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iPhone

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Sheetal R.

Sauleaha Momin

HISTORY:

• Development of what was to become the iPhone began in 2004. on the

highly confidential "Project Purple", including the designer

behind the iPhone

• Jobs unveiled the iPhone to the public on January 9, 2007, at

the Macworld 2007 convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

• The two initial models, went on sale in the United States on June 29,

2007, at 6:00 pm local time.

• Following this successful release in the US, the first generation 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.

ABOUT iPhone:

• iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc.

• It runs Apple's iOS mobile operating system.

• The is built around the device's screen, including

a

• The iPhone has Wi-Fi and can connect to many cellular networks. An iPhone

can shoot video, send and receive email, browse the web, send texts, GPS

navigation, do mathematical calculations, and receive visual voicemail.

• Other functions can be enabled by downloading application programs.

• As of October 2013, the App Store offered more than one million apps by

Apple and is ranked as the world's second largest mobile software distribution

network of its kind.

GENERATIONS OF iPhone:

• The original 1st-generation iPhone ( people

call as iPhone 1, iPhone 1G, or iPhone 2G)

was a GSM phone and established design

precedents, such as a button placement

that has persisted throughout all releases

and a screen size maintained for the next

four iterations.

• It only carries one main external button,

and advanced motion features, including an

3-axis accelerometer, and changes

according to its position. iPhone 1G/2G

• The iPhone 3G added 3G cellular

network capabilities and

.

• The iPhone 3GS added a

faster and a higher-

resolution camera that could record

video at

• It has a new shape on the back side.

• An updated OS supports third-party

software, plus corporate email, sync,

and VPN features.

• The iPhone 4 featured a higher-resolution 960×640

" ", a VGA front-facing camera for video

calling and other apps, and a 5-megapixel rear-facing

camera with 720p video capture.

• The iPhone 4 has an glass front and

back with a edge that serves as

the

• The iPhone attracts users of all ages,, and besides

consumer use, the iPhone has also been adopted

for .

• Users of the iPhone 4 reported dropped/disconnected

telephone calls when holding their phones in a certain

way. This became known as .

• The next generation iPhone, which turned out to

be iPhone 4S.

• The iPhone 4S upgrades to an 8- camera

with video recording, a dual-core A5 processor,

and a system

called .

• Apple became the largest mobile handset vendor in

the world by revenue, in 2011, surpassing long-time

leader .

• American carrier announced that it

would be carrying the iPhone 4S on October 19, 2011.

• Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery

• It uses ios8.

• On September 12, 2012, Apple announced the iPhone

5. It has a 4-inch display, up from its predecessors' 3.5-

inch screen.

features the dual-core processor, increases

the size of the Retina display to 4 inches,

introduces support and replaces the 30-pin

connector with an all-digital .

• The iPhone 5 has the A6 processor, the chip is

22% smaller than the iPhone 4S' A5 and is twice as fast,

doubling the graphics performance of its predecessor.

• The device is 18% thinner than the iPhone 4S,

measuring 7.6 millimetres (0.3 in), and is 20% lighter at

112 grams (4 oz).

• The iPhone 5S features the dual-core

processor, an updated camera with a

larger and dual-LED flash, and

the fingerprint scanner, integrated

into the home button.

• The iPhone 5S comes in three colors (black,

white, and gold) and the home button is

replaced with a fingerprint scanner (Touch ID).

• It consist of with:

Backside illumination sensor

Face detection

Exposure control

• The iPhone5C features the same chip as

the iPhone 5, along with a new backside-

illuminated (forward-facing

camera ) camera and a new casing made

of

• The iPhone 5C, a mid-range-priced version of the

handset that is designed to increase accessibility

due to its price is available in five colors (green,

blue, yellow, pink, and white) and is made of plastic.

• On September 10, 2013, Apple unveiled two new

iPhone models during a highly anticipated press

event in Cupertino. Both phones shipped on

September 20, 2013.

• The iPhone 6 has increased screen size, measuring at

4.7 inches, which is larger screen than their predecessor.

• In addition, it also feature a new chip and motion

coprocessor.

• The phone shipped on September 20, 2013. On

September 9, 2014, Apple revealed the iPhone 6 at an

event in Cupertino.

• It has a, at 4.7 screen size.

• The software is what makes the iPhone 6 so

compelling

• The iPhone 6 Plus is Apple's new large form-

factor smartphone.

• Released Friday, September 19, 2014.

• The iPhone 6 has increased screen size,

measuring at 5.5 inches, which is larger screen

than their predecessor.

• iPhone 6 Plus promises a larger screen, longer

battery life, and improved image stabilization.

• The front-facing camera was also upgraded, with

that lets in more light and

HARDWARE:

• The display of the iPhone is manufactured by LG under an

exclusive contract with Apple. It features an LED backlit TFT

LCD capacitive touchscreen.

• The screen is marketed by Apple as the "Retina display", based

on the assertion that a display of approximately 300 ppi at a

distance of 305 millimetres (12 in) from one's eye, or

57 per pixe is the maximum amount of detail that

the human can perceive.

• The 1st-generation iPhone and iPhone 3G have a fixed-focus 2.0-

megapixel camera on the back for digital photos.

• The iPhone 3GS has a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus,

auto white balance, and auto macro (up to 10 cm).

• The iPhone 4 introduced a 5.0-megapixel camera. It also has

a backside-illuminated sensor that can capture pictures in low light

and an LED flash that can stay lit while recording video.

• It is the first iPhone that can natively do high dynamic range

photography.

• The iPhone 4 also has a second camera on the front that can

take VGA photos and record SD video.

• The iPhone 4 is the first iPhone model to have two cameras.

Screen and

input:• The touchscreen on the first five generations is a 9 cm

(3.5 in) liquid crystal display with scratch-resistant glass.

• The capacitive touchscreen is designed for a bare finger, or

multiple fingers for multi-touch sensing.

• The iPhone has a minimal hardware user interface, featuring

five buttons.

• The only physical menu button is situated directly below the

display, and is called the "Home button" because it closes the

active app and navigates to the home screen of the interface.

• All buttons except Home were made of plastic on the original

first generation iPhone and metal on all later models. The

touchscreen furnishes the remainder of the user interface.

Battery:• The iPhone features an internal rechargeable lithium-ion

battery. Like an iPod, but unlike most other mobile phones at

the time of its launch, the battery is not user-replaceable.

• A USB to AC adapter can be connected to the cable to charge

directly from an AC outlet.

• Apple runs tests on preproduction units to determine battery

life.

• The battery life of early models of the iPhone has been

criticized by several technology journalists as insufficient and

less than Apple's claims.

• If the battery malfunctions or dies prematurely, the phone can

be returned to Apple and replaced for free while still under

warranty..

Storage and SIM:

• The iPhone was initially released with

two options for internal storage size:

4 GB or 8 GB. On September 5, 2007,

Apple discontinued the 4 GB

models. On February 5, 2008, Apple

added a 16 GB model.

• The SIM sits in a tray, which is

inserted into a slot at the top of the

device. The SIM tray can be ejected

with a paper clip or the "SIM ejector

tool“.

An iPhone 5S with the SIM slot

open. The SIM ejector tool is still

placed in the eject hole.

SOFTWARE:

• The iPhone, run an known as (formerly

iPhone OS).

, which was the newest version of Apple's iOS mobile

operating system, iOS 4 introduced a multitasking system,

allowing apps to remain "suspended" in memory, perform

certain operations in the background, and allowing users to

switch between apps using an on-screen menu.

• The operating system takes up less than half a gigabyte.

• It is capable of supporting bundled and future applications

from Apple, as well as from third-party developers.

• the iPhone is managed from a computer using .

• Recent is iOS 8.1.

• The interface is based around the home screen, a graphical list of

available applications. iPhone applications normally run one at a time.

• Users could double click the home button to select recently opened

applications. However, the apps never ran in the background.

• Starting with iOS 7, though, apps can truly multitask, and each open

application runs in the background when not in use.

• By default, the Home screen contains the following icons: Messages , Calendar,

Photos, Camera, YouTube, Stocks, Maps.

• Docked at the base of the screen, four icons for Phone, Mail, Safari and Music.

Each home screen holds up to twenty icons for and while

each home screen for holds up to twenty-four icons due to a larger

screen display.

• Wikipedia Main Page on the iPhone Safari web browser in

• Internet access is available when the iPhone is connected

to

• GSM or EDGE network.

• The iPhone 3G introduced support for third-

generation UMTS and HSDPA.

• Airplane mode disables all wireless connections at once,

overriding other preferences.

• Google Chrome was introduced to the iOS on June 26,

2012.

• iPhone users can and do access the Internet frequently,

and in a variety of places.

• The iPhone also features an email program that

supports HTML email, which enables the user to embed

photos in an email message.

• Apple has also licensed Microsoft ActiveSync and supports

the platform with the release of iPhone 2.0 firmware.

• The iPhone will sync email account settings over from Apple's

own Mail application, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft

Entourage.

• Text messages are presented chronologically in a mailbox

format similar to Mail, which places all text from recipients

together with replies.

• Text messages are displayed in speech under each

recipient's name

• Some users reported a yellow discoloration of the screen that

disappeared after several days,.

• Another issue reported was that during calls the proximity sensor can

be insensitive, so that facial contact with the touchscreen can end

calls, mute calls, and dial other numbers.

• Some users reported that, particularly in low-light conditions, photos

taken sometimes contained blue or green "splotches". Issues with

white balance were also discovered, particularly when using the flash.

• Shortly after the iPhone 4 was launched, some consumers reported

that signal strength of the phone was reduced when touching the

lower left edge of the phone, bridging one of the two locations which

separates the two antennas, resulting in dropped calls in some areas

with lower signal reception.