There can be very few companies that have had the same kind of wallop on the modern man as Apple . From ushering in the age of true smartphones to making wearable tech that has already save people ’s lifespan , there ’s plenty that Tim Cook and bunch can be proud of as the company looks towards its fiftieth natal day in a few days ’ time .
To celebrate the remainder of the decade , we ’ve put together a timeline of the major milestones in the story of Apple .
The 1970s
April 1976 – Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs , Steve Wozniak and Ronald Rayne . The latter would betray back his share a mates of weeks later on , but the two Steves bear on with the release of theApple IPC in July of the same year .
This initial model come as a motherboard , with user needing to cater a keyboard and supervise , and build their own pillow slip !
Jan 1977 – Apple Computer Company becomes Apple Computer , Inc.
June 1977 – TheApple IIis introduced at the West Coast Computer Faire .
June 1979 – TheApple II Plusis release , replete with the Microsoft authored Applesoft Basic .
December 1979 – Jobs and other Apple employees visit Xerox Parc and discover a computer using the first Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) . Jobs now sets about adapting a exchangeable attack for future Apple PCs .
The 1980s
January 1983 – TheApple Lisais launched , the first consumer personal computer to feature a GUI . sales agreement were poor though due to an incredibly high price of around $ 10,000 ( over $ 33,000 in today ’s money ) .
April 1983 – Steve Jobs hire Pepsi - cola President John Sculley to become Apple CEO by challenging him with the question ‘ Do you want to sell sugared body of water for the rest of your life ? Or do you desire to issue forth with me and change the world ? ’ .
January 1984 – Apple introduces theMacintoshvia a landmark television receiver advert directed by Ridley Scott entitled ‘ 1984 ’ .
February 1985 – Steve Wozniak leaves Apple , note that the caller ‘ had been pass away in the wrong direction for the last five years ’ .
September 1985 – After a council chamber battle with John Sculley , Steve Jobs leave office from Apple and goes off to found NeXT Inc.
January 1986 – Macintosh Plusis release with more RAM and power than the 1984 find model .
March 1987 – Macintosh IIarrives , the first of Apple ’s computing machine to sport a colour display .
September 1989 – Apple come together out the tenner by introducing its first laptop computer in the shape of theMacintosh Portable .
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The 1990s
October 1991 – Powerbook range introduced with the Powerbook 100
September 1992 – Jony I ve joins Apple
August 1993 – TheApple Newton MessagePadis released . This Personal Digital Assistant ( PDA ) debut with a stylus and handwriting acknowledgment software . The gadget proved moderately successful and was follow by several other manakin , some of which were work on by Jony I ve .
February 1997 – After year of stagnation and falling revenue , Apple buys NeXT computers to acquire its operating system . Steve Jobs returns to Apple as part of the deal . At this pointedness Apple is almost bankrupt .
September 1997 – Steve Jobs is list Interim Chief Executive of Apple , putting him back in heraldic bearing of the the company he start . Jony I ve is promoted to senior vice prexy of industrial design .
November 1997 – PowerPC processors come the Mac batting order with the entry of thePowerbook G3andPower Macintosh G3
August 1998 – The Jony I ve era begin with the presentation of the colorful , innovative iMac G3 . contrive by I ve and Danny Coster , the iMac took the calculator universe by tempest as it take a breather life into an otherwise beige landscape .
July 1999 – Apple fold out the decade by apply its laptop computer and towers the I ve discourse with the debut of theiBook G3and shortly afterwards thePower Mac G4 .
The 2000s
January 2001 – iTunesis relinquish
May 2001 – FirstApple Storesare opened
October 2001 – Steve Jobs unveils theiPod , with the classic tagline ‘ 1000 songs in your pocket ’ .
January 2002 – iMac G4arrives with its beautiful angle - poise - lamp mode design . Still one of the best - look gadget Apple ever made .
June 2003 – Power Mac G5introduced , bringing the classical ‘ cheese - grater ’ plan .
January 2004 – iPod Miniis released .
January 2005 – The firstMac Miniarrives .
September 2005 – iPod Nanois append to the lineup , followed a calendar month later on by5th Generation iPodthat brought with it video playback capabilities for the first time .
January 2006 – Apple replace the iBook with a newMacBook . The name would also transfer by and by this year so that PowerBooks becameMacBook Pros , full with aluminium material body and MagSafe connectors .
May 2006 – Get A Mac advertising campaign begins , with sketches starring John Hodgman and Justin Long . Such was the popularity of the ads that over 60 were made and the series ran until 2009 .
August 2006 – FirstMac Progoes on sale .
January 2007 – Apple TVbrings the company ’s first venture into rain buckets TV content .
June 2007 – The moment when Apple changed the tech worldly concern forever . TheiPhoneis launched .
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January 2008 – Steve Jobs , in a bit of typic stagecraft , pulls the newMacBook Airout from inside an gasbag and a fable is born .
July 2008 – The iPhone is update to the newiPhone 3Gmodel which boasted increased net speeds thanks to the eponymous 3 G capabilities . Apple also launches theApp Store , bringing with it expanded capabilities for the iPhone and a revenue stream that would continue to uprise to this sidereal day .
January 2009 – Apple announces that after coming to correspondence with the various disc company , all track sold on the iTunes from this point on would not contain DRM protection , making them operable on devices other than those made by Apple .
Steve Jobs also told Apple that he would be take a six - month sabbatical for health reasons . A sad presage of what was to follow .
July 2009 – iPhone 3GSis launched . The last of the moldable phones for a few age .
The 2010s
April 2010 – Apple practically invents a product category and then run low on to overlook it for the next ten . The era of tablet start out with theiPad .
June 2010 – Jony I ve continues to raise the banner for the tech industriousness as the gorgeousiPhone 4is disclose to the world .
January 2011 – Mac App Storegoes live and Steve Jobs announce another leave of absence for wellness cause . Tim Cook assume irregular controller of Apple while Jobs is away .
June 2011 – iCloudis launched , with Steve Jobs taking to the stage for one final prison term .
October 2011 – iPhone 4Sis revealed , featuring the fresh HD Retina display . The launching is overshadow though by the news show that Steve Jobs , the Isle of Man who started Apple and then returned to save it , died the next day from pancreatic Crab .
March 2012 – TheiPad 3makes its launching , featuring a retina show . Curiously , it would be replaced only six months later with the more powerfuliPad 4that also saw a switch to Lightning connection .
June 2012 – Apple harbinger its first retina Mac : theMacBook Pro with Retina Display .
September 2012 – iPhone 5is launched with a taller 4 in display , denounce the first change in the projection screen size of iPhones , and the new Lightning connector .
November 2012 – iPad Miniis launched , while theiMac ( tardy 2012)appears with a new slim - logical argument unibody blueprint that remain much the same on today ’s fashion model .
September 2013 – iPhone 5Sarrives sporting the steel newTouch IDtechnology , and is accompanied by the ‘ unashamedly plastic’iPhone 5C.
November 2013 – iPad Airis set in motion .
December 2013 – Apple releases the ill - fatedMac Pro ( 2013 )
September 2014 – For the first clip Apple releases two iPhones in new size . TheiPhone 6came with a 4.7 in exhibit , while theiPhone 6 Plushad the relatively huge 5.5 in screen .
October 2014 – Apple updates its tablet mountain chain withiPad Air 2andiPad Mini 3both of which sport Touch ID . It also release the hugely impressiveiMac with 5 K Retina display .
April 2015 – TheApple Watchis launched as is the fresh ultra - slimMacBookfeaturing the controversial butterfly keyboard .
June 2015 – Apple Musicis launched
November 2015 – iPad Pro 12.9inandApple Pencilmake their debuts .
March 2016 – iPad Pro 9.7injoins the family and Apple surprises everyone with the introduction of the rather wonderfuliPhone SE .
September 2016 – iPhone 7andiPhone 7 Plusarrive , ditching the physical Home clit and phone shit , but adding sealing . bravery .
October 2016 – RedesignedMacBook ProandMacBook Pro with Touch Barare released , all sport the butterfly keyboard .
December 2016 – Apple end the year by pulling the covers off its new wireless earbuds , the now ubiquitousAirPods .
March 2017 – A unexampled , cheaperiPadis launched follow a match of calendar month later with an update to theiPad Pro 12.9inand the introduction of a new sizing with theiPad Pro 10.2 in .
September 2017 – The newApple tv set 4Kbrought cyclosis into sharp pellucidity , while theApple Watch Series 3saw the introduction of LTE connectivity , and theiPhone 8and8 Plusmodels added wireless charging to the smartphone ’s bag of trick .
October 2017 – To celebrate a decade of iPhones , Apple pulled out all the occlusive and presented theiPhone Xto the populace . enormously expensive and evenly impressive . confront ID , gesture control , and oh yes , the notch .
December 2017 – But that was not all , as Apple snuck in the release of a minuscule thing forebode theiMac Probefore Christmas . Black was back .
February 2018 – Continuing its passion affair with music , Apple establish the bombastic and fantasticHomePod .
August 2018 – Apple becomes the first in public traded company to be valued at $ 1trillion dollars .
September 2018 – A large display graced theApple Watch Series 4 , while theiPhone XsandiPhone Xs Maxbrought the splendor of the iPhone X to unlike sizing . These were swiftly followed by the marginally cheaperiPhone XR .
November 2018 – Not slaked with all these wealth , a newApple Pencilwas thrust upon the unsuspicious world , as where the dear but very niceyiPad Pro 11inandiPad Pro 12.9in . Plus there were redesigns for two stalwarts , as theMacBook AirandMac Minimade a comeback .
March 2019 – As the 2010s draw to a tight Apple went on a cathexis to update an innovate . A newiPad Airwas launched , bridging the gap between the budget iPad and expensive Pros , while theAirPodsgot an update to admit wireless charging .
May 2019 – TheiPod Touch , yes iPod Touch , receives an update . No , we do n’t know why either !
June 2019 – Jony I ve announces that he will be leaving Apple before the end of the yr to start his own independent invention company .
September 2019 – Alongside theApple Watch 5 , Apple introduces three new iPhones , theiPhone 11,iPhone 11 ProandiPhone 11 Pro Max . get triple television camera to the Pros while the iPhone 11 was blessed with two-fold shooters .
November 2019 – In what feels like an unintended tribute to Steve Jobs , Apple had one more thing before the 10 end . TheAirPod Prosmade their way to the stage , with noise cancel technology , IPX4 waterproofing , an adaptive EQ , and price that made the standard AirPods face flashy .
Now as the 2020s begin , we wonder what Apple will add to its impressive tally ? Take a tone at ourNew Apple product foretelling for 2020to feel out .
