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iPhone is 15 years old today...

Posted on 1/9/22 at 9:26 am
Posted by TigerGman
Center of the Universe
Member since Sep 2006
11174 posts
Posted on 1/9/22 at 9:26 am


quote:

Today is January 9, which means it's been 15 years since Apple CEO Steve Jobs stood on stage at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, California and gave the world its first look at the iPhone, a device that would go on to change everything.


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Posted by BuckeyeFan87
Columbus
Member since Dec 2007
25239 posts
Posted on 1/9/22 at 4:38 pm to
Legit probably the biggest advancement in my 34 years.
The internet is actually number 1, but as far as a device… iPhone takes it
Posted by Spelt it rong
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
10001 posts
Posted on 1/9/22 at 5:17 pm to
Didn't they steal the design from a Chinese company?
Posted by CrystalPreserves
Member since May 2019
2575 posts
Posted on 1/9/22 at 6:27 pm to
Android > iphone
Posted by goodgrin
Atlanta, GA
Member since Nov 2003
5878 posts
Posted on 1/10/22 at 7:25 pm to
quote:

Android > iphone


It's not even close.
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
26977 posts
Posted on 1/10/22 at 9:14 pm to
Skipped the fist one, but got the 3G. Blew some Boomer minds during an LSU baseball game rain delay showing them the radar on my phone
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
77942 posts
Posted on 1/11/22 at 8:58 am to
meh.

after the announcement (it was 6 months until it hit the shelves at least) the XDA devs skinned the windows phone to look exactly like it and i installed the skin and the next day at work my apple homo coworkers came into my office to laugh at me and I whipped out my 3 year old SDA and showed them i already had the new iphone.

and bonus: i could actually copy and paste on the MDA and had a keyboard.



ugly? you bet but it sure did piss them off.
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
26977 posts
Posted on 1/11/22 at 10:23 am to
I mean, sure, but I assume you’re not trying to argue that showing today’s weather in a little graphic has the same impact as showing someone high quality live radar in motion to ballpark when the rain delay might end. Again, based on the look on their faces, it might as well have been fricking witchcraft
Posted by TigerGman
Center of the Universe
Member since Sep 2006
11174 posts
Posted on 1/11/22 at 10:41 am to
quote:

I whipped out my 3 year old SDA
. Meh. Without the force and marketing abilities of Apple behind the iPhone, we'd be years behind where we are today.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81604 posts
Posted on 1/11/22 at 10:53 am to
The iPhone 3 gave me shingles. True story.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
77942 posts
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:07 am to
quote:

. Meh. Without the force and marketing abilities of Apple behind the iPhone, we'd be years behind where we are today.


i dont disagree. i was rocking windows mobile 2003 for YEAAARS before the iphone and nobody gave a shite.

just ask RIO and the other mp3 player companies who apparently didn't exist for years prior to the ipod showing us you could store digital music.

i mean i'll give apple props for getting these things into the hands of suburban moms. they made this stuff consumable.
Posted by Cool Hand Luke
Member since Oct 2008
1802 posts
Posted on 1/13/22 at 9:58 pm to
I still have my original IPhone 2g 4 gigs. And it still works on wifi. And in the box.
Posted by purple18
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2009
882 posts
Posted on 1/18/22 at 7:47 pm to
quote:

Android > iphone


Lmao
Posted by Mr. Hangover
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2003
34507 posts
Posted on 1/18/22 at 7:48 pm to
quote:

Android > iphone



Even if you’re right…. Imagine being an adult and clicking on an iPhone thread to post something like this


Good lord
Posted by TigerGman
Center of the Universe
Member since Sep 2006
11174 posts
Posted on 1/19/22 at 4:01 am to
quote:

Even if you’re right…. Imagine being an adult and clicking on an iPhone thread to post something like this


Good lord


Imagine being an adult and not understanding the significance of the iPhone on a device that now literally pervades our lives every waking moment, posted on a board devoted to Technology...
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
57426 posts
Posted on 1/19/22 at 8:59 am to
quote:

Android > iphone



Even if you’re right…. Imagine being an adult and clicking on an iPhone thread to post something like this


Good lord

says the adult clicking on the thread and posting about it.


This place is glass houses is what makes it great.
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
near the Apple spaceship
Member since Nov 2012
5148 posts
Posted on 1/19/22 at 1:13 pm to
I've never owned an iPhone. I went straight from Blackberries to Android phones. But I know that the iPhone changed everything. At that time, Android was already way better software than iOS, but the Android guys were stuck thinking like Blackberry, that a physical keyboard was still the way to go. Steve Jobs was a frickin' genius. He didn't invent all of these things Apple introduced, but he saw the future and how people could use technology. The introduction of the iPhone sent the Android team back to the drawing board because they sudddenly saw the future too. Blackberry stuck to their guns because that's what made them the dominant phone, and now they're history.

Here's a good article about that time:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/the-day-google-had-to-start-over-on-android/282479/

Remember, the first Android phone, the HTC G1, had a slide-out keyboard because they still felt like they had to hedge their bets. My brother still has his, it's a cool relic. I think I still have my Nexus One (with the Blackberry ball) stashed away somewhere.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
77942 posts
Posted on 1/19/22 at 1:35 pm to
i tortured myself with several windows mobile phones before learning how to flash an android ROM onto the phone and get a different experience.

good ol' HTC

my biggest memory is that it took just under 3 minutes to reboot a windows phone and it crashed often. but yep, slide out keyboard and toothpick stylus.

in fact i'm staring at my old silver SDA as we speak; my 7yo somehow found it (thought it was long gone) so i tried to get it to boot since i still have teh apple iphone 'fish' skin on it but the battery is shot.
Posted by MDB
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2019
3062 posts
Posted on 1/19/22 at 7:18 pm to
Got my new iPhone 13 Pro in today and converted from iPhone XS Max.

No problems with peer-to-peer transfer. Smooth and easy.

Fired it up — 5G from the start.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
113890 posts
Posted on 1/19/22 at 8:49 pm to
The day the blackberry slowly started to die.
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