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Announced: Jan. 9, 2007 Released in United States: June 29, 2007 Notable Specs: First iOS device; 2MP camera; 3.5-inch display; quad-band GSM (EDGE) radio; Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), and Bluetooth 2.0. Notable Steve Jobs Moment: While announcing the first iPhone, Apple CEO Steve Jobs prank called a nearby San Francisco Starbucks and ordered 4,000 lattes to go—a prank that would haunt that Starbucks store for years.
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September 10, 2007
1 Millionth iPhone Sold Only 74 days after the iPhone launched, Apple announced that iPhone sales surpassed 1 million. -
TIME Declares iPhone 'Best Invention of the Year' The iPhone distinguished itself by its appearance, feel, operating system and most of all, how it redefined mobile phones.
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June 9, 2008
Apple Introduces iPhone 3G Apple introduced the iPhone 3G in 21 countries with networking twice as fast as its predecessor. -
iPhone 3G on Sale, App Store Launches In addition to releasing the iPhone 3G for sale, Apple introduced the App Store with 500 native applications ready to download
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1 Millionth iPhone 3G sold, and App Store Downloads Top 10 Million Apple reached major milestones with the iPhone 3G sales and App Store downloads—and only in the new products'first weekend.
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App Store Downloads Top 100 Million Worldwide Less than two months after the App Store was released, global downloads exploded, and over 3,000 were apps available.
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iPhone Wins First JD Power & Associates Awards Having won the first of several awards from JD Power & Associates, the iPhone was recognized for high smartphone customer satisfaction.
