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[@Mike93527]

I am a huge android fan but this is the phone that started it all. There is no denying that it started a revolution.

[@abubakrawal6692]

***** true true if steve jobs never introduced touch screen we might still have blackberrys ruling the world

[@chrischoy9]

***** We're not fanboys as we don't *hate the iPhone.

[@chrischoy9]

***** Yeah I don't understand it either. As much of a android fan I am, I do own an iPad

[@TechWithKEM]

***** I prefer Apple computers, like Android and Windows Phones, and like Windows tablets. So I'm a fanboy of all, except BlackBerry. :P

[@blenderfoto]

TechWithKEM I'd say that apple computers are too expensive (performance/price ratio). Better getting a Chromebook if you just wanna surf the web or write. Otherwise, i'd stick with a lenovo for gaming/rendering.

[@henryjones6538]

I'm more of an android person than anything else, but, when you talk about the first iPhone, Steve, I take my hat off for you. Sadly he cannot be with us today.

[@ImagineCraft7]

When I got an iPod 2nd Gen in 2009, the only mobile software that I heard that was so popular is the iOS, I never heard of Android at that time. Steve Jobs was very Bold indeed, I bet lots of small companies had this kind of device planned out waiting for the right time to release it, but when Steve Jobs thought of this kind of new Device, he instantly produced it and sold it to the public. This is why Steve Jobs was the best and most Boldest and Dare-taking CEO ever! R.I.P Steve Jobs :(

[@ahmetefetasdemir9863]

Even he himself hated that OTHER iTunes phone.

[@ImagineCraft7]

***** Your comment is flagged, I only did it because someone else flagged mines.

[@JamesOversteer]

Still 16gb years later.

[@TheDiamondGames]

and still no microsd card slot in iPhone when back in 2007 nokia had it

[@lukaperadze8827]

The Diamond Games because micro sd is useless and volatile

[@JamesOversteer]

I disagree there Luka; my go pro uses Micro SD, my DSLR uses SD.. The reason the iPhone doesn't have a card slot is purely to make Apple more money.

[@lukaperadze8827]

92JMFL no, you're wrong

[@yune1930]

Now you have 64 gb!

[@animusfoxx6965]

I've been in love with the iPhone since the day my dad stood in line on the release day in 2007 of the iPhone 2G, and we still have two iPhone 2Gs in my house, and they work like new! I really started watching the iPhones when the iPhone 5 was being rumored, and being a 5S owner today, I can really say, no phone even comes close to the beauty and versatility of the iPhone. My life pretty much revolves around Apple now, and I get really excited when they get ready release a new device, and am always on top of the rumors

[@cwolfxuk-other]

Still prefer my Nexus 5 to my wife's iPhone 5.

[@Mirrorunlimited]

Chris Wolfofwork Even tho Android copied pretty much everything from iOS and WebOS?

[@animusfoxx6965]

Can we NOT start this argument?

[@cwolfxuk-other]

Bwahahha, completely agree with Paul Driftmier, this is not a place for wars. Everyone has a preferred system.

[@Benbidmead]

I completely see where you come from. I used to be completely immersed in the apple eco-system. I used to stay up at night to watch the keynotes live, and it was awesome, I still do actually. And going through time with the iPhone I have noticed that wars often arise and people are unfairly biased. Recently I switched to the Google Nexus 5, and I love it. Happy to be in Googles eco-system. Its great to get exited about new releases.

[@p5rsona]

Damn I remember this thing back when it launched, it was like witnessing the resurrection of Jesus or something. The thing sold for 2k easily. But for its time it truly was revolutionary and thank God it launched other wise phones today probably wouldnt be so good.

[@p5rsona]

I did not say the price was 2k, I said it sold for 2k easily meaning people would hike up the price.

[@kishanamin97]

OhMyBooda blondies

[@trudinh9951]

I love Android, an android user; but you just got to give credits where credit is due. Good job apple, for changing the mobile industry. I know that other manufacture were pushing the smart phone industry, they just didnt have the balls that Steve job had by going all out. Apple today is just not the same as the old apple. We're talking about a company that played a huge role in revolutionizing the computers. You could argue that they copy "insert name" ; but you can't deny that they play a huge role in computer advancement. They eventually got their ass kick by Microsoft Windows. They push the mp3 player to a new level and also push the smart phone industry to a new level. Apple today is just sad, they give u an HD display and call it "HD retina" WDF!!!!!!! They have such a large fan base that they can just sell poop and call it ipoop and people would still stand inline to buy it. Call me an apple hater if u want, I'm just telling the truth. Siri is great, it was useless and many people dislike it, but it paved the road for Google now and cortana.

[@miss4165]

Trueee thats an opinion, not the truth

[@AlexVik77]

imelda heideman What is the truth then?

[@miss4165]

AlexVik77 facts

[@AlexVik77]

imelda heideman Well, what? Apple is just milking the brand, nothing more. Yes, they are introducing slight changes with every iPhone they release, but that's about it. Don't get me wrong though, iPhones aren't terrible phones. They are just made for people, who don't care about specs or software features and just buy iPhones for the sake of having an iPhone.

[@miss4165]

AlexVik77 no,i like the design and for me its easier to use

[@atomicorang]

I was elated back when I was able to buy the iPhone 4 back in 2011. The iPhone in general to me was always a very expensive proposition. I love seeing how this amazing piece of technology as evolved. I get a kick out of all the negative and unkind remarks from those who I suppose are android admirers. I am now a proud owner of an iPhone 6 Plus!! I am very fortunate and blessed. And on the other hand iPhone owners are just as free to criticize their iPhones. No one device is perfect..I think its a matter of preference.

[@GoogleUser-ch1fh]

s ga FINALLY, SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A FANBOY :D

[@miss4165]

lRaziel1 it bends when you put pressure, who would try to bend your phone? thats just weird xD, i think the disign is pretty and i just like IOS

[@miss4165]

lRaziel1 maybe, but if you use a case it shouldn't be a problem.

[@AlexVik77]

imelda heideman There's a weak point right beneath the volume buttons in which the phone bends if enough pressure is applied. A small, but a significant design flaw. The case may actually fix it, yes, but what's the point of buying a all-metal phone if you're gonna put it in a cheap plastic/rubber case?

[@miss4165]

AlexVik77 there are cases where you can see the back of the phone, but are still protective enough

[@Roachehh]

Quite amazing really, people hate on apple but do they realise that they literally modernized the smart phone industry singlehandedly. It's crazy how one great mind can change the technological landscape so much. Steve jobs, i take my hat off to you.

[@Harleigh_19]

Apple haters can talk as much shit as they want but you can't deny how revolutionary this phone was.

[@sellyou100]

isheep detected!!

[@brazghost]

It is true, Apple Changed the way we see things. The problem is that they are staying with closed doors. They don't change anything. The only reason they have so many fans is because they blind their users, trap them within their products, trick them. It truly reminds me of how U.S Government does to Americans. It is sad

[@Hamillie_]

Raul Silva i guess im blind then... ive tried the htc one returned it for an iphone 5 because i just could get to liking it then later on i traded it for a gs3 liked it but ended up missing iphone and traded it back ive also tried windows phone and now that phone just sits in my drawer i feel like the iphone is the best bet for me but kitkat does look really good so if apple slips with the next iphone im going to get gs5 or whatever is out for my upgrade

[@Harleigh_19]

sellyou100 yep im a huge isheep with my GS3. Good thing you know how to spot em...

[@sellyou100]

jdbabyv3 glad you said that. Im not isheep but still using iphone 5, lol

[@VenkatShastry2047]

Apple truly innovated and definitely brought a broader meaning to the term 'smartphones' with the first iPhone..

[@odeiraoloap]

My father still has this! The 8GB model to be precise. Still works fine...

[@parker_aug2]

When I first saw the original iPhone, the screen looked huge and the body looked thin. But now, the screen looks tiny and the body looks thick.

[@chalino19]

true, i got this back in 07....it was thin and with a giant screen! lol

[@TheTangoOrange]

not even aliens could explain how did he balanced the iPhone on the edge of the building

[@DomAnca]

its a window > ^.^>

[@alexzicong]

Dom Anca its a train

[@TheTangoOrange]

no! its a... *sees dust* yep he's right its a window -_-

[@ChristopherGray00]

Alex Zicong Yan its a plane

[@archechme]

This is exactly the reason why Apple make/made great products. They last if you take care of them. The amount of old, beaten Powerbooks and iPhones/ iPods I've seen still working that are banged up is unimaginable! They're amazing quality.

[@archechme]

Any phone bends. Even a Nokia.

[@archechme]

yes.

[@TheBoxingNinja]

+Bjork Vlogdok I agree about the Amazing quality of iphones and ipods. I've seen some messed up ipods that "work". But iphone 6 do bend easier then most phones. I've seen two youtubes try to bend an iphone 6, then try to bend a different android. Both said it was MUCH easier to bend the iphone 6. Every phone bends if you put it through enough. But a $700 phone should be able to take some S***.

[@archechme]

Yep you're absolutely right, the build quality is sublime yet they still break so easily.

[@rockym.4355]

I got a iPhone that doesnt work.. you want it?

[@yousorooo]

Steve Jobs was from the future confirmed

[@Bananachick]

Watching this on my 12 inch Iphone 10 in 2019!

[@drewross5212]

lol

[@towinrei]

More like 2025

[@thecelestialstarship]

iPad Pro reference?

[@Bananachick]

Dylan McDonald Nope. All you losers in 2016 have to deal with that stupid small 6 inch iphone 6. In 2019, we have 12 inches, but they still feel kind of small. Apple next year is updating them to 15 inch, so that should be big enough.

[@thecelestialstarship]

JJ Burg​​​ Well... Toshiba Satellite Phone 15” C850 172? I don't know... Soon a Samsung Galaxy View phone - an 18” phone?! You know, I like Nexūs. They're pretty good. Especially the Nexus 7s. A tablet - yet a phone...

[@SEpstude]

A decade year old phone, still not as laggy as the Galaxy S3.

[@sultanabran1]

or an S4

[@hgpot]

Get a custom ROM. P.S. Somebody doesn't know what decade means...

[@SOCAL_SHORTS_FACTORY]

***** yeah because everyone knows how to root their phone

[@BogdanSerban]

Andy Cho because if you're that idiot, you should settle for something more dumb-proof.

[@simonricard4403]

***** So it is acceptable for a company to build a phone with huge specs but they can't figure out how to make the experience to be lag free. To the point where you need to tweak the software to install a custom rom? That's why I left Android, too much of a mess

[@NellyBond]

i'm 12 and I just got the iPhone 3G and i'm not complaining

[@ThroneOfTheBeheaded]

***** wtf are you doing at an iphone video, you should be compressing snares and shit, stop looking at the all old materials and shine some light on this situation

[@nowhereman2607]

Nelly Bondarenko what phone do U have now

[@bobby4500]

this runs smoother than any android smartphone today, lol

[@rosetellem]

What do you mean? A new, good android phone is pretty smooth...

[@slamislife74]

Ruben Pecina Some people love to hold on to their old assumptions. =/

[@rosetellem]

I use Cyanogenmod 10 on my Htc one which is a pretty good phone, one of the best androids actually..... and its better imo compared the Galaxy s4 with touchwiz. So I see where youre coming from.

[@DuaneSwift]

Aside from the rooting background that people usually use to refute this claim, I'd do it from a different angle. I have a Nexus 4 that runs smoother than the iPhone 5S. Samsung and other OEMs modify the poor OS, and give users a terrible experience, but pure android runs pretty flawlessly

[@weirdboypro]

if you want to compare iPhone with android phones, compare it with Nexus series since they are running pure android. btw guys just ignore this guy, he's just a troll to start argument in every videos, check out his channel and see what he commented on the videos lol

[@CCRules123]

In 2020 we're gonna be looking at the iPhone 5-5s how we look at the iPhone 1st generation

[@Ontheroad13]

No we aren't. There was nothing revolutionary about the iPhone 5s.

[@h4x0y]

Ian Mercaldi There was a lot revolutionary about it. 64-bit SoC, blazing fast GPU as demoed by Infinity Blade 3, Touch ID which isn't just cool because its very high res and can be used 360 degrees, but because its ergonomically placed and does wake/unlock/login with one single touch AND Apple thought about future appliances like Apple Pay physical and online authentication, iTunes/App Store purchases, new possibilities for developers and a quick way to reach the top UI of the display with Reachability. Then there's cool new camera features like 120fps hd slo-mo, super fast burst mode and maybe the most impressive: TrueTone flash. Don't be ignorant just because you prefer some other platform.

[@Ontheroad13]

h4x0y get a life and stop attempting to correct everyone that commented on this video.

[@h4x0y]

Ian Mercaldi I have a wonderful, diverse and happy life thank you. Maybe you should stop spreading bullshit (you either knew it was BS or you were being a possibly uninformed troll) because teaching people propagated lies isn't going to help anybody. Just a thought.

[@Ontheroad13]

h4x0y lol

[@alex_is_shook]

My first iPhone was the 4, and boy was that great little phone. I loved the design so much I now have an s6 and i love the glass back just like i loved my iPhone 4 sigh they just don't make them like they used to

[@Siknik64]

Alex Jay If you want a glass-back, get a Nexus 4.

[@alex_is_shook]

I have an S6 why would i get that lol

[@Siknik64]

Alex Jay You were the one who mentioned the features. I just told you similar features.

[@derekblockcolski4178]

Alex Jay Lol yeah 2010 was so long ago. I had the 3G when it was released and it definitely took a step back in terms of design and build quality.

[@DusKinggoGames]

+Derek Blockcolski Well I still have the iPhone 4 and I'm about to buy an iPhone 5S since the iPhone 4 is outdated and four years old from when I bought it. But on the other hand, for now it is still fast enough to handle youtube, whatsapp and some other things that I do so until I get the money together to buy an iPhone 5S I'm happy with it

[@armyan9520]

2007 Original iPhone is PURELY GOLDEN!!!

[@saadi703]

I used to own this iPhone back in 2007 and some part of 2008. I loved it and missed so many of things that I could do in much cheaper Nokia phones. The camera was a crap, no video capture, no Bluetooth file transfer and I lost my contacts because I sync the music with a different computer. Put I bought the iPhone for it's bigger display, pinch to zoom, nice audio and design. It was good back then and sadly iPhone remained the same during all these years. There was no competition at that time which make Apple slow down in innovation and experimentation. Has there been competition at that time and at that level then today's iPhone would have been a much better product.

[@sporemaster97]

This is the newest phone i have. Not even lying.

[@arianvillagran1882]

i think iPhone still sucks

[@asen97yoyo]

I owned such a phone for 2 years and it was… Well since then I can't imagine my life without an iPhone.

[@igeekone]

iPhone definitely was the first non-clunky smartphone to come out. That's why I wanted one. It was the most elegant phone ever made.

[@x3merx3mer]

as an Android fan and Note3 owner, i am truly impressed with the first iPhone! However, its really depressing (i assume especially to iphone users) how little it has advanced over time :\ compared to the competition of course.

[@aurelian1]

I'd say the iPhone advanced a lot. The iPhone 5s is much faster, slimmer, has a bigger screen, lasts longer on battery and supports seemingly every network on the planet. It's faster than your Galaxy Note 3, even! The main things it 'needs' are another screen size increase and more flexibility for third-party apps.

[@x3merx3mer]

Aurelian i didnt say it didnt advance, but advanced depressingly little. All brands were far behind and now they all surpassed it. Almost no innovations since the first version (i know, they added a fp scanner) and its the Apple who is chasing other brands even with the most basic stuff...and yet we still hope for something revolutionary with each gen.

[@aurelian1]

nemanja milosevic What about Siri (acquired, but heavily reworked)? AirPlay? The Retina Display on the iPhone 4? Heck, the iPhone 5s is the first 64-bit smartphone (even if you don't care about 64-bit, it's still a new architecture). There are plenty of innovations... it's just that Apple hasn't been pushing toward big phones, and it hasn't shaken up its home screen layout despite tons of improvements behind the scenes.

[@x3merx3mer]

Nothing that other phones already dont have and nothing revolutionary. Yet there are many many features iphone doesnt have. And please don't talk about speed and 64bit...other phones have 8core cpus and whatnot, so what. Its more of a natural progression than innovation. Take a look at this video again and see what the real innovation is.

[@NexXxus86]

Before iPhone there were Smartphones by HTC with Windows Mobile with a fullsize display/touchscreen and stylus. So Apple did not reinvent the phone, they just made a more simple to use operating system that actually had less features than those Windows phones at the beginning.

[@dduke6]

the whole modern smartphone touch interface that works so well with using your fingers instead of a stylus... Apple invented that.

[@chrischoy9]

Think of it like this; Windows Phone 7,7.5.8 and 8.1. If you compare it with Windows Mobile 6.5 and below, you'd agree that it isn't even a modern smartphone OS to begin it. It's like a featured phone with a handicapped touchscreen

[@Riiiisc]

dduke6 Apple didn't invent everything. They just got the opportunity to use someones invention on their product. Any car manufacturer even Ferrari does not invent their technology on their own. Companies like Brembo(for brakes), Pirelli (for tires), BOSCH (for mostly everything) provide the innovated parts to Ferrari. They just ask and see what they can get. Apple asked all their parts from thousands of companies and labelled them as Apple + claiming that they have built it. If you ever want to make a new product. You will look around for companies that develops each separate part of your product. If it's a phone, you will search for companies that provide touchscreens, the body, CPU, motherboard, RAM and all the other little things on a phone. At the end, you assemble the product and voila, you "invented" this. So I can agree that Apple invented the iPhone. But they did not invent each single part on the iPhone.

[@codaassasin]

They reinvented the smartphone. Look at any smartphone before 2007. Samsung's smartphones especially.

[@dduke6]

***** You are right, they didn't invent the technologies that make up the iphone, but they were the first company to create a phone more advanced than anything on the market at the time by using several different technologies and making them into something that hadn't been made before. I still consider that to be an invention, and so does most of the world.

[@Comp3630]

O.G. Brandon butterfinger Miniman, destroying smartphones since 2007.

[@MrJoethe5000]

Notice how the battery is still small a decade later. iPhone:1400 mAh to iPhone 5s: 1560 mAh. (Not to mention the iPhone 5's battery was only 40 more mAh more than the original.

[@Se7enAte]

If only Apple could have continued to innovate the smartphone industry after this iPhone. They started everything we have today but now lag way behind everybody else. It's a shame really. They're losing customers because they want to 'play it safe" and hardly change anything. The least they could do is make the camera better. We're over here with 10+ megapixels on everything but they have had 8 for years. Then there's other things like screen resolution, 4G capabilities, and processor speed. My old phone from 2011 has a faster processor, better camera, and a bigger, higher resolution display, and 4G LTE. If the iPhone 6 doesn't have at least a 10mp camera, 720p display, and a quad-core processor, I'm going to be facepalming for the rest of my life. They've shown they have an engineering team capable of putting high end things in a small package with the Mac Pro. They can do it with the next iPhone.

[@chrischoy9]

bguiby bhyui Even through I am an Android phone user with an iPad, I would like to thank Apple for improving on Nokia smartphones; setting an example of what a smartphone should be. Without them, we wouldn't have the amazing Galaxies, Xperias, Nexus, G, Finds, Ones..

[@MrBekir21]

your 2011 phone got a faster processor than the iphone 5s? are you kidding me? the iphone is the fastest smartphone when released, no matter if its only a dual core. performance is what apple is great at, you ignorant person.

[@chrischoy9]

Bekir Can i agree with you. Maybe not the fastest hardware but the hardware and software combination

[@juraviel]

dude there are phones with faster cpus that are nevertheless SLOWER, in os , games, and benchmarks. so that means nothing, camera has improved tremendously, and you know nothing if you think that pixels alone make a great or bad camera. same goes for screen resolution, u wouldnt see a difference if they made it a 4k display because of ppi, it makes no difference above 326ppi which is the limit for human retina, its why its called that. you only see whats on paper. ios also continous to be the biggest appstore exceeding by a mile android.

[@Se7enAte]

Isaia Costa 1) Optimization is key to a good user experience but raw horsepower is nice too 2) The camera has improved a lot (2mp - 8mp) and you're right, there are more things than pure megapixel count that makes a good photo. But having more MP means higher detail. In nearly every case. 3) You clearly haven't experienced a 400+ppi. It's a world of difference. But the type of display also plays a huge role in being able to see pixels or not. 4) The size of the respective app stores don't matter. Good luck trying to fit all the apps from either one on your phone. 90% of the apps on the stores are useless/copies of others anyway.

[@adriansnetwork]

iPhone was revolutionary and made the ground for modern mobile industry, but right now, I prefer android as a mobile os.

[@sultanabran1]

it was revolutionary in the touch screen sense. the interface is the same as a nokia from years and years back. a grided app icon layout. back then, nokia's icons had animations on them which ios still does not. touch screen technology isn't exactly new either. apple was good to bring the technology into a phone. so they took technology from somewhere else and put it onto a nokia interface basically.

[@bszphoto]

Just took it out of my drawer, and plugged it in. It's charging now. Maybe I'll rock it tomorrow!!

[@NateNakao]

I remember getting this phone within a month after its release. No MMS, no video recording, no 3G. . . stuff that was so basic elsewhere, but I was okay with it because the phone was so freaking cool! Since then I've owned an iPhone 3G, an iPhone 4, a Galaxy Nexus, a Nexus 4, and a Nexus 5. There's no denying that Apple completely changed how we interact with our phones. Great video!

[@theboyrecovers146]

I miss my 3GS, I find iOS 7 and 8 awful, I much preferred the more premium look of iOS 6, anyone agree?

[@ethanhogan6635]

good thing i can still re live the memories because my iPod 4 doesnt have enough ram to get ios7

[@alubaldini]

+TheBoyRecovers my fucking 3gs was nice ,, till one day,, i can not actualice whats app ,,and other more apps and ios i hate apple ,, they making you buy others recently iphone

[@PuffyRainbowCloud]

+TheBoyRecovers Did you know that Apple tried to redesign both OSX and iOS to look the way it does today many years ago? Thankfully, Steve Jobs said no and they kept going with that design until a short while after his death (Oh, how sad they must have felt over at Apple /: Like seriously, when Steve Jobs died they basically did everything opposite to what he wanted)

[@marvinzimmerman1878]

+PuffyRainbowCloud samsungs better

[@PuffyRainbowCloud]

Mario Weenersnetchal I don't see what point that has right now, but that is a matter of opinion. I got an iPhone because I was curious of how they were, since I'm pretty much a nerd. I'll have to say that I prefer Android better since you have more options of things to do, but I like my iPhone, as well.

[@Fruitarian.]

the phone that started everything

[@Sebasstiano]

I bought a 1st-gen iPod touch in 2007 (couldn't afford an iPhone), and the only thing I did on it was listen to music and watch KZbin videos. I didn't know how to update iOS at the time so I was running iOS 1 and didn't have the App Store until 2010.

[@owenrogoff]

A lot of people don't really care about the specs, the iPhone is popular and people want it, it has a simple name and design, and it looks nice, apple has patented so many little things that it's almost impossible for a phone to not be ugly now.

[@luckyluch808]

i never had 1, but i always wanted 1. i have my 3g, 4s, 5s, and 6 plus.... but i still want a 1st gen iPhone.. just because it is an awesome piece of history. :-)

[@reflexive766]

me too man :D

[@insainllama]

Tony Luciano Luckyluch I just bought one because for $50 why not.

[@Geoffr524]

It had a nice 2-megapickle camera. I have the iPhone 3G( the next year's phone).

[@okhan5087]

I actually still use the original iPhone daily. I have had kids in school ask if its the 6 when it was just released. I guess people have forgotten what it looked like. The 1st gen still works well with talk/text but hardly any apps work with iOS 3.1.3.

[@Atwarene]

I had this iphone from the year it came out. As any iphone user I've been upgrading almost every generation. I remember when I broke my iphone 4 a few years ago, and I had to use this iphone 1st gen as an spare phone for almost a year. It's unbelievable that this iphone still worked so good after so many years. And the funny thing is that I still keep it safe, only because when I need it, it will be there to save me again.

[@Farmfield]

1:13 Wow, no. 7 years isn't 'almost a decade', it's not even 3/4th of a decade. Keep it real. Still an ancient device though. ;)

[@Farmfield]

Yup. :) But the Iphone was released on June 2007 which is 6 years and 7 months ago. That is in no way 10 years later.

[@Farmfield]

No, I refuse. It looks like it might be communist propaganda.

[@amosy8345]

Johnny Farmfield actually it is a decade now...

[@Farmfield]

Amos Y - Hehe, yes and no. 7 years is still not a decade, but yeah, the video is correct now. :D

[@ryangehret]

Man I didn't even know what the iPhone was until the 3GS came out. Lol, the joys of being a kid.

[@AHfrickaz656]

haha same here dude :D

[@ryangehret]

I also wanted a 4S but I ended up with a 4. Used it for 2 years.

[@albert8112]

Have been with the iPhone since the beginning! Still in love with it

[@henrysavage1342]

Still use this iPhone today. I feel like an endangered species. I remember when I first got it I was so cool because nobody else had one. They found it so fascinating. Now everyone has a modern iPhone, and because everyone has one they are not that special. But, because barely anyone still has the old iPhone, they still find this one cool. Fingers crossed my phone lives on into the future!

[@marcusxe3]

lol how many times did Jaime say " back in 2007" NEXT throwback please do the Galaxy S2 man, that phone was the first ever phone to rival the iphone, and thrashed the android competition...!

[@Ranblv]

Had it, liked it, moved on to android :-)

[@hiijjh100]

I, like many other kids growing up and going through school together, had that rich friend you secretly hated at times for always having the latest and greatest gadgets. He had a diskman, skipping songs with ease while we spent what seemed like an eternity rewinding and flipping our walkman tapes, an iPod, Abel to cast aside those fragile and flimsy cd's when we all were still cringing when the bus hit a bump and our diskman always skipped our favorite part of the song. An iPhone, Abel to stream media, listen to music, surf the web, and make phone calls when we had to carry 6 different gadgets to do the same. In retrospect, I still hate you Zack. lol

[@o_mc]

I wanted this phone so badly when it came out. I eventually settled for a windows phone because I couldn't get it in my country.

[@JoZero95]

My first cellphone was a iPhone 3gs and it was the best thing ever at the time.

[@ast5515]

Something I don't get: Why can't you set a wallpaper? Otherwise I have to agree that it was ahead of it's time, but current iPhones aren't, yet they are still popular.

[@tileformiles]

Amazing how a company can be soo genius in one area ( software, quality, etc... ), and COMPLETELY miss the most common and necessary trend for an all in one device. SCREEN SIZE!!! They really blew it. And just like they were five years ahead in experience, now they're five years behind in size.

[@ImTheFuckingBest]

My first cell phone was an Ericsson T18. I can't believe how much things have changed since then... I'm the owner of a Samsung Galaxy S4 but sometimes I miss the times that we had no cell phones, tablets etc... our lives were much more simple and real. We were actually talking to each other!

[@JacksonWelch]

"an error occurred, please try again later." No I wanna watch it now! I want cake now! I want it now...

[@M3rsh]

badlipreading ftw

[@JacksonWelch]

M3rsh oh yeah!

[@HazeSphinx]

We are in 2015. Not 1723

[@ntrDRUMMER]

Marc Konan 1738 hey i'm like hey what's up hello

[@HazeSphinx]

Aditya Parama Hadi LoL

[@okhan5087]

I finally retired my Original 2007 iPhone as my main phone last week!!! It surved me well and I'm still going to use it as an iPod.

[@TEDdotcom]

I remember mine. I was one of the first people who got the iPhone way back in 2007, and everyone at work wanted to play with it.

[@PaulMack-md5kh]

just looks like any other iphone

[@raykrislianggi]

Just the front that is. The face is not only a design, it's a symbol of smartphone revolution. They can't change the way the front looks that easily. Perhaps you should point that to Samsung's lineup, which more than 50 of them all have the exact same front and back model and the exact same build quality.

[@JJuden96]

It's funny how a lot of times people say there has been no change in the look of the phone, but they never seem to think for themselves to look at other phones, yes android phones look a lot different from eachother because there is 30 different people manufacturing them, if you look at the same model android device though it will look just as identical to the previous model of it as the iPhone does.

[@speedyink]

The only thing I don't agree with is the camera comment. I remember the iPhone camera being pretty bad in comparison to other phones until the iPhone 4, where they started to step up their game in the camera department.

[@danielmcneary3447]

…you're wrong

[@danielmcneary3447]

…you're wrong

[@speedyink]

+Daniel McNeary ...No, 2MP fixed focus was total shit even in 2007, not to mention the shitty lense and sensor. Just check out Sony's phones from the time, which were actually decent point and shoots.

[@nasosgreece45]

+speedyink I think that the first iPhone with a decent camera was the 3GS... It did not have a flash but in daylight you could get a decent picture!

[@jack456000]

+speedyink No,back then that was a *decent* camera,nothing special.

[@marcfield1234]

This is the great, great grand daddy of all smart devices, phones, tablets, watches. Let's pause for a minute and give proper respect where it is due. Thank you Apple and thank you Steve Jobs. You truly reinvented the phone.

[@realvaughnfelix]

My first was the iPhone 4 and have upgraded every iteration! Loving them!!!

[@z4520ft]

How about a throwback episode on Nokia Symbian device next time? I believe most people the age of 22s and above must had own at least one Nokia smartphone. It'll be good to see how far technology have evolved since the day we 1st using copy paste, install 3rd party apps & games, sending email with attachment and so on to what we have now in 2014

[@itsamefra]

Nokia's neve been so succesful in the US

[@z4520ft]

Francesco Vaccaro I'm not so sure about US market but during 2001-2007 I believe Nokia is the most successful smartphone company. Back then Windows Mobile devices still considered as PDA

[@weirdboypro]

dat feel, I still have nokia 5800 XM nicely kept in its original box,been flashing custom rom everyweek that time lol

[@fuckallh8ters123]

I've Owned every iPhone to date

[@mista_ibee]

Clap for yourself. you're the king of the blind

[@sultanabran1]

you never wonder 'why did i buy this? it's the same as the previous one i owned'

[@TheSocialNetLurk]

Hands down the best phone of all time. Whether you love or hate apple and the iphone you cannot deny this phone was really something special at a time when there was nothing else like it. And my God there is a special place in my heart for that youtube app

[@Lovejazz01]

My cousin stood in line and bought this first iPhone, and used it all the way until the 4s came out. I had the 3GS a year after it was first dropped and used it all they way until Feb. 2013 when I bout the iPhone 5. That's why I love iPhones because of the durability so us poor guys don't have to get a new phone every year! And I'm planning to get the 6 later after it's been out a while!

[@robertdevald]

Not much have changed since that to be fair...

[@RichardStefanits]

Just wanted to say the same. There are minor changes only since then. No, the two tone led flash is not a big deal...

[@robertdevald]

***** IKR lol

[@acalza]

You don't think a phone that has equivalent performance to computers 5 years ago is nothing much that changed? Or a resolution that meets high definition? 1080p? I don't get it with you people, this phone is an amazing piece of engineering, and all you say is 'nothing have changed since that to be fair.' Don't take this technology for granted.

[@RichardStefanits]

Take your time and compare the whole iphone idea with a modern, similarly priced Android phone like I did and (I use both everyday) and you are going to get closer to understand what I am talking about.

[@robertdevald]

Albert Calzaretto 1) Computers 5 years ago were much stronger than the iPhone 5S :-) 2) The resolution of the screen of the iPhone 5S doesn't even meet 720p. 3) It is amazing, just like all the other phones out there. 4) I said NOT MUCH has changed since then. With that I meant mostly the UI. 5) I don't take it for granted I am amazed every day by how fast and gorgeous my Galaxy S4 is.

[@shawndizzydiz7610]

I didnt care for it when it first came out now i love my iphone 5s :)

[@EvanHyland]

my first iPhone was the 3G, now i own a 4S, i will be getting a newer one pretty soon!

[@seanraidley2643]

I wanted it SO badly back then. I can't tell you how many times I watched the guided tour video...

[@EdGloss]

I'm sorry but while the iPhone certainly did it with style and with a larger screen, I had Google Maps running just fine on my Dash (which I still own and it still runs well). I also reject the claim that browsers couldn't load full sites. Opera Mini was, at that time, considerably better than WebKit. Download speed had a lot to do with it but I owned the first iPhone and hated actually using it as a daily driver over my Dash. I wanted to love the iPhone but it had no apps compared with 10,000 WinMo apps and Opera Mini was in reality faster (so fast that I can still load pages on it in 2014 fairly quickly even by today's standards) and it had something that the iPhone still doesn't have and which makes the browser unusable IMO and that's text reflow. It was, and still is, an absolute necessity and the singular reason I use Boat over Chrome or the stock browser on my Note 2. I wanted to love the iPhone but as someone who needed a phone to actually get things done, the Dash (still my favorite hardware keyboard) beat the pants off the iPhone. It was clear that it was a game changer but it was overpriced for what it actually did. It was also clear that the future was in that form factor but it needed to grow up. I still power up my Dash and realize how awesome it was. And it has something the iPhone still doesn't have making iOS completely and totally unusable; a file explorer.

[@Zenolijo]

I was very young at the time, but i remember using Opera Mini on my fathers Blackberry while my older brother had an iPhone and everything looked way better and worked way more efficient on his iPhone. The Opera Mini didn't even have css support at the time so the websites also looked horrible. Even though it took a while for the iPhone to render the webpages, it was much easier to navigate with pinch to zoom and touch controls.

[@EdGloss]

Zenolijo Opera Mini on the BlackBerry was horrible. It was vastly different on Windows Mobile and absolutely supported CSS. Web sites rendered damn bear perfectly and easily two to three times faster than the iPhone because it pre-rendered on Opera's severs before sending a small file to the phone which was perfect for a 2G connection which was all both phones had. Pinch to zoom was available as well only it wasn't a touch screen so it was a button. It, too, was vastly superior to the iPhone because it did text reflow which the iPhone STILL doesn't do. This is one of the most important features of a mobile browser if not the absolute most important feature. I could zoom around a Web site way faster than on my iPhone at the time and oddly, it is still quite fast. I was just playing with my Dash the other day and Web page were still rendering super fast and the text reflow was absolutely brilliant. A mobile browser is useless without the option IMHO.

[@Razor8661]

i think that he meant that it was by default on the iPhone that you could load full webpages and i have had everything from windows phone to android to iPhone and i love my iPhone just because while I'm in my 2 year contract it stays up to date for as long as possible and then the trade in values are way higher but that is just my opinion

[@EdGloss]

Titus Nickleson Up to date means almost nothing. While I root my phones and generally have the latest version of Android running, I have the same version of Android on my Note 2 that I had in October 2012 and I haven't missed a beat. Updating used to mean something when there was a vast difference but that just isn't the case anymore. And even iOS doesn't update every device forever and when they do they often give a slightly different version. Not every feature is always available. What is truly the difference between Android 4.1 and 4.4 particularly for the average user who couldn't tell you what version was on their phone if you paid them?

[@EdGloss]

Titus Nickleson And I could load absolutely full Web page on my Dash long before he iPhone was even announced. It wasn't new and even though webkit based browsers are the norm now they were quite bloated, slow and terrible when it was released with the first iPhone. It couldn't come close to the speed of Opera Mini on Windows Mobile.

[@TheLatvianPerspective]

i have a 4s,a nd it's good. I have no problems at all.

[@AbiRizky]

Same!

[@blenderfoto]

me too. Wouldn't exactly stream 1080p gaming to my 55' 3d tv with it, but it's reliable (except for that fucking lock button)

[@SixtyHurts94]

I had the first iPhone back in the day, I saved every penny I made just to buy it, comparing it to my iPhone 6S now I couldn't believe how ahead of its time it really was, plus I was the only kid in my town to have and at that time, it was the best of the best (even know I use both android and iOS mobile OS platforms now)

[@almegalli2]

I bought the iPhone 1st-gen when it came out, it was indeed a game changer, now I have the iPhone 5s. There are a lot of different smart phones now, but the iPhone software and hardware suits me the best.

[@iamryoshi177]

i had 3 ,4s now 5s..always waiting until price drops to 250. :D

[@gaby-xi9vo]

Same here! I've got a 5s too

[@iamz_kitcat_z2793]

I has an iPhone SE

[@chonkhongduocnick]

me too, im still using my 5s and it still works smoothly and perfectly (July 2016, IOS 9.2.1). its been more than 2 years now. Im glad that I sold my first android phone (Moto X 1. Gen.) in 2013 after using it for a month and got a used 5s for the same price. it was worth it!

[@chance4746]

Mines 140

[@haleigh5340]

I'm watching on a 5c

[@ajbglolz13]

That was back in the days,now android its figuring it out

[@snelle_tomos]

True, Android is kinda ahead now, but you still can't deny the fact that Apple reinvented the phone-world. I own a Galaxy S4 as my main and an iPhone 4, ofcourse the iPhone is getting kinda old now.. But it's the exact same root of where my Galaxy S4 is coming from :)

[@ajbglolz13]

I like the iphone 5s(as a motorola RAZR HD owner i love this damn phone) i just dont like how ios 7 turned out to be .-.

[@ajbglolz13]

And true steve jobs figured it out back in the day,hes my idol

[@TheDiamondGames]

DubpleRW android's big successor is that it is open-source and supports tons of smartphones. With apple it will never happen.

[@Gravage]

I bought the original iPhone shortly after launch. I was rocking a Blackberry Curve at the time and had come from a Samsung Blackjack and numerous Nokia phones. The original iPhone, like the Nokia N95 will always hold a special, nostalgic place in my heart, though I have little interest in Apple's efforts today.

[@Slowroll90]

I bought one of these second hand early fall of 07. I was the second person I knew to have an iPhone. First one being the guy I bought it from. It was a wonderful time, I felt so cool to be one of the few with one. Of course it wasn't long until everyone else caught up. This phone was a game changer for me as I was coming to it from a samsung flip phone, which was a good phone itself and at times I wish I had spent more time with it.

[@frostycreeper1055]

Watching this on a 4s. lol.

[@haleigh5340]

Watching on a 5c lol. It was my grandmas old phone so when she gave it to me it was free. She has a 6s+ now -_-

[@xShadow125]

iPhone 4S was my first smartphone, however Apple plays dirty and decides to sue everybody, with that said they need to adapt and accept competition, they didn't invent everything they have today either, not even back in 2007 or before. The original keyboard phones were invented by someone else and they do take things from Android. It's safe to say Apple has been surpassed and iOS 8 could be the fall of Apple, with the entire iPhone 6 bentgate, if Steve Jobs was still alive, iPhones wouldn't even be big, therefore would still be no competition to Android at all.

[@FrKuraiba]

I still have mine, but with a shattered screen ( which is still working )and wifi stopped working. I bet in the future i'll be able to sell it for some good money. But man, this phone changed evrything

[@LeoRizoLeon]

The iPhone was so ahead of its time back then.... Although now it's other way around

[@JustaBusta]

Back in 2007

[@TheDiamondGames]

it was impossible, only iPhone could do this

[@CalebDavislfcandfcb]

Sending this from an android, all people talking crap about apple because android is better, if not for the iphone you wouldn't have an android phone.

[@prasenjit815]

That's not true mate, android was not a google's project and google bought it and was working and improving android since 2005. It's just that they came into market a late while it was still developing. The new ios 7 has all the features copied from different os including android's notification center, Web Os multitasking and so on. It's just apple provides few features but they implement it so well that it works just like a charm. So don't talk crap

[@raykrislianggi]

prasenjit zankar Even Google admitted that they needed to change the ENTIRE Android UI back in 2007 when the 1st iPhone was introduced to match iOS. Android before the iPhone was like a googlified BlackBerry OS, much different than Android's UI today. As a Nexus user, I have a high respect for Apple. Even things as simple as home button, flick scrolling, pinch to zoom, and double tap to zoom originated from iOS. Apple doesn't really need to care about copying others since they were the one who got massively copied in the first place. I don't know why so many people fail real hard at that simple logic.

[@Leon98Leo]

My dad first smartphone is this iphone 1st gen , I like to borrow his iPhone when were in public ( restaurant , shopping , etc ) to play game , becuz when I did that , alot of people will look to my direction LOL , it was rare back then .

[@VortexumGamer]

In 2020 we will look at the first iPhone like looking to a ancient rock!

[@paulmistro94]

APPLE WERE THE 1st !!

[@BigHumz155]

Apple were nowhere near the 1st. :)

[@JiggySnipes]

Best sales in the industry? Maybe in the US.

[@TheSonyExperience]

No its pretty much the world. Samsung is slightly ahead because they make so many budget phones and most places can't afford an iPhones or any apple products

[@JiggySnipes]

Samsung - 33% Apple - 17% LG - 5% Huawei - 5% ZTE - 4% Other - 36% Which leaves iOS only at 17% while Android has the potential for 73% (Which I know isn't possible because Ubuntu, Windows, Blackberry, and many others) Those numbers are from this time last year, mind you.

[@skifree0]

Mr. SirPerson he said "best selling smartphone'. Not the best selling Brand of smartphones. There's a very large difference. If apple gets 17% of the market with a handful of devices vs hundreds of different models on competitor, it is very impressive. Usually market share comes at a cost of diluted brand image.

[@TheSonyExperience]

Apple essentially only has one smartphone and the others are just previous models. The 5C is just a low cost 5

[@chriscem]

Mr. SirPerson Tell me a SINGLE phone that has sold more than the iPhone 4 or 4S. And no, don't compare ALL samsung sales in a year, or all android sales.

[@sergegaming5738]

i had the G1 !!! thumbs up for android in 2008 the lovely g1

[@sergegaming5738]

yeah the phone was really good but aged very fast as android was evolving the specs that the os required where no longer running well on the old thing. still a fun experience though.

[@douglasman100]

Oh man I wanted this phone so bad as a kid...I really wanted any smartphone really. The thought that I could connect to the Internet for "anywhere" blew my mind and I knew it would be the future I wanted to be a part of.

[@OrlandoEeckhout]

My ipod touch 4g is slower in loading settings

[@iOsGAM3Rmatt]

SAME 0.0

[@AndrewMackoul]

downgrade it to ios 4, then load settings. threes a HUGE difference in speed.

[@OrlandoEeckhout]

Andrew Mackoul thanks for the advice

[@iOsGAM3Rmatt]

Andrew Mackoul You can't do shit with ios 4 worst advise ever

[@sultanabran1]

exactly the same as the lastest one

[@iOsGAM3Rmatt]

You're such a negative scumbag.

[@kaare1992]

Typical Android user, who can't respect that we have different taste. I like iPhone, i got the iPhone 5. I DID own an Android, the HTC Desire HD. I love both phones, and both OS. But since i got my iPhone, i liked it more. But that is my taste. So please, if you are just another Android fanboy, do you mind respecting the different taste we have, and just don't watch the video? I hate this war going on between Android and iOS, why is it so hard for so many people to realize its about TASTE. They just keep fighting over which phone is the best, well, i'll tell you what. NO PHONE IS THE BEST! Our taste in a phone does not make it the best phone, it only makes it the best phone for yourself. So pleace, before you say any negative shit, remember, TASTE.

[@sultanabran1]

kaare1992 i never said which one is better. there's plenty to like about ios, well not plenty. there's a lot to like about android, and there is plenty to like about windows phone as well. i'm just saying ios is boring and hasn't moved on other than a couple of things it's copied from android and windows phone. you can like ios, i have no problem with that. i just think it hasn't kept up with the development of android and windows phone.

[@ashindnile]

sultanabran1 It's pathetic how you think iOS has "copied" your androids. iOS has more features than android where it counts. Hint? Check accessibility. Changing wallpapers and launchers? Grow up man, I won't do it much even if iOS had the feature, and I haven't changed anything on my nexus 5 either. Android L copies significantly from iOS 8, what with handoff, android auto, do not disturb off the top of my head. When iOS 7 came out you said the multitasking launcher and safari tabs were copied. Yes they were copied, but not from chrome, but from exposé in Mac OSX, where google copied it from originally. None of you happen to notice it do you? Control center? Try dashboard. Like 'quick settings' could be copied. The only thing I found thoroughly copied from android was notification center in iOS 5. Obviously the implementation itself was, for the most part, different, but it pissed me off that they couldn't think of anything better than swiping down the status bar. But you know where majority of the actual copying is from? Jailbreak tweaks. That's where android gets most of it's "innovation" from, what apple occasionally taps into. But apple's case is different. Apple regularly hires any cydia developers. It's famous for that poaching.

[@sultanabran1]

Ashton Nile well thanks for that essay ashton, but all i said was, even though i spelt latest wrong, was that it's the same as the previous version. meaning ios is boring and interface is old and outdated. even though your essay is in many ways correct, it has nothing to do with what i'm saying. try staying with the topic.

[@spkslayer1]

I remember when I first got it. Back then it was mind blowing. And another I got it I couldn't see my life without it.

[@jaipatel5613]

I didn't actually realise how good the iPhone was back then cuz i was just starting school then and i didn't really care. Right now though, I would happily go and buy the first iPhone because the innovation was more than anything else I've seen ever. It is an amazing piece of history.

[@lowbudge007]

Never like Apple for many years before. At the time I had not idea they had even made a smartphone of any kind until my wife was raving about the first Droid. She had to have it with that slide out keyboard. So when Verizon was offering a Droid Eris for free with any Droid we got out first smartphones. Still do not like IPhone and prob will never own one

[@Danno1850]

so edgy.

[@SpartanAesthetic]

Danno1850 3edgy5me

[@sopgubben]

Are you obamas twin?

[@joekidger3960]

are you my twin?

[@sopgubben]

Yes i am

[@diegodlvqo]

seeing the very first iphone again after 7 years made me feel nostalgic.

[@BhaskarJoshiCR7]

The first iphone presentation was indeed one of the most iconic presentation ever! Have watched all of his keynotes but nothing comes close to the first iphone launch!