“Today is the [fifth] anniversary of the release of the original iPhone, and for Cult of Mac’s writers, it’s a particularly important birthday: not only does June 29th mark the anniversary of one of our most all-time beloved gadgets, but it’s also a day so momentous that it has rippled through every aspect of our professional lives as both Apple fans and writers,” John Brownlee reports for Cult of Mac.
“To mark the occasion, five of Cult of Mac’s writers got together to talk about where we were when the first iPhone came out, what it meant for us then and what it means for us now,” Brownlee reports.
Check out their stories, and tell Cult of Mac – and MacDailyNews (below)! – your stories – in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: Cult of Mac‘s article appeared on the iPhone’s fourth anniversary, but it works regardless of the year.
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I don’t remember exactly what number we were in line, probably around 200 at the Apple Store La Cantera in San Antonio. The sun was blazing, there was no breeze, and the temperature was in the upper 90s. We were grabbing any shade we could find. It was so much fun to be with like-minded people and to share in the enthusiasm. Got one iPhone and had to wait a couple of days for AT&T to figure out how to activate it. All-in-all, a great day.
Oh, and I used my original iPhone for two years until the 3GS came out. Still have it and the box it came in. The most amazing electronic device I’ve ever owned! I was hooked from the moment I watched Steve Jobs’ keynote back in January ’07.
Hard to remember life before iphone. Had been promoted at work and also started dating a nice guy, so things were looking up. Was still using an old flip-phone on Verizon. That day my new beau came to visit me at work and told me about iPhone, but I didn’t ‘get it’ so he decide to show me. After work we went to AT&T and he bought me a 16gb (if memory serves?) and an 8gb for himself. The sales guy transferred my contacts, and suddenly I had a new phone, on his account. Maybe it’s silly to say, but somehow it was like being handed a life raft. It changed my life. What a guy!
In the washroom.
First in line at the Knox Street store.
So where was I? Well, I was in line at the University Village Apple store to buy my first iPhone. It was the best phone I’d ever used up to that point, and I never regretted for an instant my decision to purchase it, especially when Apple gave me a $200 rebate.
That phone lasted about 3 years before the battery started giving out, which I used an an excuse to buy an iPhone 4, which I’m still using now. So in 5 years, I’ve had two phones, and zero desire or interest in switching to anything else.
THANK YOU Apple, for changing the whole mobile landscape and offering me a great device. People have completely forgotten how dreadful ‘feature phones’ used to be, but I haven’t.
It’s also worth noting here:
AAPL price on June 29 2007 – $122.04
Designed an informative ASF (Alternative Story Format) for the front page of a newspaper published on iPhone launch day. When I was younger, long line excitement had more appeal. On day two, walked right in and bought the baddest iPhone in the store. It worked great for years and upgraded to the 4S in October. Why buy the imitator, when you can buy the innovator? 🙂
I was at work, watching the execs glant off to get their iPhone 1s. I later got mine in August. 8GB. But in 2007, went to WWDC. I got to the keynote, but was in an overflow room. Or was that 2009? Well either I missed the keynote and made the ’09, I can’t remember. I can tell you this, the GS was as exciting as the iPhone 1, if not more so. I have had every single release since 1st, and bank on it every year. Woe is me.