A Decade of iPhone & iOS in 40 minutes
summary
A fast timeline from 2007 to 2018: the original iPhone ships June 2007 and sells millions; App Store and SDK arrive 2008 and create a new market; Objective‑C dominates until ARC standing ovation removes manual memory pain; CocoaPods and AFNetworking become de facto tools; Swift debuts 2014 and is Swift open sourced in 2015; React Native appears 2015; App Store peaks ~2.1M apps while device installs pass ~1.25B; iOS 11 forces 64‑bit cleanup and adds ARKit and Core ML, exposing real platform limits and business pain for small developers.
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chapters (25)
- 0:00Introduction and thanks
- 1:06Early iPhone origins
- 3:40iPhone as post-PC device
- 5:46iPhone OS 1.0 limitations
- 7:17App Store announcement
- 8:42iPhone OS 2.0 and SDK
- 10:49NDA and developer struggles
- 12:57iOS 3.0 and iPad launch
- 15:48Platform competition and controversies
- 16:30iOS 4 and ARC revolution
- 18:25App Store growth and ecosystem
- 20:37Mac App Store and legal issues
- 22:03iPhone 4s and Siri debut
- 23:31Steve Jobs passing
- 24:35iOS 6 and Apple Maps
- 26:21Objective-C and skeuomorphism
- 27:47iOS 7 redesign controversy
- 30:13Swift announcement and iOS 8
- 32:20Apple Watch and Apple Pay
- 34:10iPad Pro and Swift open source
- 36:15iPhone 7 and App Store blues
- 38:42iOS 11 and 64-bit transition
- 40:50iPhone X and notch controversy
- 42:17iPhone impact on society
- 45:46Developer responsibility and conclusion
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