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IPHONE 3G CHARGER

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Overview

The charger is a length of thin white cable with a plug-in adaptor on either end. One is a wide, thin metal plug with a white plastic base. It has a small grey rectangular motif with a line through the centre on one side. The other is narrow but thicker, also fitting into a white plastic base with a grey three pronged motif on one side.

Historical information

Released in 2008, the iPhone 3G was a widely anticipated model after the wildly successful iPhone. It was twice as fast and half the price. Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and found its first successes with the Apple and Macintosh computers. However, they faced stiff competition from heavyweights like IBM and Microsoft. It was not until the launch of the first iPhone in 2007 that Apple cemented its industry lead. The iPhone was a game changer. It laid the foundation for the modern smartphone and its significance cannot be underestimated. It forever changed the way humans interacted with technological devices and with each other.
This phone was owned by Christen Bell who worked at the City of Armadale and used the phone for personal and work related phone calls and taking photographs between c2009 and 2013.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2015.40B

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Ferrous Metal

Width

25 mm

Height or length

1010 mm

Inscriptions and markings

[apple]

Keywords

Apple

iPhone 3G

BELL Christen Mr

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection that represents the types of technology that were used on a daily basis by people who lived in worked in the City of Armadale. The collection represents how technology has influenced how people lived, worked and played within the City of Armadale. The collection also is representative of how technology evolves and can become obsolete which in turn can make pastimes, jobs and skills evolve or become obsolete.

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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