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10 Years Ago Today: The iPhone Was Launched

Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:17 am
Posted by GEAUXmedic
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Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:17 am
https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-steve-jobs-first-iphone-10-years-ago-legendary-keynote-macworld-sale-2017-6

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10 years ago today, June 29, 2007, was a milestone in the history of computing: The launch date of the first iPhone.

It wasn't the first "smartphone," or the first phone with a camera. It wasn't the first mobile device to have a touchscreen, or to let users install apps. (In fact, the app store didn't even launch until 2008, a year after the first iPhone was released!)

But it tied numerous disparate features together in a cohesive, well-designed whole — kickstarting a mobile revolution that has transformed the modern world.


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It was announced by CEO Steve Jobs on-stage at the company's Macworld conference on January 9, 2007. The now-iconic exec was not humble about its possibilities — calling it a "revolutionary device ... that changes everything."

Five months later, as customers queued for days, it hit shop shelves — first in the US, then elsewhere in the world.

And the rest is history.






























This post was edited on 6/29/17 at 6:19 am
Posted by soccerfüt
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Member since May 2013
65723 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:20 am to
I had the Apple model before the iPhone, the hPhone.

iPhone has been so good that no one remembers it.
Posted by The Connoisseur
Member since Jan 2011
1012 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:21 am to
I don't think I got an IPhone till about 2008 but I do not remember them ever charging a fee for the new IOS update..... funny to look back and see now

ETA: whoops. Looks like they only did for Itouch users
This post was edited on 6/29/17 at 6:23 am
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
30584 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:22 am to
Damn, crazy to think it was 10 years ago
Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
21618 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:22 am to
It have new phone now called Jphone, is like iPhone but better. You buy!!!
Posted by Pecker
Rocky Top
Member since May 2015
16674 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:23 am to
Back when Apple actually innovated and had good ideas. I'm not a Steve Jobs fanboi but Apple was killing it with Steve.

Now you've got Tim Cook whose best idea so far is a stylus that serves as a way to write on his iPad and also a dildo for his boyfriend's arse.
Posted by musick
the internet
Member since Dec 2008
26125 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:26 am to
Had one of the first and everyone up until the 6.

Crazy how bad the first 3 phones were but were still revolutionary
Posted by soccerfüt
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Member since May 2013
65723 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:26 am to
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Tim Cook
Here's part of the problem-

Posted by Rossberg02
Member since Jun 2016
2591 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:28 am to
I had the first one within a few weeks of release. Bought it for the MP3 player and now I don't even have music stored on my 6...strange.
Posted by dbeck
Member since Nov 2014
29453 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:30 am to
I've still got an iphone classic somewhere. One of the few commercials I'd seen that had any impact on my decision to purchase something. I told my ex when I saw it that the iPhone would revolutionize phones.

That was the only iPhone I've had though because I quickly realized how shitty iTunes was and switched to a Galaxy.

I like being able to access the files on my phone from any computer without needing to install proprietary software.
Posted by redstick13
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Member since Feb 2007
38538 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:40 am to
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a dildo for his boyfriend's arse.


Is it touchscreen?
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65723 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:42 am to
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now I don't even have music stored on my 6
This.

Zero music on my 60 GB 7.

I do take videos and just leave them on the device.

I have a few Amazon Prime movies/episodes loaded sometimes as well.

I'm in wifi or 4G areas so much that I don't worry about download speeds.
Posted by Brazos
Member since Oct 2013
20361 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:45 am to
It's changed the world for good and bad.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150765 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:49 am to
When was the iOS version that completely fricks your phone and drains the battery like you're pouring out water? Because frick that one.

I like my iPhone. I do. But the updates that totally frick the previous phones can sick a duck.
Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68690 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:50 am to
Took shitting to a whole new level. Can't go to the bathroom without my phone now.
Posted by haikarate
Member since May 2011
1515 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:52 am to
Still don't own one
Posted by PeteRose
Hall of Fame
Member since Aug 2014
16875 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 6:53 am to
If it weren't for hooking up, porn and gambling, the iPhone wouldn't have had an impact like it did.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
38538 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 7:00 am to
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Still don't own one


I didn't own one until 2014 because that's when my company made the switch from Blackberry. All my personal phones were Android.
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
Member since Jan 2011
35616 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 7:03 am to
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Now you've got Tim Cook whose best idea so far is a stylus that serves as a way to write on his iPad and also a dildo for his boyfriend's arse.
It's crazy to think how that company has kind of taken a back seat without Jobs' ideas.

Not a back seat as far as money, but ideas. Makes me wonder how he got the job.
Posted by Tempratt
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Member since Oct 2013
13380 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 7:03 am to
I wanted one so bad when they came out. My hatred for
AT&T kept me from doing it.
When talking to someone who's using an AT&T phone, it's always noticeable.
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