iPhone問世

2007年

第一代iPhone的靈感來自于史蒂夫?喬布斯在21世紀初接觸到的多點觸控屏幕，它用令人驚嘆的工業設計、鋁制機身和防刮屏幕，讓黑莓（BlackBerry）等競爭對手看起來成了徹頭徹尾的老古董。不過，iPhone最創新的地方也許是對觸控操作的運用：再也用不著軌跡球或觸控筆了。相反，用戶可以通過手指的滑動、收縮以及滾動，獲得更加生動的體驗。據一位知情人士稱，這樣的創新產品讓蘋果公司（Apple）花費了1.5億美元的初始開發成本。而考慮到iPhone自推出以來已經售出超過2.5億臺，這筆成本現在看來微不足道。

The iPhone debuts

? Year: 2007

Inspired by a multi-touch display Steve Jobs encountered in the early 2000s, the first iPhone made competition like the BlackBerry (BBRY) look downright antediluvian with a striking industrial design that paired mostly aluminum and scratch-resistant glass. But perhaps more innovative was use of touch: no more trackballs or styluses. Instead, users swiped, pinched, and scrolled with their fingers, making for a more immersive experience. Such innovation cost Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) $150 million in initial development costs, according to one insider, a paltry figure given the company has sold well north of 250 million units since.

第一代iPhone

2007年

第一代iPhone最初的售價為599美元，其重量是4.8盎司，它具備當時被認為最頂尖的特性：一顆400MHz的處理器，128MB的內存，200萬像素的攝像頭，3.5英寸的顯示屏（分辨率為320X480），以及最高達16GB的內置存儲空間。第一代iPhone只支持美國電話電報公司（AT＆T）的EDGE網絡，而不是更快的3G網絡。“盡管存在一些漏洞和功能缺失，但總的來說，iPhone是一款漂亮而且具有突破性的掌上電腦。”《華爾街日報》專欄作家沃爾特?莫斯伯格當時這樣寫道。

The first-generation iPhone

? Year: 2007

The first-generation iPhone, which initially sold for as much as $599, weighed 4.8 oz. with features considered cutting-edge for the time: a 400-MHz processor, 128 MB of memory, 2-megapixel camera, 3.5-inch display with 320 by 480 resolution, and up to 16 gigabytes of built-in storage. It also ran on AT&T's EDGE networks instead of the faster 3G standard. "Despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer," Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg wrote then.