Monday 25 July 2011

History of iPhone

Apple marketed this Smartphone in an effective way and after four successful ad campaigns, in June Apple released a YouTube advertisement. In this ad all the features including the clear touch-screen are highlighted.

The first iPhone was introduced in January, 2007. Soon after the release, Mr. Jobs publicized that all full-time and qualified part-time employees would get a free one which created a buzz around the public. The first model of iPhone were sold at $499.00 for 4GB and for an 8GB phone, it is priced as $599.00. As per the sales report published by AT&T, about 140,000 were sold in first 7 days.

Soon after their introduction, the 4GB was gave up its popularity and buyers of 8GB phone demanded a rebate, this happened when the cost of the were cut down by $200.00. And due to this reason, jobs gave a $100.00 store credit to all customers who purchased iPhone for $599.00.

And in November, apple launched its iPhone in various place, such as United Kingdom and Germany. In the initial stage, the iPhone sold were operated in an contract with AT&T, which resulted in several law suits. Then soon unlocked are available in various places of the world, such as Greece, Lithuania, Norway, Italy, Spain, Canada, Croatia, and other countries.

After so many up and downs, apple introduce a new model in 2008 and it is named as 3G phone. This model is a perfectly designed model with all attractive features. And in 2009, Apple again launched a new model, the iPhone3GS.

Now the previous model that is 3G was available with 8GB and the price of this model is just $99.00 and 16 GB phone is for $199.00 and the 32 GB phone is for $299.00. Now the whole world is awaiting for the new release of iPhone4G.





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