the iphone was first introduced to the market in 2005.
when was the iphone first introduced to the market?
2005
apple began work on the first iphone in 2005 and the first iphone was released on june 29, 2007. the iphone created such a sensation that a survey indicated six out of ten americans were aware of its release. "time" declared it "invention of the year" for 2007. the completed iphone had multimedia capabilities and functioned as a quad-band touch screen smartphone. a year later, the iphone 3g was released in july 2008 with three key features: support for gps, 3g data and tri-band umts/hsdpa. in june 2009, the iphone 3gs, whose improvements included voice control, a better camera, and a faster processor, was introduced by phil schiller. the iphone 4 is thinner than previous models, has a five megapixel camera capable of recording video in 720p hd, and adds a secondary front-facing camera for video calls. a major feature of the iphone 4s, introduced in october 2011, was siri, a virtual assistant capable of voice recognition.
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apple has released twelve generations of iphone models, each accompanied by one of the twelve major releases of the ios operating system. the first-generation iphone was a gsm phone and established design precedents, such as a button placement that has persisted throughout all releases and a screen size maintained for the next four iterations. the iphone 3g added 3g network support, and was followed by the iphone 3gs with improved hardware, the iphone 4 with a metal chassis, higher display resolution and front-facing camera, and the iphone 4s with improved hardware and the voice assistant siri. the iphone 5 featured a taller, 4-inch display and apple's newly introduced lightning connector. in 2013, apple released the iphone 5s with improved hardware and a fingerprint reader, and the lower-cost iphone 5c, a version of the 5 with colored plastic casings instead of metal. they were followed by the larger iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus, with models featuring displays. the iphone 6s was introduced the following year, which featured hardware upgrades and support for pressure-sensitive touch inputs, as well as the iphone se—which featured hardware from the 6s but the smaller form factor of the 5s. in 2016, apple unveiled the iphone 7 and iphone 7 plus, which add water resistance, improved system and graphics performance, a new rear dual-camera setup on the plus model, and new color options, while removing the 3.5 mm headphone jack found on previous models. the iphone 8 and iphone 8 plus were released in 2017, adding a glass back and an improved screen and camera. the iphone x was released alongside the iphone 8 and iphone 8 plus, with its highlights being a near bezel-less design, an improved camera and a new facial recognition system, named face id, but having no home button, and therefore, no touch id. in september 2018, apple again released 3 new iphones, which are the iphone xs, an upgraded version of the since discontinued iphone x, iphone xs max, a larger variant with the series' biggest display and iphone xr, a lower end version of the iphone x.
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