Apple has recently sold its one billionth iPhone. The smartphone trailblazer has been hailed for its monumental influence on how the world interacts with technology today.
Apple recently released their better than expected Q3 earnings, with a mixed bag of slower device sales but better take up in services. A day after the results presentation CEO Tim Cook held up a symbolic iPhone. The reference was huge. It was the billionth iPhone sold. The actual billionth iPhone was sold somewhere last week, but Cook used the moment to great affect at an employee meeting yesterday.
A statement from Tim Cook on the Apple Newsroom reads – “iPhone has become one of the most important, world-changing and successful products in history. It’s become more than a constant companion. iPhone is truly an essential part of our daily life and enables much of what we do throughout the day. Last week we passed another major milestone when we sold the billionth iPhone. We never set out to make the most, but we’ve always set out to make the best products that make a difference. Thank you to everyone at Apple for helping change the world every day.”
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Infinite Loop (Apple’s headquarters) made hundreds of billions of dollars over nearly a decade of the iPhone. And one can argue that it has objectively influenced how the world interacts with technology through it. Since the release of the original iPhone, Apple has gone from strength to strength with each subsequent model. Some have been successful and others not so much. Can we expect a paradigm shifting product from the company in the upcoming years? We will have to wait and see…
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