The First iPhone

The First iPhone was surrounded by so much excitement but also a good amount of skepticism and doubters. Now, the concept of a handheld cellular telephone wasn't a new concept by any means when the 1st Gen. iPhone came out. By that point the arguably historical Motorola Razr V3 was one of the most widely used phones in the US. It was released in 2005, 2 years before the iPhone, and was in the hands of over 50 million men, women and children. By the end of the Razr V3's life span there were close to 130 million units sold and earning the title of being the best selling clamshell (also known as flip phones) phone. During its lifespan, Motorola even released a version called the V3i where they partnered with Apple to include iTunes on the phones. However, Apple had a different idea of what phones should look like. At the MacWorld convention in 2007, Steve Jobs, who was the former CEO of Apple, unveiled what Time Magazine would eventually call the invention of the year. It was the first of its kind with a touch screen, built-in camera, and the ability to browse the web as well as an iPod. considering most of the phones around 2007 are the clamshell phones as mentioned previously and if there was a phone with a "touch screen" you had to use an included stylus similar to the ones included with the early Nintendo DS's.  The first iPhone, also known as the iPhone 2G, was revolutionary for its time and the public knew it. The iPhone was announced in January of 2007 and by November of the same year Apple had sold more than 1.4 million iPhone units between the standard 4GB and 8GB models for $499 or $599 respectively. Over a year later Apple released the App Store and the iPhone evolved into what we know it to be today.