The company's signature in the post-1996 era is its development of mobile devices and its dominance of the cell phone and tablet industries. Beginning with the iPod music player, Apple has steadily focused on ease of use, quality construction, and customer experience to develop its hardware, software, and cloud service integration into a powerful mobile platform. The iPod evolved into the iPhone by incorporating cellular technology and the app store, which evolved into the iPad product line.The company's approach to selling mobile devices is similar to that of its computer business. Apple sells iPhones and iPads through the traditional retail channel, through partners and through its own retail and web channels. Through its cellular partners, it also layers in a the freemium business model by offering free or discount phones in return for long-term contracts. A final component of the mobile device product line is the recurring revenue coming in from the app store, which is a variation of the razors & blades business model.
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