![]() ![]() The first ever Tech21 products made to support a Samsung device were a wallet case to support the Galaxy Tab (Samsung’s first tablet), followed by a case for the Samsung Galaxy SII phone. Tech21 has been there from the start, developing phone cases and coevrs for iPhones since 2007 and Samsung Galaxy cases that protect against drops, scuffs and scratches since 2010. Since the launch of these world-changing devices, smartphones have become more and more important to all of us in so many aspects of our everyday lives and it’s increasingly vital to keep them protected at all costs. Tech21’s protective cases and covers for Apple iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones It also included headphone sockets – a huge selling point over a decade ago. It had a 5MP single camera and 128 MB of RAM/8GB of expandable storage as well as a suite of mobile Google services including Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, MP3s (yes, it did support iTunes) and a Beta version of Spotify. The original Galaxy phone was a small (4.5 x 2.2 inches) device that made use of touch screen technology. The first Samsung Galaxy phone went on sale on 29 June, 2009. ![]() Shortly after, Samsung announced the launch of the Galaxy GT-17500 – an Android smartphone that kicked off over a decade of bestselling Galaxy series smartphones. Google finished their acquisition of the mobile operating system Android in 2005 and the Open Handset Alliance (a consortium of tech companies also including HTC, Motorola and Samsung) was formed in late 2007. A breakthrough event in so many ways, the release of the iPhone 1 set Apple on its current course and news of their latest generation iPhone is still one of the company’s key events – no wonder when it’s estimated the iPhone 12 series has sold over 100 million units. The original iPhone was initially sold for $499 (4GB) or $599 (8GB) but the price point did not put many off with Apple selling 1.9 million phones in 2007. There were no third party-apps, however, as the App Store did not arrive until the Second Generation was launched with the iPhone 3G a year later. The first iPhone ran the iPhone Operating System – now known as iOS – and featured visual voicemails, multi-touch gestures, email, Safari web, an iPod player, a YouTube app and GPS-enabled weather forecasts. Just six weeks before the device was due on sale, Jobs scratched his personal iPhone’s screen and demanded the plastic screen be replaced with something tougher – which is where the glass screen came in. The iPhone’s launch wasn’t without hiccups. Inevitably, there were queues and stock shortages as tech fans vied to get their hands on this game-changing device… Two years later, in 2009, Samsung released their first Galaxy phone on the same date – the first device to run Google’s brand new Android operating system. ![]() Six months after Jobs made this announcement, the original iPhone went on sale to the general public of the United States on 29 June, 2007. "Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone." Steve Jobs, MacWorld, San Francisco. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |