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15 Features the Original iPhone Didn't Have When First Announced
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I posted a massive iPhone feedback thread on June 30, 2007, the day after launch:
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It's interesting to read through it and see what was missing and what Apple decided to fix/implement.
Let's compile a list of features/upgrades/fixes for future SOFTWARE updates.
OK, we've spent the dough, activated our phones, and played with the darn things for a few hours. I think most will agree that, while the iPhone is an awesome product, it is very much "Version 1.0" in many respects. As early adopters/beta testers, we need to let Apple know what's going on with...
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It's interesting to read through it and see what was missing and what Apple decided to fix/implement.
And the fact that texting was an extra fee as well. The unlimited data was great but it was pretty slow.
Totally forgot about this. That’s awesome that you still have your original iPhone and it still is fully functional. I don’t typically label anything in the tech industry as an ‘icon’, but the OG iPhone to me, was and always will be.
List kinda got disappointing once it got into the didn’t have tech they didn’t exist at the time territory.
Fun fact: to this day they still are
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Wow! That’s an amazing thread. It is indeed interesting and very informative. It’s crazy so many MacRumors users are not here with us today. The last login date literally shows 2010-2013 and so on.I posted a massive iPhone feedback thread on June 30, 2007, the day after launch:
Let's compile a list of features/upgrades/fixes for future SOFTWARE updates.
OK, we've spent the dough, activated our phones, and played with the darn things for a few hours. I think most will agree that, while the iPhone is an awesome product, it is very much "Version 1.0" in many respects. As early adopters/beta testers, we need to let Apple know what's going on with...
It's interesting to read through it and see what was missing and what Apple decided to fix/implement.
Some flashlight apps? I think every fourth app on the early App Store was a flashlight. There was a running joke amongst developers that the only apps that were approved were flashlights.
Literally every year? Sorry, but what a waste of money.
Some texting (up to 200/month) was included with each AT&T plan but you could also sign up for 1500 texts/month for an additional $10 or unlimited texts for an additional $20 above the monthly plan costs.
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Yes sir, every single year. Waste of money? ZERO regrets, No way. It was worth every single penny. To this day I’m so proud of it. I'm not just all talk. All my excitement is on this thread. Hopefully, come September, you will be joining us for the iPhone 14 pre-order time. It's thrilling and so much fun.
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Yeah this was a huge one that wasn’t on the list. No EAS support until iPhoneOS 2.
I skipped the original because of that. I was too deep in the windows Mobile ecosystem using a Treo 700wx at the time (Best windows mobile phone don’t @ me with your garbage side sliders). When EAS was announced along with the iPhone 3G I switched.
Probably could've had all those features but Apple uses the feature roll out sparingly so they can create some slight differentiator on their new phones every year so thanks Apple.
Or have a FAN. I don’t think I’ve ever actually paid an activation fee with AT&T in 18 years.
got 2 original iPhones laying around myself. as well as the first iPod. the only one that still works in os9.
The biggest one missing on the OG iPhone that made me laugh and buy a Windows Phone instead: no MMS!
As much as I appreciate how far that iOS and the iPhone have come over the years, it’s laughable to look back at Steve Jobs’ bold words during the first iPhone announcement, in which he outright said (paraphrased) that the iPhone uses OS X (his words were marked with a slide in the background that showed the characteristic “X” of OS X that was used for many years).
We all know what B.S. that was.
iOS was a severely stripped-down version of OS X, especially due to the lack of copy-paste for a few years. As I recall, even Android and the competitors had copy-paste before iOS did.
We all know what B.S. that was.
iOS was a severely stripped-down version of OS X, especially due to the lack of copy-paste for a few years. As I recall, even Android and the competitors had copy-paste before iOS did.
More interesting are the features that the early iPhone(s) had but NOT the current iPhones!:
1. Ability to edit a mis-typed number in the dial pad
2. Headphones jack
3. Reasonable price
4. Full day lasting battery? (Don’t remember that battery lasted less than 24hrs, altough it lasted much less than the phones at the time).
5. A complete screen (no notch!)
And from 2018? until now, we have lost in addition to several of the above:
6. Touch id
7. Up-next widget
8. Easy wake up alarm setting
9. Siri has not advanced since
10. No charger in the box!
11. Surely other things
1. Ability to edit a mis-typed number in the dial pad
2. Headphones jack
3. Reasonable price
4. Full day lasting battery? (Don’t remember that battery lasted less than 24hrs, altough it lasted much less than the phones at the time).
5. A complete screen (no notch!)
And from 2018? until now, we have lost in addition to several of the above:
6. Touch id
7. Up-next widget
8. Easy wake up alarm setting
9. Siri has not advanced since
10. No charger in the box!
11. Surely other things
I knew Apple had something BIG when the iPhone was announced. It was basically everything I wanted Palm to release in a phone. Still I was surprised that they would release a phone without copy/paste and the ability to install apps.
And yet, the Phone app is still the same. Hasn't been updated since.
I hate that there is no search while dialing number, no way to group contacts, calls from same contact are joined into one so gets annoying to have to press the "i" to know he/she called from other number, and many many other features that this horrible app is missing.
Calling from an iPhone is like calling from those old dial phones. There are no features at all.
I hate that there is no search while dialing number, no way to group contacts, calls from same contact are joined into one so gets annoying to have to press the "i" to know he/she called from other number, and many many other features that this horrible app is missing.
Calling from an iPhone is like calling from those old dial phones. There are no features at all.
I'd like to know which exact person is responsible for ditching the alarm scroll wheel. That unimaginative corporate prick deserves to be hung, drawn and quartered.