The iPhone is officially 10 years old today – on Jan 9, 2007, at a Macworld event, Steve Jobs stood on stage and unveiled the device that heralded the smartphone age. We’ve compiled a list of things that have changed as a direct result of the introduction of the iPhone. Ten years since the introduction of the iPhone, the smartphone has effectively killed the market for standalone music players, including Apple’s own iPod line and Apple hasn’t updated the iPod Touch for a number of years now. And the downward trend for compact camera sales have continued ever since, with each subsequent smartphone offering higher-quality cameras. The rise of ride-hailingIt’s fair to say that without the iPhone 3G and other smartphones since and their built-in GPS, apps like Uber and Grab would not have existed.

Source: The Star January 09, 2017 09:18 UTC