Which company makes the iPhone?

Which company makes the iPhone? The answer is Apple.

Apple develops, designs, markets, and sells the iPhone, its line of smartphones running the company’s iOS operating system. Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone at Macworld in San Francisco on January 9, 2007; Apple began selling it in the United States on June 29 of that year.

The original model combined a mobile phone, an iPod-style music player, and internet features in one touchscreen device. Its multitouch interface and software-based approach helped popularize the modern slate smartphone and contributed to the growth of the mobile-app economy.

A common wording trap is the difference between making and manufacturing. Apple controls the product’s design, software, branding, and sales, while contractors such as Foxconn and others assemble many iPhone models. Nokia, Google, and Samsung make competing phones, but none makes the iPhone.