Apple

When you think of phones, or computers, you usually think of Apple, Huawei or Samsung. However, out of these three, two of them have only recently started developing well, and one of them was the first. This was Apple. As the rivalry between phone companies heat up, there is no better time to write about Apple.

Apple was originally founded by engineers Steve Jobs in and Steve Wozniak, in 1976. It was originally a computer company, as back then, smartphones weren’t even thought of. Their first products, were old styled computers, known as the Apple I, Apple II, and Apple III. However, their first large success was with the Macintosh, which was advertised in Super Bowl XVIII. The first thing that looked something like a laptop was made in 1991. The actual macbook was made in 2006.

It wasn’t until 2007 that the first iPhone was released. When it was released, it was a major hit, and it sold 270,000 phones in the first 30 hours. Apple would go on to invent many more things, sending it to more and more economical growth. Apple’s idea of smartphones would inspire companies all around the world to make more and more of them, such as Huawei and Samsung. It would keep developing underneath the watch of the founder Steve Jobs. That is, until Steve Jobs died in 2011.

After Steve Jobs died, Tim Cook became the owner. However, Cook didn’t do anything major for the company and the world, unlike Jobs. Most of the gadgets invented from that point on being upgrades to previous ideas that Jobs had come up with. The one exception being the Apple Watch, which was put on sales in 2014.

Slowly, after Jobs died, companies such as Huawei and Samsung started catching up. Right now, Apple sits in number 3 spot, behind Samsung, which caught up quite a while ago, and Huawei, who only overtook apple recently.

Even though it is no longer the king of phones, it will remain at the top of the list for a long time. Even though Samsung and Huawei earn more money from phones, they still make better computers, iPads, and watches. Also, people will always remember Apple as the creator of smartphones, and the modern day laptop.