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When Apple launched its first handset, the original iPhone, in 2007, it changed the rules of the cellphone game. The iPhone brought Apple’s legendary design and marketing prowess to shake up the smartphone space, which at that time was very new. Apple was not the first to launch phones with touchscreens, integrated application stores and innovative user interfaces, but the iPhone made these features into smartphone essentials. Most vendors copied its hallmarks, and those which did not do this effectively – notably Nokia – found themselves out of fashion. The iPhone has propelled Apple into the top three in the smartphone market and top five in handsets overall, though it is now under intense pressure from models running Android. As well as popularizing the touchscreen and app store, the iPhone was significant for the exclusive deals Apple signed with some early carriers, notably AT&T in the US and O2 in the UK. These operators gained high growth in subscriber numbers and ARPU because of their deals, though they came at the cost of hefty subsidies. Nearly all the exclusives have now ended, and Verizon Wireless launched its own iPhone in 2011.
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Like an over-achieving student, Apple was determined to erase memories of its unusually disappointing September quarter, delivering record revenues in its first fiscal quarter of 2012, and one of the ...
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iPhone 5 may not launch until the autumn
21 February, 2012
Reports indicate Apple will stick with the 4S's timeframe, while also preparing revamp of iTunes and App Store
Apple topped 2011 smartphone table says Gartner
15 February, 2012
In terms of end user sales, iPhone pipped Samsung to post, while the Korean firm closed on Nokia in overall handset space
iPhone brings mixed blessings to Sprint
8 February, 2012
Apple device boosts postpaid user base by 720,000, but high subsidies help to increase losses, along with 4G transition
New Chinese deals could shift 57m more iPhones
31 January, 2012
Morgan Stanley believes Apple could achieve AT&T levels of penetration if it can sign China Mobile and Telecom this year
TMo failure leaves hole in AT&T's fourth quarter
26 January, 2012
iPhone accounts for 80% of its new smartphone customers as it hits new records for high end devices
Yet more US lawsuits added in Apple-Android war
26 January, 2012
Motorola Mobility files suit in Florida against iPhone 4S and iCloud, while Apple looks to step up pressure on HTC
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