September 22, 2017
iPhone 8 released
Apple began selling the iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. 8 on September 22, 2017 — adding wireless charging and the A11 Bionic chip in a familiar design.
What it was for
The iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. 8 refined the classic home-button iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. while Apple bet the design future on iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. X. Developers still targeted iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. 8 class hardware as the conservative baseline through 2018.
Companies
- Apple
Why it's here
The iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. 8 was the last iteration of the classic Touch ID iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. form.
Why it mattered
Wireless charging and A11 performance kept a familiar target for iOSApple's mobile operating system — runs iPhone and iPad with a sandboxed app ecosystem. developers during the X transition.
What it solved
Users wanted wireless charging without giving up the established home-button UX.
Media
- ImageIPhone 8
Rafael Fernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Related
- iPhone goes on saleJune 29, 2007
- iPhone 7 releasedSeptember 16, 2016
- iPhone X releasedNovember 3, 2017
- Android announcedNovember 5, 2007
- T-Mobile G1 releasedOctober 22, 2008
- Samsung Galaxy S releasedJune 4, 2010