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Production of iphone

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Up to the  iPhone 4 , all iPhones and other devices, such as  iPod Touch  models and  iPads , were manufactured by  Foxconn , based in  Taiwan . In 2011, new CEO  Tim Cook  changed Apple's manufacturing strategy to diversify its suppliers. The  iPhone 4S  in 2012 was the first model to be manufactured simultaneously by two stand-alone companies: Foxconn and  Pegatron , the latter also based in Taiwan. Although Foxconn still produces more iPhones, Pegatron's orders have been slowly increased: the company made part of the  iPhone 5C line in 2013, and 30% of  iPhone 6  devices in 2014. The 6 Plus model was produced solely by Foxconn. [55]  In 2019, Apple investigated reports that some Foxconn managers had used rejected parts to build iPhones. [56]  In  India , Apple pays  Wistron , a Taiwan-based manufacturer with a plant near  Bangalore , to assemble iPhones to sell in the region. [57] In 2022, Apple announced that a portion of  iPhone 14  would be manufactured in  Tamil Nadu , 
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History of iPhones

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Development of an Apple smartphone began in 2004, when Apple started to gather a team of 1,000 employees led by hardware engineer, software engineer, and design officer to work on the highly confidential "Project Purple". Then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs steered the original focus away from a tablet (which was later revisited in the form of the) towards a phone. []  uApple created the device during a secretive collaboration with (later renamed at an estimated development cost of US$150 million over thirty months. [10]  According to Jobs in 1998, the "i" word in "iMac" (and thereafter "iPod", "iPhone" and "iPad") stands for internet, individual, instruct, inform, and inspire. [11] [12] Apple rejected the " design by committee " approach that had yielded the  Motorola ROKR E1 , a largely unsuccessful "iTunes phone" made in collaboration with  Motorola . Among other deficiencies, the ROKR E1's firmware limited st
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iPhone

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  iPhone  The  iPhone  is a line of  smartphones  produced by  Apple Inc.  that use Apple's own  iOS   mobile operating system . The  first-generation iPhone  was announced by then-Apple CEO  Steve Jobs  on January 9, 2007. Since then, Apple has annually released new  iPhone models  and iOS updates. As of November 1, 2018, more than 2.2 billion iPhones had been sold. As of 2022, the iPhone accounts for 15.6% of global smartphone market share. [3] The iPhone was the first mobile phone to use  multi-touch  technology. [4]  Since the iPhone's launch, it gained larger screen sizes,  video-recording ,  waterproofing , and many  accessibility  features. Up to  iPhone 8  and 8 Plus, iPhones had a single button on the front panel with the  Touch ID  fingerprint sensor. Since  iPhone X , iPhone models have switched to a nearly  bezel -less front screen design with  Face ID  facial recognition, and app switching activated by gestures. Touch ID is still used for the budget  iPhone SE  ser
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