The original Apple iPhone, that later went down in history books as the iPhone 2G, went on sale on June 29 2007 but was announced 12 years ago on January 9 2007 at Macworld. Since then we've seen 11 more generations of iPhones - the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4, the iPhone 5, the iPhone 5S/5C, the iPhone 6/6 Plus, the iPhone 6S/6S Plus, the iPhone 7/7 Plus/SE, the iPhone X/8/8 Plus and finally the iPhone XS/XS Max/XR. This is arguably the best known smartphone family ever, but there's always something to add to the picture and just to prove that here come the latest...
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