Happy 15th anniversary, iPhone

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Yup. Fifteen years ago today.

www.cnet.com

The iPhone at 15: Steve Jobs Revealed His Greatest Product in 2007

The first iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007 and it helped Apple grow into a $3 trillion company over the next 15 years.
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I can remember watching with interest as I planned on replacing my flip phone with this. I didn’t get to it right away, though. My first iPhone was a 5.
 
Thomas Veil said:
Yup. Fifteen years ago today.

www.cnet.com

The iPhone at 15: Steve Jobs Revealed His Greatest Product in 2007

The first iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007 and it helped Apple grow into a $3 trillion company over the next 15 years.
www.cnet.com www.cnet.com

I can remember watching with interest as I planned on replacing my flip phone with this. I didn’t get to it right away, though. My first iPhone was a 5.
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Anyone still have their original? I do. Gotta wonder if it'll be worth something some day. 🤷‍♂️
 
And today we have Tik-Tok and Snapchat ... thanks a lot Steve ...
 
Hrafn said:
Nope. Mine was stolen years ago. I think my oldest is a 3, but I have a functional 5.
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Yeah, my oldest iPhone is a 5S (I might even have two), they're actually pretty mint and still work, though probably have a janky battery.
 
Thomas Veil said:
Yup. Fifteen years ago today.

www.cnet.com

The iPhone at 15: Steve Jobs Revealed His Greatest Product in 2007

The first iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007 and it helped Apple grow into a $3 trillion company over the next 15 years.
www.cnet.com www.cnet.com

I can remember watching with interest as I planned on replacing my flip phone with this. I didn’t get to it right away, though. My first iPhone was a 5.
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Me too iPhone 5. When they first came out they were $600 (I think), I laughed, ridiculous as I was used to spending <$200 on a phone. It seems like a goof interval to renew phones is 5 model numbers. We’ve had 10s for about a year or so.
 
Eric said:
Anyone still have their original? I do. Gotta wonder if it'll be worth something some day. 🤷‍♂️
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The wife's is around here somewhere.

She waited in line to get one on release day. I did not. Wasn't sure about the durability given I was replacing RAZR's or Blackberry's every 6 months or so. After she had hers for a while, I jumped in with the 3G. And in all those years, I have only damaged 2 of them, one around the 5 or 6 era I dropped on its corner and needed to be replaced and the other was a more recent one with the glass back. Started to drop it, grabbed at it and smacked it across the parking lot cracking the glass back rendering wireless charging useless.
 
Eric said:
Anyone still have their original? I do. Gotta wonder if it'll be worth something some day. 🤷‍♂️
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I have 2. I have kept all my iphones (at least the ones that didn’t get passed down to remote family members) in a shoebox. The box is full. :)

I also have a giant bag full of old cables, in case I decide to try and power one of these things up one day.
 
Cmaier said:
I have 2. I have kept all my iphones (at least the ones that didn’t get passed down to remote family members) in a shoebox. The box is full. :)

I also have a giant bag full of old cables, in case I decide to try and power one of these things up one day.
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My neat freak wife every time she finds a box of cables... pulls one out at random "when are you EVER going to use this again?".
 
Eric said:
My neat freak wife every time she finds a box of cables... pulls one out at random "when are you EVER going to use this again?".
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I have one space in the house that my wife has allotted me - the right side of one of those sliding-door closets in a spare bedroom she uses as a home office. I’ve got wire rack shelves in it, with pull out drawers labeled for each kind of cable, old computers and phones, and my camera equipment (lenses, chargers, batteries, tripods, etc.). She’d probably throw stuff out if I didn’t occasionally try and make use of a shelf elsewhere in the house in order to keep her distracted.
 
Figured I’d break ’em out for their birthday

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If there is one phone I regret getting rid of, it is the 4.

It's why I love the 12 Pro/13 Pro design so much since it is an awesome throw back to the 4. Same reason why I loved the X with the steel band and glass front and back.
 
Me and my wife's original first gen A1203. Who knows maybe these will be worth something some day.

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My first iPhone was a 3S.

I still have it in its original box.

It was a wonder, I enjoyed it very much.

Somehow I feel nostalgic as it was/is so (much) comfortable to hold in hand.
 
A few months ago I watched the video of Steve doing the introduction. Man the thing looked tiny in his hands. Almost like Zoolander's phone.
 

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