iPhone History

An estimated figure of 5,000 people waited outside the Apple shop in Regent Street when it opened it's door for the first time in November 2004.

People have often queued overnight to buy all the new launches by Apple.

However, there were many complaints for the most recent launch by Apple the iphone 4, particularly the loss of the signal strength when it was held in a particular way.

After few days of the launch, Apple started offering free bumper cases in order to overcome the problem.

The new store in Central London has about 300 employees in order to cope with the long queues of customers who are increasing day by day to buy the new Apple iphone 4.

The iPhone history began with Steve Jobs directing the engineers to investigate and develop the touch-screens technology. During that time Steve Jobs was considering to work and develop the Tablet PCs. The Apple iPhone is quiet similar to its previous touch screen product the Newton Message Pad which was designed by Jonathan Ive, Apple's Head of Design.

The first iPhone was unveiled to the Public on 9 January 2007, The iPhone went on sale in the United States on June 29, 2007, at 6:00pm local time, whilst hundreds of customers lined up outside the Stores nationwide. The original iPhone was made available in the UK, France, and Germany in November 2007, and Ireland and Austria in the spring of 2008.

On July 11, 2008, Apple released the iPhone 3G in twenty-two countries, including the original six. Apple has since released the iPhone 3G in upwards of eighty countries and territories. Apple announced the iPhone 3GS on June 8, 2009, along with plans to release it later in June, July, and August, starting with the U.S., Canada and major European countries on June 19. Many would-be users have objected to the iPhone's cost, and 40% of users have household incomes over 100,000 US$. In an attempt to gain a wider market, Apple has retained the 8 GB iPhone 3G at a lower price point. This is the latest of several price reductions since the iPhone's release in 2007; it now sells for one-sixth of the price of the original 8 GB iPhone when it first became available in the US. Apple sold 6.1 million original iPhone units over five quarters The company sold 3.8 million iPhone 3G units in the second quarter of 2009, ending March 2009, and 12.6 million 3G and 3GS combined, totalling 33.75 million iPhones sold to date (Q4 2009).

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