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remember the original AirPod :)
 

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Here's to another 10 years, wondering where technology will be then! :D

I'm turning a jaundiced eye to the next 10 years...rapid change usually spells disaster for complex biological and cultural/political systems. Unless Apple is going to solve the problem of a jobless future with a phone I'm not sure it will be all that pretty...but hey, I did love this phone.
 
And 10 years later Apple has become a bland, establishment consumer electronics company that only sells iPhones and a few side products.
You need to check your facts. Apple is selling more computers now than it ever has. Artificial Intelligence: (Machine learning, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality) is the next major shift in computing and Apple is strongly involved (it could be argued that Apple is the leader in AR with its release of iOS 11).
 
I can't really remember getting mine the way I remember anticipating and being excited about previous phones I had, like the Treo 650 and Hitachi G1000. I had gotten a T-Mobile Dash that I was super excited about. But I'd barely had it when my husband came home with a launch day iPhone. I had no idea about iPhones. I did follow some tech news back then, but only about Palm and Windows phones and pocket computers. The iPhone flew past my radar, but not my husband's. He got me one a short time later.

I just remember being so excited he was finally letting me have an iPod. :p I had wanted an iPod since the first time I heard of them, but my husband insisted on a Rio and then a Zune. The Zune did have better sound like my husband said, even now it sounds great. But there was something about the iPod that I wanted in on. And I finally had one...and whoa, would you look at that...it's a phone, too. Cool...and wow, that's a decent browser on there...:eek::D

I thought I would still keep using the Dash, but it never got charged again.
 
Exactly 10 years ago today, on June 29, 2007, the original iPhone went on sale, six months after Steve Jobs stood onstage at Macworld Expo 2007 in San Francisco and told the world Apple was reinventing the phone, revolutionizing an entire industry like it had done with the Macintosh in 1984 and the iPod in 2001.

I did go quite some way to get the iPhone outside of the US.
You can imagine the face of my peers still using the then industry standard Nokia 6310.
Though the latest iterations add little benefit to my use, I still pefer the iPhone over my company provided Galaxy.
 
- "It's way too big, it almost doesn't fit in my pockets."
This one is still a pretty common complaint today (especially with the iPhone Plus). I personally haven't had any problem whatsoever with the iPhone Plus being too big (other than it being a little bit harder to use with one hand).
A radical increase in sales didn't happen until affordable Android phones came out.
One of these affordable Android phones got me introduced to the world of smartphones. Two years later, I upgraded to the brand new iPhone 5s.
 
I always liked the original iPhone. I had it for about 18 months before I dropped it on concrete and that on/off button got damaged beyond simple repair. I ended up being forced to get an iPhone 3G about 1 month before the 3Gs even though I really was holding out for the 3Gs. I think Apple had the right kind of form factor except for the slippery aluminum on the original. Easy to hold, nice hand placement, etc. These days all the phones are too large and thin and filled with features that scream the market has reached full maturity where the primary differentiation is style related.
 
It was/is the most amazing phone i've ever had. I remember ATT servers were overloaded and it took me the entire weekend to get it activated. It wasn't until Monday morning that I could finally use it. I still have the original bag and box that it came in (pictured). And the phone is in mint condition!!!View attachment 706410 .


I worked for At&t Wireless at the time. The lines for that thing was insane! I had never seen anything like that for a phone. And this was b4 ppl ordered their phone online and had it shipped. It was like a Black Friday event, only it happened every day for months. None of us had the phone personally unless we wanted to pay the same full price for the phone. But we all swooned over the display model daily. It was a sight to see.
 
I still have my original 4GB from launch weekend. There was a bit of hype surrounding it, but my local store wasn't sold out. I simply called them about their inventory on Friday evening after work then walked in and picked up the phone.

While I was upset about the later price drop (the Apple store credit after the outcry was worth only half the price drop) it's a purchase I've never regretted. I had looked at some of the other smartphones around before that and they all had crap UIs. Some HP thing, some Windows thing. Nasty to work with.

I plan on getting an iPhone 8 later this year.
 
Waited in line for hours at the AT&T store. By the time I got in, "the activation system was down" and Apple had given the authorization to sell the iPhones sealed in the box instead of activated in the store.

Brought it home, tried to activate through iTunes, didn't have much luck. Failed the credit check for a post paid account (almost laughable today when looking back), and was given the option of a pre-paid account with a new phone number. I was so sick of it at that point I decided sure lets do it. Fired it up and bam, iPhone.

10 years later. Wow. Lot has changed since then. Married. 2 kids. Still have iPhone :)
 
I remember getting on the first day it came out. The faculty and students at my university couldn't stop staring at it. Haha, those were the days. I saved up from my refund check.
 
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Since no one has mentioned it yet I just love looking at this video especially in the hind sight of "Where are the Window Phones?" Balmer you are such a rube. Steve Jobs, miss you every day.

Ballmer was utterly correct about the price being too high for a subsidized phone.

After two months Apple learned this fact as well, and dropped the price by 30%.

Which led to the biggest online riot by Apple early adopters ever seen.
 
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Exactly 10 years ago today, on June 29, 2007, the original iPhone went on sale, six months after Steve Jobs stood onstage at Macworld Expo 2007 in San Francisco and told the world Apple was reinventing the phone, revolutionizing an entire industry like it had done with the Macintosh in 1984 and the iPod in 2001.

The iPhone, with its 3.5-inch display, lack of a physical keyboard, Apple-designed touch-based user interface, and multi-touch support, was unique among phones of that era, and as Jobs promised, it changed everything. The product that some speculated would fail miserably shaped the smartphone industry and made Apple one of the most valuable companies in the world.

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Even before the public had touched an iPhone, there was incredible hype, just like there is today with each new iteration. In the days leading up to the iPhone's release, MacRumors shared dozens of stories, like sightings out in the wild, photos of training manuals, benchmarks, in-store displays, and banners outside of stores. And of course, before the first iPhone launched, there were already rumors of an iPhone 2.


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Article Link: 10 Years Ago Today, the Original iPhone Officially Launched

Thank you Steve Jobs for this great innovation, i.e. the "internet in your pocket"
 
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It was a special day. My 13 year old daughter and me waiting 12 1/2 hours in line. Gorgeous day outside. Just a lot of fun and excitement. Most of the time you don't realize how special moments are, until they have past.
Would love to do that again.
I had a Treo 650 prior to that day. Thank you Steve!!
 
Since then, I can no longer memorize telephone numbers, I depend on my phone for directions and can't spell anymore lol still love my iPhone!
 
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Sure. And the 5 years before it was a bland establishment company that sold iPods. And 5 years before that it was a niche company that only sold colored all-in-one computers and silver laptops. And 5 years before that it was a shell of a company on it's death knell.

Yes it's true Apple is "establishment" if you mean its a large company with enormous cash reserves and a leading market cap. But compare Apple to Dell, Samsung, Sony, LG. Apple is doing a lot more exciting things in electronics than any of them combined. I have plenty of beefs with Apple but GE they are not.
Mostly agree, but GE makes freakin' jet engines!
 
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