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Apple computer developer Hartmut Esslinger designed a landline phone that reflected the iPhone and iPad features today with a stylus controller in 1983 It never actually got created, but it’s good to know that Apple had already been playing with iPhone ideas even a long time ago.
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There were 116 Apple retail stores scattered throughout the world, with the largest number in the United States in 2005
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Cisco owned the iPhone trademark, but it didnt stop Apple from calling its new device the iPhone after its January 2007 unveiling, Apple and Cisco eventually settled their problem with both companies collaborating on future products
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The Apple iPhone was considered so revolutionary that Time Magazine named it Invention of the Year in 2007
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iPhone took first place among smartphones only in 2010
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The iPad came out a few years after the iPhone, but Apple was exploring a tablet device before the idea for the iPhone existing in 2010
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In 2014, there were over 437 Apple retail stores in the United States.
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Apple finished 2014 with $178 billion in marketable securities and cash
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In 2014 , a seven-for-one stock split took the trading price of Apple from approximately $645 to $94.
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Apple became the first ever $700 billion company, Apple took over Google as the most valuable brand in the world in 2015
