Despite being Apple’s first mobile phone offering, the iPhone was a huge step forward in the mobile phone market and put Apple ahead of all of its rival manufacturers. Although other manufacturers such as BlackBerry have caught up with Apple to a degree, the iPhone had already cemented its place at the head of the market thanks to the App Store. The App Store was an idea introduced by Apple and copied by others since which lets phone users download additional features to their phone.
The App Store can be downloaded onto people’s computers so that they can browse the many different applications before downloading them and installing them on their phone. The variation of applications in the App Store is huge and the cost of the applications also varies significantly. While many applications are free, some can cost a few hundred pounds. The choice is of applications with thousands and thousands available means there is someone for everyone.
It is this ability for iPhone users to create their own perfect phone which has allowed the iPhone reach such a level of success as they can install only the features which they want to. Applications which are no longer wanted can be deleted at the touch of a button until they are wanted once again. People aren’t limited either as the iPhone can hold a staggering number of applications in its memory.
There is a lot of variation in the type of application as some are simple games designed for a bit of fun while some are designed for a specific professional purpose. The number of different games is endless and it is this huge choice which has made the App Store and the iPhone itself such a huge success. While some might just want to play some games on their phone, others can get much more from the phone too.
The more useful applications on the phone are things such as satellite navigation systems, The Guardian newspaper and even song recognition applications which record a soundbite and then tell the phone user the song, artist and album. Although the iPhone is a piece of design brilliance, it is the individuality which people can have thanks to applications which has made it successful.
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