Today there is not a single person who is not familiar with
the name of iPhone. iPhone is best known as the line of Smartphones designed
and manufactured by Apple Inc. Well known products of Apple are iPod, iPhones,
iPad and Mac PC’s. Operating system being used in iPhone is iPhone OS. Apple
CEO of that time Steve Jobs steered the focus of their company more towards the
smartphone and the development for of iPhones was started in 2004.
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| Apple iPhone |
iPhone was released in June 2007. It was just only a GSM
phone. However the later generations of iPhone introduces several new and
significant features. iPhone is more popularized for the user interface built
around a multi touchscreen with a virtual keyboard. It also includes WiFi,
Bluetooth, Cellular Connectivity, Camera, Sensors, Networking, GPS navigation,
web browsing, games and other features. Invention of iPhone has fundamentally
changed the industry of Cellphones. In 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said:
"the iPhone was not just a communication tool
but a way of life"
Each generation of iPhone
has been released with a different chip. Such as iPhone 4 contains Apple A4
chip, however Iphone 4S contains a dual core Apple A5 chip and iPhone 5 comes
with Apple A6 chip. Several Internal Storage size such as 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and
32GB are introduced with each generation. Apple Applications Store contains more than 75,000
third party applications which can be used in iPhone. Applications may be of any
type such as game, social apps, software, etc. Third party developers are
allowed to develop apps for iPhone but all applications should be registered
with Apple.
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| Different Generations of iPhones from iPhone 3G on Left to iPhone 4 on Right |
The latest generation of iPhone
released is iPhone 5. It was officially released by the end of September 2012. Every
features of iPhone 5 is superior to its predecessors. It contains a 1.3 GHz Apple
A6 chip with 1GB Dram. It is available with 8GB, 16GB and 32GB Internal
Storage. It contains a 8 MP camera with capability of 1080p video shooting. It
has 4 inch multi touchscreen display. IOS 6 is being used in iPhone 5. iPhone
5S will be launched in June 2013 which will contain more refined features than
iPhone 5.
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| iPhone 5 |
This invention of Apple has made a great impact in the evolution in the development and demand of smartphones. The demand of iPhone is very high over the globe. However the price of iPhone is also very high and due to availability of smartphones of different companies such as Nokia, HTC and Samsung, competition between smartphones is increased much. However Apple is still working on more iPhone products to compete more positively in the markets.
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