iPhone (1st generation)
Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at Macworld
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9 January 2007: three devices, one object
At Macworld in San Francisco on 9 January 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs publicly introduced the iPhone as one device combining a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod and an Internet communications device.
Apple demonstrated a new interface built around a large multi-touch display controlled by taps, flicks and pinches rather than a fixed physical keyboard.
What was inside the announced phone
The introduced hardware included a 3.5-inch display, a two-megapixel camera, GSM/EDGE cellular networking, Wi-Fi, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor and an ambient-light sensor. It used EDGE rather than 3G, and no App Store yet existed.
Apple and Cingular also announced Visual Voicemail, which let users select a message directly from an on-screen list instead of listening sequentially. Apple reported that Cingular had more than 58 million subscribers.
Announced, not on sale
This was the unveiling rather than the retail launch. Apple announced that the phone would reach the United States in June 2007 through Apple and Cingular stores, with Cingular serving as the exclusive U.S. carrier partner.
By the end of the keynote the iPhone had changed from a secret development project into an announced commercial product with published features, prices, carrier and release window — but consumers still could not buy it.
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