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15 Years Ago Today, the iPhone Went On Sale
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Sorry to burst your bubble but unless it is in immaculate condition, have the box with the accessories, and its unlocked I doubt you could get $1k and I wouldn't trust anyone saying they sold one for 1k...the ones that actually sold on ebay for example are going for around $50-70 right now...
It didn’t help when they killed the looking-glass magnifier, then later brought it back by popular demand, but without the magnification. I mean, no offence to janitors, but it’s like they have the janitor making software design choices over there sometimes. Shocking stuff.
As the original iPhone was not available outside the US, getting one over here in NL back then was awesome, but jailbreaking it to make it work on Dutch providers was earth shattering! 😎
Man.. those early days of jailbreaking... cumbersome workflow... took ages to get it to work.
IIRC you need to "hack" iTunes first, connect iPhone to iTunes through USB, enable SFTP (root:alpine anyone..?), get some form of app on the iPhone through SFTP which attempted to "self-execute" what was needed...
I still have my original iPhone with OS 1.1.2 on it... sweet times...
Man.. those early days of jailbreaking... cumbersome workflow... took ages to get it to work.
IIRC you need to "hack" iTunes first, connect iPhone to iTunes through USB, enable SFTP (root:alpine anyone..?), get some form of app on the iPhone through SFTP which attempted to "self-execute" what was needed...
I still have my original iPhone with OS 1.1.2 on it... sweet times...
I missed the first gen, I was into Windows Mobile devices at the time. I caught up with the 3G though. I definitely appreciate Apple for moving the world forwards, but sometimes I miss things not being "simple," which with Apple often makes them more complicated.
I remember the day fondly and the first moment I actually had it in my hands and was able to use it for the first time.
I still have mine, and it still powers up fine. If you have it, try this...
Turn it on, and use it for 5-10 minutes. Just scroll through some things, tap icons and get your eyes used to it.
THEN
Switch back to your current iPhone, and it really makes you appreciate how far it has come.
This always boggles my mind when I do this. The speed, the screen quality. We take for granted with every new iteration the progress each year since it's so minimal.
15 years...
I am truly hoping the AR/VR goggles in production give us the same sort of 'wow' tech moment we had in Jan - June 2007.
I still have mine, and it still powers up fine. If you have it, try this...
Turn it on, and use it for 5-10 minutes. Just scroll through some things, tap icons and get your eyes used to it.
THEN
Switch back to your current iPhone, and it really makes you appreciate how far it has come.
This always boggles my mind when I do this. The speed, the screen quality. We take for granted with every new iteration the progress each year since it's so minimal.
15 years...
I am truly hoping the AR/VR goggles in production give us the same sort of 'wow' tech moment we had in Jan - June 2007.
It was a revolutionary product up to the 4s. Then the iPhone 5 came out, and it just became a smart phone.
iPhone Premieres This Friday Night at Apple Retail Stores
Free Workshops, Genius Bar Support and One to One Personal Training
CUPERTINO, California—June 28, 2007—Apple’s revolutionary iPhone™ will go on sale this Friday, June 29 at 6:00 p.m. local time at Apple® retail stores nationwide. All 164 Apple retail stores in the US will stay open until midnight, and customers can purchase up to two iPhones on a first come, first served basis. Beginning Saturday morning, iPhone customers can learn how to get the most out of the iPhone with free, in-depth workshops offered throughout the day at all Apple retail stores. Every Apple retail store will offer support for iPhone at the Genius Bar and personal training through Apple’s new One to One program.
“Apple retail stores were created for this moment—to let customers touch and experience a revolutionary new product,” said Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior vice president of Retail. “With our legendary Genius Bar support, free workshops and our One to One personal training, we’re here to help customers get the most from their new iPhone.”
iPhone introduces an entirely new user interface based on a revolutionary multi-touch display and pioneering new software that allows users to control iPhone with just a tap, flick or pinch of their fingers. iPhone combines three products into one small and lightweight handheld device—a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod®, and the Internet in your pocket with best-ever applications on a mobile phone for email, web browsing and maps. iPhone ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a mobile device, which completely redefines what users can do on their mobile phones.
Pricing and Availability
iPhone goes on sale in the US on June 29, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. local time through Apple’s retail stores and AT&T’s select retail stores. Apple’s online store will be taking orders for iPhone beginning at 6:00 p.m. PDT. iPhone will be available in a 4GB model for $499 (US) and an 8GB model for $599 (US), and will work with either a PC or Mac®. Beginning June 30 and continuing through the summer, Apple Stores in the US will open early at 9:00 a.m. for iPhone sales. Customers can check iPhone availability at their local Apple retail store starting at 9:00 p.m. the night before at www.apple.com/retail.
I didn't get mine until July 6th that year. It took me a few days to decide that I wanted one.
A few weeks later, I bought my first MBP because of it.
A few weeks later, I bought my first MBP because of it.
Was in Burlingame Ca, waited overnight. Was a great experience we had pizza delivered and played football at midnight.iPhone release 2007
In your country maybe, however in the US we bought ours in summer. I have photos from July 2007 which were taken with my iPhone.
Great day - stood in line, met some fellow MacRumors members, Apple made special bags for the device, it was insanely great.
That was the day the entire computing industry changed. The iPhone really did upend everything.
And Balmer neutered MS stock for yearrrrsssssss.
Okay. I didn't know these things were going for that much. (They seem a lot lower on eBay.)
He wasn’t wrong. iPhone sales didn’t take off until carriers started subsidizing it. Personally, I thought $600 was a steal, even with all the limitations of a 1.0 release.
I remember seeing them out and about at the mall the apple store near me was in, waiting in line to get into a restaurant. Crazy to think it was close to 5 years before I got myself an iPhone. I insisted a keyboard was necessary so I had a few Treos and then a Nokia E71, which really had a great typing experience but no apps and the browser was meh at best. Got a used iPhone 3Gs when the Nokia was no longer working while waiting for the iPhone 5 to release.
And 15 years ago the average attention span of high school kids was 22 minutes. Today it is now 22 seconds. I wonder if there is some correlation here.
Haha. I remember those good times. I actually started with a G3 iBook which came with both
OS 9 and OS X 10.0. OS X couldn't even play DVDs at the time so you had to boot to 9. Got that and a 1st Gen iPod that could only run on a mac, while at the same time I finally got broadband internet as well as Napster had just came out I was in music heaven. Also at the same time I got my first car in 2001, a 20th anniversary edition 1992 Camaro and had a cd player I put in it so I was also burning cds like crazy even for just 1 song, that is until I found out about the "revolutionary" fm tuner for my iPod which I spent more time trying to find the right radio station frequency instead of enjoying music 😂
I am thankful for the iPhone. My first model was the 4s and have been pleased (overall) with the models I have had since.