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10 Years Ago Today, the Original iPhone Officially Launched
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Here's to another 10 years, wondering where technology will be then!
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.
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. 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...
I thought I would still keep using the Dash, but it never got charged again.
I just remember being so excited he was finally letting me have an iPod.
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...I thought I would still keep using the Dash, but it never got charged again.
The iPhone launched 10 years ago today... but there's something even more important (to me) that happened on June 29 that you forgot to mention in the article, MR!
On this day, eighteen years ago - I came into the world!
On this day, eighteen years ago - I came into the world!
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
"An iPod, a phone, and an Internet communicator. An iPod, a phone … Are you getting it?
These are not three separate devices, this is one device, and we are calling it iPhone.
Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone"
These are not three separate devices, this is one device, and we are calling it iPhone.
Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone"
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.
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
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
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.
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.Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos.
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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Thank you Steve Jobs for this great innovation, i.e. the "internet in your pocket"
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!!
Would love to do that again.
I had a Treo 650 prior to that day. Thank you Steve!!
