It was back in 2007 when Apple founder Steve Jobs announced the introduction of the iPhone at the Macworld Convention. Known as the first generation iPhone, it featured GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer.
By today’s standards that alone makes the Apple iPhone 2 seem ancient.
Jobs introduced this phone as a combination of three devices: a “widescreen iPad with touch controls”, a “revolutionary mobile phone” and a “breakthrough internet communicator”.
The device sold one million units within 74 days of its release.
With a 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen, the Apple iPhone 2 had a 2 megapixel camera without flash. It also had no zoom, autofocus or smile detection and had 1600 X 1200 pixels resolution.
The original phone with a 320 x 480 pixels display housed 128 MB of RAM and had 8GB of internal storage. It had no MMS or video calling or recording capabilities. The phone had a 3.5 mm jack for headphones.
The 16GB Apple iPhone 2 model was released in February 2008.
The iPhone has come a long way since then, with the sixth generation recently released and the seventh generation slated for a September 2016 release.
Looking back at the Apple iPhone 2, the tech giant has made great strides in terms of improving technology and design. Latest models are much faster, water-resistant and have 3D touch, while the large screen is still present, having set off a chain reaction in the industry when the first iPhone was launched.
The first generation iPhone truly did revolutionise the cell phone industry, popularising the touchscreen and doing away with a physical keyboard on phones altogether. It’s also come a long way since its 2 megapixel camera days, with latest devices sporting 12 megapixels and a dual-snapper with a more powerful sensor.