Google successfully started over on their Android project, and designed it for mass adoption by carriers and phone hardware manufacturers. Today, iOS and Android account for 99% of smartphones used worldwide. IPhone 6s’s interior; the left half contains the display and the right half contains hardware and batteryOnly Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers are allowed by Apple to perform genuine replacements. Apple has taken steps to make third-party repairs more difficult.
- IPhone sales grew continuously year-over-year since its introduction until Q2 FY2016.
- The iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max additionally introduced smoother adaptive 120 Hz refresh rate “ProMotion” technology in its OLED display, and three-times optical zoom in the telephoto lens.
- Apple’s 6.7-inch iPhone 15 Pro Max got the same glow-up treatment as the smaller iPhone 15 Pro, complete with a lighter titanium build and a new shortcuts button.
- As of January 2017, Apple’s App Store contained more than 2.2 million applications for the iPhone.
IOS 17 can run on Apple phones as old as 2018’s iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and XR. Compare that to Samsung, which offers four generations of Android version upgrades and five years of security updates. Every iPhone Apple sells has an IP rating for dust and water resistance. Newer models also have Ceramic Shield, a glass/ceramic hybrid, that covers the display and is very durable.