In the field of high-end smart phones, Apple's iPhone occupies half of the country. New iPhones are released every year, and the price rises. Some people ridicule that they want to "sell the kidneys" for new phones. Since the launch of the original iPhone in January 2007 and the release of the iPhone 11 in September 2019, how much has the price of the iPhone increased in the 12 years? This article is your inventory, the following prices are all US initial prices.
2007 — iPhone
US local time January 9, 2007, the first generation of iPhone was unveiled at Macworld 2007 held at the Masconi Convention Center in San Francisco, and then officially launched in the United States on June 29, 2007. It will be officially launched in the United Kingdom, France and Germany in November, while Ireland and Austria will be launched in the spring of 2008. The iPhone just launched by
triggered a rush to buy the iPhone. Hundreds of fans outside the Apple Store in the United States lined up early to buy it. Some media even called it the "God Phone". It is equipped with a 2-megapixel rear camera and does not support 3G networks. It also does not support copy and paste, and other important functions. Moreover, the battery that cannot be removed has also caused market controversy.
- 4GB: US$499
- 8GB: US$599
2008 — iPhone 3G
On July 11, 2008, Apple officially launched the iPhone 3G in 22 countries and regions around the world, including the original 6 countries. This phone has not changed much from the previous generation iPhone in appearance design, but it supports 3G network and mobile data transmission speed is faster. At the same time, this phone has many good features, such as GPS (Global Positioning System). In addition, Apple also released its mobile application store App Store, which initially had about 500 applications, and now this number has exceeded 1 million.
- 8GB: US$599
- 16GB: US$699
2009 — iPhone 3GS
On June 8, 2009, at WWDC 2009 at the Moscone West Convention and Exhibition Center in San Francisco, Apple announced the launch of the iPhone 3GS. iPhone 3GS is twice as fast as the previous generation iPhone 3G, has a built-in compass, supports basic voice commands, is equipped with a better camera, and supports video recording.
- 16GB: US$599
- 32GB: US$699
2010 — iPhone 4
On June 8, 2010, Jobs released the iPhone 4 at WWDC 2010 held at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. The iPhone 4 is equipped with a retina display with a resolution of 960 x 640. Once launched, it has received unanimous praise from users.
However, the iPhone 4 also plunged Apple into the biggest public relations crisis in its history, the " antenna gate " incident. Faced with a class action lawsuit, Apple chose to pay the settlement compensation. However, iPhone 4 sales have not been affected by the "antenna gate" incident, and the market is still hot.
- 16GB: 599 USD
- 32GB: 699 USD
2011— iPhone 4s
October 4, 2011, at the Let&39;s talk iPhone Apple product launch event held at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, the company’s new CEO Tim Cook brought a new The first generation of iPhone — iPhone 4S. On October 14, Apple officially launched iPhone 4S in seven countries: the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Australia, Canada and Japan. 24 hours after the official release, Apple sold a total of 1 million iPhone 4S phones. Due to the amazing iPhone sales, Apple became the most profitable mobile phone manufacturer in 2011, surpassing Nokia, which has stood at the top of the list for more than a decade. The steel frame of
iPhone 4s has been redesigned to solve the problem of the antenna door left by iPhone 4, and has been greatly improved in terms of hardware and software. In terms of hardware, it is equipped with Apple's A5 dual-core processor, and the camera pixel is increased to 8 million. In terms of software, the biggest highlight is the new Siri intelligent voice assistant and iCloud cloud service.
- 16GB: US$649
- 32GB: US$749
- 64GB: US$849
2012 — iPhone 5
On September 12, 2012, Apple released the iPhone 5, which changed the screen ratio for the first time, and the screen ratio of the iPhone increased from 3 to 4 inches. :2 gradually approaches 16:9 (71:40). iPhone 5 uses a newer Lightning interface to replace the old 30-pin interface, supports LTE, and supports the newly added EarPods.
Apple replaced Google Maps with Apple Maps in the iOS 6 system, but it was complained by users due to some "oolong" data and pictures. Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized to users for this and promised to make timely changes. In order to avoid the recurrence of the Apple Maps crisis, Apple upgraded its system, that is, iOS 7 appeared.
Similarly, the "map crisis" did not affect iPhone 5 sales. On December 24, 2012, Apple announced that this phone had sold 5 million units in the first week of launch.
- 16GB: US$649
- 32GB: US$749
- 64GB: US$849 It is equipped with an A7 chip, making iPhone 5s the world's first smartphone with 64-bit architecture. iPhone 5s redefines the experience of the world's top smartphones, incorporating a number of new features into the design, including a new 8-megapixel iSight camera with True Tone flash and launch of Touch ID. iPhone 5s is also equipped with iOS 7, which is the most significant iOS update since the launch of the first-generation iPhone. iOS 7 is designed for 64-bit technology and has hundreds of exciting new features, including control center, notification center, better multitasking, AirDrop, optimized and enhanced photos, Safari, Siri, and iTunes Radio.
On September 20, Apple launched the iPhone 5s in 12 countries and regions, including mainland China for the first time. iPhone 5s sold more than 9 million units in the first week. At the end of 2013, well-known American technology media"Business Insider" compiled the "Top Ten Most Innovative Devices of the Year", and iPhone 5s was selected because of its fingerprint recognition function.
- 16GB: US$649
- 32GB: US$749
- 64GB: US$849
2014 — iPhone 6, 6 Plus
On September 10, 2014, Apple held a press conference at the Flint Theater in Cupertino, California, USA (Flint Center) Tim Cook released two new products at the beginning: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Scheduled to start on September 12, and officially listed on September 19, the first countries and regions to be listed include the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Australia, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
iPhone 6 uses a 4.7-inch screen with a resolution of 1334 × 750 pixels. It has a built-in 64-bit Apple A8 processor, which has a significant performance improvement. It is also equipped with a brand new M8 co-processor, designed for health applications; it adopts rear 8 million pixel lens, front 1.2 million pixel FaceTime HD high-definition camera; NFC function is added for the first time; it is also a three-net-com mobile phone, 4G LTE connection speed can reach 150Mbps, support up to 20 LTE frequency bands. USD 649
- 64GB::
iPhone 6
- 16GB of $ 749
- 128GB: US $ 849
iPhone 6 Plus
- 16GB: 749 USD
- 64GB: US $ 849
- 128GB: US $ 949
2015 years - iPhone 6s, 6s Plus
2015 On September 9, Apple in San Francisco, California Bill Graham Municipal Auditorium held an autumn conference to release the latest two iPhone products: iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. The size is almost the same as the previous generation, 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches, respectively, but due to the replacement of the Taptic Engine brand new vibration module, the weight and thickness of the two new machines have been slightly adjusted. The
iPhone 6s case is upgraded to 7000 series aluminum alloy, available in gold, silver, space gray, rose gold. The screen uses high-strength Ion-X glass, the processor uses the Apple A9 processor, the CPU performance is 70% higher than the A8, the graphics performance is increased by 90%, the rear camera is 12 million pixels, and the front camera is 5 million pixels. The camera focus is more accurate. CMOS uses "deep groove isolation" technology to reduce noise and supports 4K video recording. In terms of data connection, it supports an LTE network with 23 frequency bands and a Wi-Fi connection at 2 times the speed. iPhone 6s added the 3D Touch function for the first time, which can distinguish three operation modes of tapping, pressing and deep pressing, and pop-up various secondary menus and shortcut operations through force recognition.
iPhone 6s
- 16GB: 649 USD
- 64GB: 749 USD
- 128GB: 849 USD
iPhone 6s Plus
- 16GB: 749 USD
- 64GB: US$849
- 128GB: US$949
2016 — iPhone 7, 7 Plus
On September 7, 2016, Apple released two new products, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, at the Bill Graham Municipal Auditorium in California, USA. The two phones have five colors of gold, silver, rose gold, black and bright black. The Home button is newly designed as a push button, and the second-generation Tapic Engine vibration feedback is added. It also supports IP67 splash, water and dust resistance.
is equipped with a faster A10 Fusion processor, a quad-core design, and a hybrid architecture of two large and two small. The iPhone 7 series cancelled the 3.5mm headphone jack and introduced the new headset AirPods. Live Photo is powerful, and developers can also call the API of the RAW camera. The front camera is upgraded to 7 million pixels and supports anti-shake function. USD 649
- 64GB::
iPhone 7
- 16GB 749 dollars
- 128GB: US $ 849
iPhone 7 Plus
- 16GB: US $ 749
- 64GB: US $ 849
- 128GB: 949 USD
2017 years - iPhone 8,8 Plus, X
2017 On September 12, Apple in San Jose, California The Steve Jobs Theater released three new models: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X. All three devices are equipped with an A11 Bionic processor, and the iPhone X also uses a full-screen design for the first time. USD 699
- 256GB::
iPhone 8
- 64GB of $ 849
iPhone 8 Plus
- 64GB: US $ 799
- 256GB: US $ 949
iPhone X
- 64GB: US $ 999
- 256GB: US $ 1149
2018 years - iPhone XR, XS, XS Max
2018 On September 12, Apple launched three New devices, they are: iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max. All three devices are equipped with A12 Bionic processors. Compared with the previous iPhone X, iPhone XS does not have many appearance changes.
iPhone XR
- 64GB: 749 USD
- 128GB: 799 USD
- 256GB: 899 USD
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iPhone XS Max
- 64GB: US$1,099
- 256GB: US$1249
- 512GB: US$1449 11 Pro Max, the latter two Pro models are equipped with a three-lens system for the first time. USD 699
- 128GB::
iPhone 11
- 64GB of $ 749
- 256GB: US $ 849
iPhone 11 Pro
- 64GB: US $ 999
- 256GB: USD 1149
- 512GB: US $ 1349
iPhone 11 Pro Max
- 64GB: USD 1099
- 256GB: USD 1249
- 512GB: US $ 1449
2007 price of 499 early-generation iPhone 4GB In 2017, the iPhone 8 64GB was priced at US$699, and the starting price has increased by 40% in ten years. Considering inflation and hardware performance improvements, this increase is not excessive. However, with the arrival of the full-screen iPhone X, Apple raised the price to US$999, which doubled the price of the original iPhone, discouraging many buyers with insufficient budgets.
However, Apple also offers relatively low-cost full-screen iPhones: the iPhone XR last year and the iPhone 11 last year. Compared with the previous generation iPhone XR, iPhone 11 not only has its name restored, but its starting price has also been lowered. The United States has dropped from US$749 to US$699, and the domestic price has been reduced from 6,499 to 5,499, which is a reduction of 1,000 yuan, which is quite conscientious.
