This Day in History: Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco on this day in 2007. Since then, Apple has annually released new iPhone models and iOS updates. As of November 1, 2018, more than 2.2 billion iPhones had been sold. The iPhone is one of the two largest smartphone platforms in the world alongside Android. The iPhone has generated large profits for Apple, making it one of the world's most valuable publicly traded companies. The first-generation iPhone was described as "revolutionary" and a "game-changer" for the mobile phone industry and subsequent models have also garnered praise. The iPhone has been credited with popularizing the smartphone and slate form factor, and with creating a large market for smartphone apps, or "app economy". As of January 2017, Apple's App Store contained more than 2.2 million applications for the iPhone.
Samsung is however world's number one selling phone brand at 27.55%. In second place, is Apple, with 26.75% of total sales. In third place, 15 points behind, is Xiaomi with 11.51%.
Cell phones and Smartphones have long been hailed as instruments of crime reduction since they are equipped with cameras and the ability to make instant calls, at least until the huge increase in crime during 2020 and 2021. However, "Although cell phones have proven to be instrumental in reducing crime, they’ve also played a part in creating it. High-priced smartphones have become a hot commodity on the international black market, resulting in a growing number of thefts every year. In Australia, more than 40,000 cell phones are reported stolen every year, while in the U.K., 228 cell phones are snatched every hour. In the U.S., one in three people have lost cell phones to thieves; the problem is particularly severe in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, where half of the residents been victimized at some point." Source
Also, the "i" in iPhone, iMac, iPod and iPad stands for internet, individual, instruct, inform, and inspire.
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