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Original iPhone (2007)

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Original iPhone (2007)

The device that started the smartphone revolution/Everyday Objects

When Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone in January 2007, it had no App Store, no copy-paste, no 3G, and no front-facing camera. What it did have was a multi-touch screen and the audacity to charge $499 for a phone. It sold 6.1 million units and permanently rearranged the tech industry. By modern standards it is a charming paperweight with a 2-megapixel camera.

Measurements

Weight1.4 tenths kg
1.35Newborn pandas
397 millionthsEmpty hot tubs

135 grams

Height1.2 tenths m
89.8 millionthsBridge spans
958,333Coronaviruses
1,643Human hairs

115 mm

Width6.1 hundredths m
863 millionthsBoeing 747 lengths
2 hundredthsDiving boards
2.02AirPod lengths

61 mm

Thickness1.2 hundredths m
1.5 tenthsHat brim widths
32.2 sextillionthsOrion Nebula diameters
166Human hairs

11.6 mm; chunky by today's standards

Screen area4 thousandths m²
2.9 thousandthsOffice desks
4,000Pinheads
2 tenthsSubway tiles

3.5-inch display diagonal

Max storage8.6 billion bytes
1,718PowerPoint files
117,671Copies of the Bee Movie script
143Podcast episodes

8 GB model

Battery capacity20,520 J
570 millionthsHousehold power days
205 millionKey presses

1400 mAh at 3.7V = 5.7 Wh

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