Steve Jobs
Role in each timeline
- Every iPhone Launch: From the 2007 Original to the September 2026 Event
Apple co-founder and CEO who unveiled the original iPhone in 2007; the iPhone 4S launched one day before his death in 2011.
- Apple CEO Succession: How Tim Cook Handed Apple to John Ternus
Apple’s former CEO, whose 2011 resignation triggered the succession plan that installed Cook.
Entries that mention Steve Jobs
- iPhone 4S brings Siri, the A5 chip and iCloud, the day before Steve Jobs dies Announcementon Every iPhone Launch: From the 2007 Original to the September 2026 Event
- Steve Jobs resigns and the board names Tim Cook CEO Announcementon Apple CEO Succession: How Tim Cook Handed Apple to John Ternus
- iPhone 4: Retina display, FaceTime, the A4 chip and a glass-and-steel redesign Announcementon Every iPhone Launch: From the 2007 Original to the September 2026 Event
- iPhone 3G: 3G data, GPS, the App Store and a $199 subsidised price Announcementon Every iPhone Launch: From the 2007 Original to the September 2026 Event
- Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone at Macworld: 'an iPod, a phone and an Internet communicator' Announcementon Every iPhone Launch: From the 2007 Original to the September 2026 Event