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So I did some research after looking at the "iPhone 13s are a bit overrated" and that is 100% true its just a 12s with a small notch and a recycled display from the iPad pros call it what you want. Battery and camera are not "Ground breaking" you would expected that every year ....
There has been 33 releases of the iPhone and a few with Major changes that would expect as we have seen this trend with apple since the start.
All the dates are the year they may not be exact but they are either the Launch of the phone or the keynote !!
If any are very wrong just reply and I will fix
So here we have a list of the iPhones all grouped by year and release dates and we can see a trend
At every "Design and Change there will be a line so we no what was changed" and I am excluding chips cameras and battery and sensors etc. As that would be added each year of course .
So why did I make this and spend time on it ??
Well I wanted to know where the "Major" changes of the iPhone were at and how long it took them to remove a feature.
1 iPhone (LAUNCH - January 9th, 2007) ------------------------------- First release first design - 1Year
2 iPhone 3G (LAUNCH - June 9th, 2008) ------------------------------- First design of the iPhone that has been changed since the start
3 iPhone 3GS (LAUNCH - June 9th, 2008)
4 iPhone 4 (LAUNCH - June 24th, 2010)
5 iPhone 4S (LAUNCH - October 14th, 2011)
6 iPhone 5 (LAUNCH - September 21st, 2012)
7 iPhone 5c (LAUNCH - September 20th, 2013)
8 iPhone 5s (LAUNCH - September 20th, 2013) ------------------------------- Introduction of TouchID
9 iPhone 6 (LAUNCH - September 19th, 2014)
10 iPhone 6 Plus (LAUNCH - September 19th, 2014) ------------------------------- New "Plus" Bigger size of screen
11 iPhone 6s (LAUNCH - September 25th, 2015) ------------------------------- Introduction of 3D Touch same design
12 iPhone 6s Plus (LAUNCH - September 25th, 2015)
13 iPhone SE (1st generation) (LAUNCH - March 31st, 2016) ------------------------------- Introduction to a budget iPhone
14 iPhone 7 (LAUNCH - September 16th, 2016) ------------------------------- Removal of the Headphone jack
15 iPhone 7 Plus (LAUNCH - September 16th, 2016)
16 iPhone 8 (LAUNCH - September 22nd, 2017)
17 iPhone 8 Plus (LAUNCH - September 22nd, 2017)
18 iPhone X (LAUNCH - September 22nd, 2017) ------------------------------- First major overhaul of the iPhone since 2007 - 10 Years and introduction to FaceID and removal of TouchID - 4Years
19 iPhone XR (LAUNCH - September 21st, 2018)
20 iPhone XS (LAUNCH - September 21st, 2018)
21 iPhone XS Max (LAUNCH - September 21st, 2018)
22 iPhone 11 (LAUNCH - September 20th, 2019)
23 iPhone 11 Pro (LAUNCH - September 20th, 2019)
24 iPhone 11 Pro Max (LAUNCH - September 20th, 2019)
25 iPhone SE (2nd generation) (LAUNCH - April 15th, 2020) ------------------------------- Budget iPhone with TouchID
26 iPhone 12 mini (LAUNCH - October 13th, 2020)
27 iPhone 12 (LAUNCH - October 13th, 2020)
28 iPhone 12 Pro (LAUNCH - October 13th, 2020)
29 iPhone 12 Pro Max (LAUNCH - October 13th, 2020)
30 iPhone 13 mini (LAUNCH - September 24th, 2021)
31 iPhone 13 (LAUNCH - September 24th, 2021)
32 iPhone 13 Pro (LAUNCH - September 24th, 2021)
33 iPhone 13 Pro Max (LAUNCH - September 24th, 2021) ------------------------------- Promotion Display added and smaller notch since X 4Years
So looking at all the years and features
From 2007 - 2013 it took them 6 Years to add a "new auth" method into the phone
From 2013 - 2016 - Every year we see something new or get removed or changed on an iPhone
BUT
From 2017 - 2021 4Y We see the same design with a smaller change on the iPhone 13.
Looking at the iPhone 14 or what's ahead it would make the iPhone 14 5Y "Since a design change" in 2013 we saw the Introduction of touchID. Could we see TouchID come back on the 14 👀
Let me know what you think as I said before the dates may not be right and may be a couple days off but the years and months are right
Timeline will be updated every year
Let me know your thoughts
So I did some research after looking at the "iPhone 13s are a bit overrated" and that is 100% true its just a 12s with a small notch and a recycled display from the iPad pros call it what you want. Battery and camera are not "Ground breaking" you would expected that every year ....
There has been 33 releases of the iPhone and a few with Major changes that would expect as we have seen this trend with apple since the start.
All the dates are the year they may not be exact but they are either the Launch of the phone or the keynote !!
If any are very wrong just reply and I will fix
So here we have a list of the iPhones all grouped by year and release dates and we can see a trend
At every "Design and Change there will be a line so we no what was changed" and I am excluding chips cameras and battery and sensors etc. As that would be added each year of course .
So why did I make this and spend time on it ??
Well I wanted to know where the "Major" changes of the iPhone were at and how long it took them to remove a feature.
1 iPhone (LAUNCH - January 9th, 2007) ------------------------------- First release first design - 1Year
2 iPhone 3G (LAUNCH - June 9th, 2008) ------------------------------- First design of the iPhone that has been changed since the start
3 iPhone 3GS (LAUNCH - June 9th, 2008)
4 iPhone 4 (LAUNCH - June 24th, 2010)
5 iPhone 4S (LAUNCH - October 14th, 2011)
6 iPhone 5 (LAUNCH - September 21st, 2012)
7 iPhone 5c (LAUNCH - September 20th, 2013)
8 iPhone 5s (LAUNCH - September 20th, 2013) ------------------------------- Introduction of TouchID
9 iPhone 6 (LAUNCH - September 19th, 2014)
10 iPhone 6 Plus (LAUNCH - September 19th, 2014) ------------------------------- New "Plus" Bigger size of screen
11 iPhone 6s (LAUNCH - September 25th, 2015) ------------------------------- Introduction of 3D Touch same design
12 iPhone 6s Plus (LAUNCH - September 25th, 2015)
13 iPhone SE (1st generation) (LAUNCH - March 31st, 2016) ------------------------------- Introduction to a budget iPhone
14 iPhone 7 (LAUNCH - September 16th, 2016) ------------------------------- Removal of the Headphone jack
15 iPhone 7 Plus (LAUNCH - September 16th, 2016)
16 iPhone 8 (LAUNCH - September 22nd, 2017)
17 iPhone 8 Plus (LAUNCH - September 22nd, 2017)
18 iPhone X (LAUNCH - September 22nd, 2017) ------------------------------- First major overhaul of the iPhone since 2007 - 10 Years and introduction to FaceID and removal of TouchID - 4Years
19 iPhone XR (LAUNCH - September 21st, 2018)
20 iPhone XS (LAUNCH - September 21st, 2018)
21 iPhone XS Max (LAUNCH - September 21st, 2018)
22 iPhone 11 (LAUNCH - September 20th, 2019)
23 iPhone 11 Pro (LAUNCH - September 20th, 2019)
24 iPhone 11 Pro Max (LAUNCH - September 20th, 2019)
25 iPhone SE (2nd generation) (LAUNCH - April 15th, 2020) ------------------------------- Budget iPhone with TouchID
26 iPhone 12 mini (LAUNCH - October 13th, 2020)
27 iPhone 12 (LAUNCH - October 13th, 2020)
28 iPhone 12 Pro (LAUNCH - October 13th, 2020)
29 iPhone 12 Pro Max (LAUNCH - October 13th, 2020)
30 iPhone 13 mini (LAUNCH - September 24th, 2021)
31 iPhone 13 (LAUNCH - September 24th, 2021)
32 iPhone 13 Pro (LAUNCH - September 24th, 2021)
33 iPhone 13 Pro Max (LAUNCH - September 24th, 2021) ------------------------------- Promotion Display added and smaller notch since X 4Years
So looking at all the years and features
From 2007 - 2013 it took them 6 Years to add a "new auth" method into the phone
From 2013 - 2016 - Every year we see something new or get removed or changed on an iPhone
BUT
From 2017 - 2021 4Y We see the same design with a smaller change on the iPhone 13.
Looking at the iPhone 14 or what's ahead it would make the iPhone 14 5Y "Since a design change" in 2013 we saw the Introduction of touchID. Could we see TouchID come back on the 14 👀
Let me know what you think as I said before the dates may not be right and may be a couple days off but the years and months are right
Timeline will be updated every year
Let me know your thoughts
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