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10 Facts About iPhone

#1 The Announce of iPhone


The first iPhone was introduced to the world by Steve Jobs. It was 9 January 2007, he
announced the release of iPhone in San Francisco, California. He said ‘Today, Apple is going to
reinvent the phone’ in his address and showed the world a revolutionary touchscreen phone.
#2 Cisco Systems and iPhone:
iPhone is not the first phone named iPhone in history. Interestingly, the first iPhone was
released by InfoGear Technology Corporation. The InfoGear iPhone was released back in 1998.
#3 Release of iPhone:
Tens of thousands of people waited days before the launch for the iPhone in front of the
AT&T and Apple retail stores for buying the iPhone. Matter of fact, lots of stores reported stock
shortage within half an hour of the release.
#4 2012 iPhone:
2012 was a golden time for Apple. Because there are reports saying that Apple has sold
about 3, 50,000 iPhones per day in 2012.
#5 iPhone EULA:
Have you read the EULA (End User License Agreement) of Apple devices and services
anytime? There is an interesting fact about that as well. This is a document with
about 18,000 words. So, most of you might have not read it.
#6 Total Number Of iPhone Sold:
Unfortunately, Apple has officially announced that they will not share the iPhone sales
figure anymore back on November 1, 2018. So, we actually don’t the current sales figures of
the iPhone. 
#7 Returning iPhone Customers
It is reported that about 56% of iPhone users continue to use the iPhone and get the latest
models whenever a new one is released.
#8 App Store in iPhone:
Nowadays, almost every smartphone comes with an app store pre-installed. But, it was
Apple who started this trend. They were the first to allow consumers to use the ‘App
Store’ for downloading and installing apps legally.
#9 When the iPhone 6s was Released:
iPhone 6s and 6s Plus were released on September 25, 2015. Apple reported that they
have sold over 13 million units of iPhone 6s and 6s Plus in the launch weekend. And, that
means they have sold about 50 phones per second on the first weekend after the launch of
these models.
#10 Samsung vs. Apple:
Apple has a lot of rivals in the smartphone industry. However, among them, the most
prominent one would be Samsung without a doubt. But behind the scene, there is a good
relationship between Apple and Samsung.

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