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Apple’s first iPhone turns 15 years old

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CUPERTINO, Calif. (UPI) — Sunday marks 15 years since the late Steve Jobs unveiled Apple’s first iPhone, spurring a revolution in cellphone technology.

On Jan. 9, 2007, Jobs introduced the cutting edge smartphone as “an iPod, a phone and internet communicator” during a keynote presentation in Las Vegas.

“iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone,” he said.

The original phone launched at a base price of $499 for 4 GB of storage, with an 8 GB option available for $100 more. It had a 3.5-inch screen, one camera located on the back of the phone, and launched with just 15 apps, with no marketplace available to download new ones.

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The late Steve Jobs unveiled Apple’s first iPhone 15 years ago on Jan. 9, 2007, helping to usher in a new era of smartphone technology. AARON KEHOE/UPI FILE PHOTO

In 2022, the most expensive iPhone 13 Pro Max model costs $1,599 with 1 TB of storage, a 6.7-inch screen four total cameras, including a front-facing camera, and access to millions of apps on Apple’s App store.

The iPhone was also exclusively available to AT&T wireless customers until 2011 and is now available through most major wireless carriers.

Just 74 days after the launch of the original iPhone, Apple had sold 1 million units with the phone remaining popular, selling 216.7 million units in 2018, a rate of roughly a million every 1.5 days.

Propelled in part by the popularity of the iPhone, Apple’s market valuation has risen from $174.03 billion in 2007 to become the first publicly-traded company to achieve a $3 trillion market valuation last week.

Reporting by Daniel Uria

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