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iPhone (1st generation) and iPhone Bluetooth Headset

Apple announced two products on 29 June 2007: iPhone (1st generation) and iPhone Bluetooth Headset.

It was the 3rd of 5 dated moments the archive holds for 2007, 45 days after the previous one, 15 May 2007.

iPhone (1st generation) product photograph

Rafael Fernandez · CC BY-SA 4.0

What Apple announced

iPhone (1st generation)

iPhone · iPhone · discontinued 5 September 2007

The iPhone is a smartphone developed and marketed by Apple as the first device in the iPhone lineup of smartphones. It features a Samsung S5L8900 SoC (90 nm), a 3.5 in multi-touch display, and a web browser (Safari). After years of rumors and speculation, it was officially announced on January 9, 2007, and was released in the United States on June 29, 2007.

Development of the iPhone began in 2005 and continued in secrecy until its public unveiling at Macworld 2007. The device broke with prevailing mobile phone designs by eliminating most physical hardware buttons, and relying on a finger-friendly touchscreen interface that did not need a stylus. The iPhone featured quad-band GSM cellular connectivity with GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer, and it used continuous internet access and onboard processing to support features unrelated to voice communication.

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iPhone Bluetooth Headset

iPhone · Headphones · discontinued 23 March 2009

Apple Inc. has produced and sold headphones since 2001, available for standalone purchase and bundled with iPhone (until 2020) and iPod (until 2022) products. Apple's current product line consists of EarPods (wired earbuds available with a 3.5mm headphone, Lightning connector, and USB-C), AirPods and AirPods Pro (wireless Bluetooth earbuds), and AirPods Max (wireless Bluetooth over-ear headphones). The idea for modern Apple headphones, specifically the AirPods, came from a team led by Bart André, Jonathan Ive, and Richard Howarth, under the vision of Steve Jobs.

iPhone (1st generation) product photograph
iPhone (1st generation)

Rafael Fernandez · CC BY-SA 4.0

iPhone Bluetooth Headset product photograph
iPhone Bluetooth Headset

Juanibb · CC BY-SA 3.0

Also in 2007

Sources

  1. iPhone (1st generation) · Wikipedia
  2. iPhone Bluetooth Headset · Wikipedia

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