It is five years now since the first iPhone was released on 29th June 2007. In these 5 years, iPhone is the biggest variable in technology industry on this planet. It brings revolutionary change to many industries including the mobile phone, communication and Internet. It brings us into the era of mobile web. BuzzFeed collected a series of pictures to summarize the changes brought to us by iPhone in these 5 years. Here are some of them.

1. Apple is the most valuable company in the world

In August 2011, Apple overtook Exxon Mobil as the world's most valuable company with a market value of 402 billion US dollars. In April 2012, Apple's market value was more than 600 billion US dollars, it was only two months since its market value was over 500 billion US dollars.

2. Apple changed the US telecommunication industry

AT&T and T-Mobile were the 2nd and 4th largest mobile service provider in US. In 2007, Apple cooperated with AT&T, later users of AT&T increased drastically. In contrast, other mobile service providers are severely affected, T-Mobile is the most affected mobile service provider.

3. RIM is in danger

The iPhone has changed the rule of the game in smartphone industry. RIM's market value lose 94% in four years. Now Apple's market value is around 100 times of RIM's market value. 

4. Nokia is in huge trouble

Nokia took 10 years to be the king of mobile phone industry. But only in 3 years Nokia is fast fading because of iPhone. Relative to the ostrich defense of RIM, Nokia is not without response, abandon Symbian, MeeGo, in cooperation with Microsoft to switch to Windows Phone, restructuring, layoffs. In the past few years Nokia was frustrated because of Apple's iPhone and the subsequent Google Andriod.

5. News about Apple are most concerned

News about Apple on all tech websites are usually the most popular news, no matter they are true or not, even rumors. At the same time, WWDC is also becoming the most attractive developer conference in the world.

6. Touchscreens are everywhere

7. The word "App" is everywhere

Before iPhone, almost no one used the word "APP". Now, we can find this word everywhere on the Internet.

8. The fall of digital camera

9. Nobody likes Flash anymore

iPhone didn't support Flash when it was first released even though Flash was very popular at that time. Later iPad didn't support it ,either. The newly released Google Android 4.1 Jelly Bean doesn't support Flash as well. Flash is dying.

10. We are starting to pay attention to where our gadgets come from

iPhone makes Foxconn a world known company. Before iPhone, there is almost no one concerning about this company which assembles Apple's products. 
 
Reference : http://www.geekpark.net/read/view/160581