The iPhone is a smartphone developed by Apple.
The iPhone is a mobile phone with multimedia tools, developed by the American company Apple Inc. This type of device is known as a smartphone , since it has an Internet connection, a touch screen, a camera, the ability to play music and movies, among other features.
The iPhone, which has wireless connectivity , went on sale on June 29, 2007 in the United States and, shortly thereafter, Time magazine chose it as "Invention of the Year." On July 11, 2008, an updated version of the phone, known as iPhone 3G , was released, which uses third generation (3G) networks for data transmission.
iPhone models
There are different models of iPhones that vary in memory capacity and other features. In this way, there are models with a capacity of 4 GB (which are no longer manufactured), 8 GB, 16 GB and up to 512 GB . Since the iPhone does not have expansion slots, the factory memory cannot be expanded.
It should be noted that the iPhone uses an operating system called iPhone OS , which is a variant of the Mach kernel used in Mac OS X.
It is important to note that the iPhone uses a rechargeable battery that cannot be replaced. If the battery stops working prematurely, Apple replaces it free of charge during the warranty period.
There are many iPhone models, each with its own characteristics.
The social phenomenon
The birth of the iPhone marked a before and after in the lives of many people; However, despite being a very advanced piece of technology (with increasingly sharper screens that present pixel densities that break all records, with cameras capable of recording video sequences in high definition and with an irresistible design to the eyes ) this smartphone impacted society on a much deeper level.
For years, Hollywood strived to represent the future of the human race through post-apocalyptic paintings in which machines dominate us, making use of impressive special effects; Nowadays, it is enough to go outside to understand that that time has arrived , except for the metal colossi crushing our houses and shooting laser beams from their artificial eyes. That in a group of people chosen at random there is not at least 50% with a phone in hand checking their social networks is simply an impossible situation to believe; When traveling by train, in a waiting room at a doctor's office, and even at the cinema, using the smartphone has become a "first order necessity."
Technology should be at the service of man, and it is true that leisure is as necessary for well-being as a balanced diet. Saving to buy a television that allows you to enjoy movies like in the cinema, or a computer capable of running the latest games, is absolutely understandable, and is perhaps the extension of what a few decades ago would have been the desire to acquire a more spacious car. However, when, thanks to technology, human beings become inert beings that revolve around a couple of square centimeters of plastic and liquid crystal as if they were portable divine altars, the term that first comes to mind is "manipulation."
If it were simply an innovative product, a source of entertainment and a better channel of communication between people, the iPhone would not arouse any negative feelings. But the reality is that it has little to do with bringing people together, and a lot to do with promoting ostentation and excessive leisure; Year after year, Apple launches a new model on the market , always at a very high price, and millions of consumers do not hesitate to update their phones, even if it is simply to be fashionable.