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Close up views of the new Apple iPhone 4 are shown during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Monday, June 7, 2010, in San Francisco.iPHONE TIMELINE* Jan. 9, 2007 Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone during his keynote address at the Macworld conference.* June 29, 2007 The iPhone goes on sale. Sales are limited to two phones per customer.* Sept. 10, 2007 Apple sells the 1 millionth iPhone, 74 days after launch.* July 11, 2008 Apple releases the second-generation iPhone, the iPhone 3G, and launches the App Store.* July 13, 2008 The 1 millionth iPhone 3G is sold, and the 10 millionth title is downloaded from the App Store.* Sept. 9, 2008 The 100 millionth app is downloaded from the App Store, which then contains “more than 3,000” titles.* April 24, 2009 The 1 billionth app is downloaded from the App Store, which contains 35,000 titles.* June 19, 2009 The third-generation iPhone, the iPhone 3GS, launches.* Nov. 4, 2009 The App Store library grows to 100,000 titles.* June 24, 2010 The fourth-generation iPhone, the iPhone 4, is released, selling 1.7 million units in three days.* Jan. 22, 2011 The 10 billionth app is downloaded from the App Store, which contains 350,000 titles.* April 27, 2011 The first white iPhone arrives, 10 months late due to manufacturing difficulties.* July 7, 2011 The 15 billionth app is downloaded from the App Store, which contains 425,000 titles.* Oct. 4, 2011 Apple announces the latest-generation iPhone, the iPhone 4S, generating 1 million preorders in the first 24 hours.* Oct. 14, 2011 The iPhone 4S becomes available, selling 4 million units in three days. The App Store contains more than 500,000 titles and has charted more than 18 billion downloads.TECH SPECSiPhone* Release date: June 27, 2007.* Price without contract: $500-$600.* Colors: Black.* CPU: 620 megahertz single-core.* Camera(s): Rear-facing 2 megapixel.* Storage capacity: 4/8 gigabytes (a 16-gigabyte model was released Feb. 5, 2008).* Memory: 128 megabytes.* Display resolution: 163 dots per inch.iPhone 4S* Release date: Oct. 14, 2011.* Price without contract: $650-$850.* Colors: Black and white.* CPU: 800 megahertz dual-core.* Camera(s): Front-facing 0.3 megapixel/rear-facing 8 megapixel.* Storage capacity: 16/32/64 gigabytes.* Memory: 512 megabytes.* Display resolution: 325 dots per inch.
During his keynote address at the Macworld conference on Jan. 9, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs answered months of rumors about the company’s latest project with a bold statement and an even bolder promise.
“Every once in a while, a product comes along and changes everything,” Jobs began. “Today, we’re introducing three revolutionary products of this class.
“The first one is a widescreen iPod with touch controls. The second is a revolutionary mobile phone. And the third is a breakthrough Internet communications device.”
And then, Jobs reached the punchline.