Apple's iPhone came out 18 years ago and changed the world .
Compared to today's iPhone 16 Pro Max and what we know of the forthcoming iPhone 17 range, the very first iPhone that went on sale 18 years ago today was startlingly slow and incredibly limited — yet it changed the world.
It was on June 29, 2007, that the original iPhone went on sale in the US, and arguably that was the day that it truly began shaking up what users expected from a phone.
We and the phone industry had already known all about it for over five months. But it wasn't until you could buy it that the impact of this little device began to be felt — even inside Apple.
"[Going on sale] is a happy moment, but it's also a stressful one," Apple's Tony Fadell told the Wall Street Journal for a video released in 2022. "What's going to happen when it goes out into the world?"
This is an interesting, if not thorough, retrospective of the development of the 'Phone.
There probably won't be an new material for those who've followed development closely, but I saw a couple of thing I hadn't seen so it was worth my time.
Much more at https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/06/...-years-ago
Compared to today's iPhone 16 Pro Max and what we know of the forthcoming iPhone 17 range, the very first iPhone that went on sale 18 years ago today was startlingly slow and incredibly limited — yet it changed the world.
It was on June 29, 2007, that the original iPhone went on sale in the US, and arguably that was the day that it truly began shaking up what users expected from a phone.
We and the phone industry had already known all about it for over five months. But it wasn't until you could buy it that the impact of this little device began to be felt — even inside Apple.
"[Going on sale] is a happy moment, but it's also a stressful one," Apple's Tony Fadell told the Wall Street Journal for a video released in 2022. "What's going to happen when it goes out into the world?"
This is an interesting, if not thorough, retrospective of the development of the 'Phone.
There probably won't be an new material for those who've followed development closely, but I saw a couple of thing I hadn't seen so it was worth my time.
Much more at https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/06/...-years-ago