MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY (MAURITIUS BRANCH CAMPUS) School of Engineering and Information Science FACTORS THAT MADE APPLE iPHONE SUCCESSFUL From its Hardware, Operating System, to its User interface By Musa Maryam (M00424932) and Ogirinye Mcjerry (M00424931) CCM4320 NETWORK SYSTEMS AND SERVICE Lecturer: Dr Visham Ramsurrun
OVERVIEW HISTORY WHAT IS AN iPHONE? APPLE iPHONE HARDWARE APPLE OPERATING SYSTEM APPLICATION SOFTWARES APPLE STORE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUTURE OF iPHONE CONCLUSION REFERENCES 18/3/2013
Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in “ Cupertino, California” The company was founded on April 1, 1976, and incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. on January 3, 1977. The word "Computer" was removed from its name on January 9, 2007, reflecting its shifted focus towards consumer electronics after the introduction of the iPhone.
Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod music player, the iPhone smartphone, and the iPad tablet computer. Dougherty, 2010 - Apple third party partnership with AT&T enables them to venture into networking solution, content and application
An iPhone is a Smartphone (mobile phone) or handheld computer, equipped with web browsing, email, music playback and the ability to run applications. The Apple iPhone is one of the mobile handset that has a virtual keyboard in place of physical keyboard. The founder and also the CEO of Apple Inc was the first to bring the idea of the original iPhone The iPhone has the ability to handle various types wireless signal; GSM used for phone calls; while GPRS, 3G and EDGE are for mobile internet access; Wi-Fi is for public hotspots and houses internet access
The Apple iPhone 4 and 4s has an attractive liquid crystal display with 3.5-inch screen size, 4.5 inches height, 2.31 inches in width and 0.37inch depth. The Apple iPhone 4 and 4s screen have 326 PPI (Pixel per inch) pixel density and 960x640 pixel dimensions within 3.5” inch per second (IPS) display (Shanklin, 2012). IPhone 4 has a high pixel density that makes it very difficult for the human eye to differentiate or notice individual pixels, as a result Apple name it "retina Display” 5c and 5s have 4 inches (diagonal) screen size multi touch display. iPhone 5c has 4.90 inches height, 2.33 inches in width and 0.35 inches depth, while iPhone 5s have 4.87 inch height, 2.31 inch width, 0.30 inch depth. iPhone 5c and 5s has 4 inches per second display with 1136x640 pixel dimensions and 326 PPI (Shanklin, 2013).
iPhone 5s iPhone 5c iPhones Dimensions Source:www.gizmag.com/iphone-5-vs-iphone-4s-vs-iphone-4/24351/
iPHONE 4 and 4s iPHONE 5c and 5s
COMPARISM BETWEEN iPHONE 4 vs 4s vs 5c vs 5s iPHONE 4 4s 5c 5s DISPLAY 3.5 3.5 4 4 RESOLUTION 960x640 960x640 1136x640 1136x640 PROCESSOR Apple A4 Apple A5 Apple A6 Apple A7, M7 MOTION PROCESSOR CORES SINGLE CORE DUAL CORE DUAL CORE DUAL CORE STORAGE 8 GB 16, 32 GB 16, 32 GB 16, 32, 64 GB RAM 512MB 512MB 1G 1G GSM/EDGE YES/NO YES YES YES BATTERY (MUSIC) 40HOURS 40HOURS BATTERY(VIDEO) 10HOURS 10HOURS STAND BY 300HO0URS 200HOURS 250HOURS 250HOURS Talk Time (3G) 7 Hours 8 Hours 8 Hours 10 hours
COMPARISM BETWEEN iPHONE 4 vs 4s vs 5c vs 5s BATTERY (Web - 3G) 6 Hours 6 Hours 8 Hours 8 HOURS BATTERY (Wi-Fi/LTE) 10 Hours 9 Hours 10 Hours 10/10 HOURS Siri Support NO YES YES YES SIM Card Micro/None Micro Nano Nano CONNECTOR Dock (30-Pin) Dock (30-Pin) Lightning Lightening HEADPHONE JACK Top-Mounted Top-Mounted Bottom Mounted Botton Mounted Original OS iOS 4.0/4.3 iOS 5 iOS 6 iOS7 STILL CAMERA 5 Megapixels 8 Megapixels 8 Megapixels 8 Megapixels VIDEO CAMERA 720p 1080p 1080p 1080p FACE TIME CAMERA VGA VGA 720p 720p MATERIALS Glass/Steel Glass/Steel Glass/Aluminum MATERIALS DIMENSIONS 4.5 x 2.31 x 4.5 x 2.31 x 0.37* 4.90x 2.33 x 0.35* 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30* 0.37* WEIGHT 4.8 oz. (137 g) 4.9 oz. (140 g) 3.95 oz. (112 g) WEIGHT MODEL NO: A1332/A1349 A1387 A1428/A1429 MODEL NO:
APPLE OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE Mac OS X: is the operating system used by Apple for their Desktop and laptops such as MacBookPro, iMac , MacBookAir etc. It is an open source software based on UNIX platform. Mac OS X user interface is based on point and click (mouse/track pad) and a CPU architecture based on Intel, and Intel-based chips are big, high power consumption and hot, expensive, as compared to ARM-based chips . Bower 2011 One of the features of Mac OS X software is the high performance due to its high speed
APPLE OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE Cont. iOS SOFTWARE : The Mobile operating system (OS) was launched by Apple Inc. The Apple iPhone iOS user interface is based on a touch screen and the CPU architecture is based on ARM – based chip, which is smaller, low power consumption and cooler, and cheaper as compared to Intel architecture. - Bower, 2011 The new version (iOS 7) was released on 18 th september 2013 (Phone Arena.com, 2013) and now update to iOS7.1 on the 10 March 2104 (Molen B, 2014) is compatible with iPhone 3Gs, 4s, 4, iPod touch (4 th generation), iPod touch (5 th generation), iPad 2, iPad with retina display and iPad mini
APPLE OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE Cont. The iPhone has the ability to handle various types wireless signal; GSM used for phone calls; while GPRS, 3G and EDGE are for mobile internet access; Wi-Fi is for public hotspots and houses internet access ARM processor. Intel Chip A7 processor Source: www.maximumpc.com Source: www.venturebeat.com Source: www.ibtimes.com
APPLE APPLICATION SOFTWARE Cont. iLife 2011 : is the application suite that contains customer- oriented digital lifestyle. The features of iLife suit are; iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, GarageBand and iWeb. iWork: : is an application that allows users to create, present and publish documents, presentations and spreadsheets. In addition, it allows the user to share that document with people via iCloud Mail. (Apple Inc, 2011). Maps : The map in an iPhone is an application with very sharp text and graphic that is very well detailed. Zooming remain smooth and have a spoken turn-by-turn direction (which is a guide to the user in both visual and spoken manner). MAPS in iPhone
APPLE APPLICATION SOFTWARE Cont. Siri: Siri is a voice recognition system that recognized different instruction or commands, it responds to the user command and execute it without manually typing the text equivalent Passbook : This is an application used in keeping boarding passes, tickets, coupons, etc. and display them Lock screen automatically at the time and position of its need. FaceTime This application allows the user to make a video call (see who is talking using the front camera) and audio-only. One can share the view of his/her end using the iSight camera at the back of the phone. Safari: this is a web browsing for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, which work more interesting with the integration of iCloud. It provides a cross-platforms for maintaining bookmarks, save web pages in your reading list not only the links.
APPLE APPLICATION SOFTWARE Cont. Phone: this featu re allows the user to dial with a single tap or instruct Siri to do that. It allows instant reply with a text massage to an incoming call, which the user wants to decline. Find My iPhone This application is used to locate and protect a missing iPhone. It will automatically lock the missing iPhone by using four-digit password, which make it difficult for anyone who is not you to use your device. Find My Friend. This application has a feature for sharing Location with family and friends. The user can only know the location of their family and friends on a map at anytime if only they share location with each other. Mail: this is an application where user can send, receive, reply all massage in all your accounts. It keeps track of the list of email conversations. Photos and videos are shared to email Message and is easy to read on the Retina display
Apple Inc provide Apple store customers the opportunity to download many applications as they want through the Apple store. The iTunes was the first online download store before the invention of Apple store. SUPPLY CHAIN M ANAGEMENT Apple supply chain is a very strong as all their components are being sourced from a variety of suppliers, which gives them bargaining power. Nevertheless, some few components uses single sourced, such as Microprocessors, optical circuit and liquid display. As of 2013, Apple maintains 407retail stores in fourteen countries as well as the online Apple Store and iTunes Store.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT R and D is a process of using different business strategies by understanding the current market trend and forecasting the future trend to meet the customer desired. Apple is spending shoot about 32% in 2013 in R and D to maintain its status in the marketplace (Hughes N 2013). COMPETITION Apple has taken over the leadership over it rivals most especially in the area of Audio and visual design which demands high-end and more sophisticated software. . Apple beats their rivals by providing their customers with all necessary software, hardware and accessories to interface with each other smoothly.
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