Which came first, the iPhone or the United States?
the United States came first, by 231 years. The Declaration of Independence was adopted.
Side by side
| the iPhone | the United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 2007 | 1776 |
| Date | 2007-06-29 | 1776-07-04 |
| Category | technology | country |
| What happened | The first iPhone went on sale after a January announcement. | The Declaration of Independence was adopted. |
the iPhone
Announced on 9 January 2007 and on sale from 29 June, the first iPhone had no app store, no copy and paste, no 3G and no video recording. The App Store arrived over a year later in July 2008. Android Inc. had been founded in 2003, four years before the iPhone, but the first Android phone shipped fifteen months after it.
the United States
The date used here is the Declaration, 4 July 1776, which is the one people mean. Two others have equal claim: Britain recognised independence in 1783, and the Constitution took effect in 1789, so the current government is younger than the country by thirteen years. The United States is older as a state than Germany (1871), Italy (1861), Canada (1867) and modern Japan (1868).
Common questions
- Which came first, the iPhone or the United States?
- the United States, by 231 years — 1776 against 2007.
- When did the iPhone start?
- 2007. The first iPhone went on sale after a January announcement.
- When did the United States start?
- 1776. The Declaration of Independence was adopted.
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Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)