The story of the original iPhone, that nobody thought was possible When the iPhone shipped to customers on June 29, 2007, the first generation of the device that would change the world was missing a lot of what we now expect in an iPhone, but it set up the road map for Apple that continues to this day. Stephen Silver 7 years ago 27
Apple's first iPhone was also the first to realize the potential of the smartphone The iPhone was the phone I'd wanted all along. I had been trying to use cell phones as if they were iPhones for years, but nothing really stuck. Victor Marks 8 years ago 33
Dr. Applelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the iPhone It was 2008. I had just recently returned to the U.S. after a three-year stint in Japan, the place where all tech lover dreams come true, and iPhone was all the rage. But I wasn't convinced. Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 4
10 years ago — Apple's iPhone as seen on AppleInsider and by our readers AppleInsider was heavily invested the the launch of the original iPhone, and you were too. Here's some of the things we said about it at launch — and what somer of you thought then. Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 9
An iPhone switch story from a reluctant Android switcher The iPhone launched 10 years ago, but Roger switched much more recently, in 2015. On the milestone anniversary of Apple's groundbreaking handset, he tells his story. Roger Fingas 8 years ago 52
Apple's iPhone is 10 years old, but its creation was decades in the making The iPhone is a story of decades. It wasn't just invented by a scrappy team of inventors or willed into existence by one man brainstorming an idea. Daniel Eran Dilger 8 years ago 2
Technology in Apple's first iPhone made it the best communications tool for a family in crisis Everybody else has talked about the amazing touchscreen, or ground-breaking telephony, or even the flexibility of the internet with you at all times. But, there were practical reasons beyond just tech fetishism to get an iPhone in the early days, though. Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 15