feature a full plastic back to increase the strength of the GSM signal. The iPhone 3G was available in an 8 GB black model, or a black or white option for the 16 GB model. They both are discontinued. The iPhone 3GS was available in both colors, regardless of storage capacity.
The white model was discontinued in favor of a black 8 GB low-end model.[citation needed] The iPhone 4 has an aluminosilicate glass front and back with a stainless steel edge that serves as the antennas. It was at first available in black; the white version was announced, but not released until April 2011, 10 months later.
The iPhone has garnered positive reviews from such critics as David Pogue and Walter Mossberg.The iPhone attracts users of all ages,and, besides consumer use, the iPhone has also been adopted for business purposes.
The iPhone 4 users reported dropped or disconnected telephone calls when holding their phones in a way. This became known as antenna gate.
On January 11, 2011, Verizon announced in a media event that it had reached an agreement with Apple and would begin selling a CDMA2000 iPhone 4. Verizon said it would be available for pre-order on February three, with a release set for February ten. In February 2011, the Verizon iPhone accounted for 4.5 percent of all iPhone ad impressions in the U.S. on Millennial Media's mobile ad network. The Verizon iPhone has the 'Mobile Hotspot" feature, only for Verizon iPhone since that is Verizon feature. On March 2, 2011, at the iPad 2 event, Apple announced that they had sold 100 million i Phones around the world.
From 2007 to 2011, Apple spent $647 million on advertising for the iPhone in the United States.[14]
On Tuesday, 9- 27, Apple sent invitations for a press event to be held October 4, 2011 Cupertino Headquarters to announce details of the next generation iPhone, which turned out to be iPhone 4S. Over 1 million 4S models were sold in the first 24 hours after its release in Oct 2011. Due to large volumes of the iPhone being manufactured and its high selling price, Apple became the largest mobile handset vendor in the world by revenue, in 2011, surpassing long-time leader Nokia. American carrier C Spire Wireless announced that it would be handle the iPhone 4S on October 19, 2011.
In January 2012, Apple reported its best quarterly earnings ever before recorded, with 53% of its revenue coming from the sale of 37 million i Phones at an average selling price of nearly $670. The average selling price has remained fairly constant for most of the phones lifespan, hovering between $622 and $660. The production price of the iPhone 4S was estimated by IHS iSuppli, in October 2011, to be $188, $207 and $245, for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models, respectively. Labor costs are estimated at between $12.5 and $30 per unit, with workers on the iPhone assembly line making $1.78 an hour.[47]
In February 2012, ComScore reported that 12.4% of US mobile subscribers use an iPhone.
On Sep 12, 2012, Apple bring out the iPhone 5. It has 4-inch display, up from its predecessors' 3.5-inch screen. The device comes with the same 326 pixels per inch found in the iPhone 4 and 4S. The iPhone 5 has the soc A6 processor, the chip is 22 percent smaller than the previous iPhone 4S' A5 and is twice as fast, doubling the graphics performance of its predecessor wich is an amazing thing in it.. The device is 18 percent thinner than the iPhone 4S, measuring 7.6mm, and is 20 percent lighter at 112 grams.
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