HAPPY BIRTHDAY! The iPhone was born 15 years ago today

[Fenway]

It changed everything

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[Gee Wally]

Lol….I remember when my company switched.
I had to give up my blackberry and went nuts.

Goes to show what I know.

 

[BostonBob]

Bah - I didn't get any birthday recognition here today but the freaking iPhone does.

 

[sarge88]

Bah - I didn't get any birthday recognition here today but the freaking iPhone does.

Happy Birthday!

Never met you, but I’m sure I like you more than my iPhone.

(like the product, hate how dependent we are on it though)

 

[Ludwig Fell Down]

Lol….I remember when my company switched.
I had to give up my blackberry and went nuts.

Goes to show what I know.

I remember thinking I'd never get used to typing without a mini-keyboard.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I've always had androids and the last work phone I had was an IPhone and I absolutely hated it.

 

[sooshii]

Bah - I didn't get any birthday recognition here today but the freaking iPhone does.

Happy birthday @BostonBob !
You have my all-time favorite avatar!

 

[Mione134]

Bah - I didn't get any birthday recognition here today but the freaking iPhone does.

Happy Birthday to you!


I prefer my Samsung over the iPhone

 

[Fenway]

I've always had androids and the last work phone I had was an IPhone and I absolutely hated it.

All personal preference - I had a bad experience with a android and have stuck with iPhone

I did love this phone 12 years ago

 

[Bruinaura]

I prefer my Samsung. Although not all android phones are equal...I had two different Motorola phones and they both crapped out pretty quick. I've had various versions of the Galaxy and love them.

Used to have an iPhone for work and did not care for it at all.

 

[Bruinaura]

All personal preference - I had a bad experience with a android and have stuck with iPhone

I did love this phone 12 years ago

If you had a blackberry you were hot stuff back in the day lol

 

[Mione134]

I prefer my Samsung. Although not all android phones are equal...I had two different Motorola phones and they both crapped out pretty quick. I've had various versions of the Galaxy and love them.

Used to have an iPhone for work and did not care for it at all.

I currently have the Galaxy 21 Ultra 5G. I was on my Galaxy S7 until last year. The photo quality is insane

 

[GabeTravels]

My sister got one as a graduation present. My parents asked if I wanted one too and I said, "No, why would anyone want the internet on their phone?"

...Yep. Feel pretty dumb lol.

 

[Bruinaura]

I currently have the Galaxy 21 Ultra 5G. I was on my Galaxy S7 until last year. The photo quality is insane

I went from the S8+ to the 20 last year, but that's only because the screen cracked beyond my tolerance level. Otherwise I'd probably still have the 8.

 

[badbrewin]

Having an iPhone as my work phone, I respect the quality and build of Apple products. But the cult-like lack of freedom of having to use applications like iTunes to perform so many basic tasks drives me nuts.

My personal cell is an Android and I love it...Android lifer here!

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

All personal preference - I had a bad experience with a android and have stuck with iPhone

I did love this phone 12 years ago

Oh I know it's all personal preference but it was my first IPhone and I had always had issues with it and then randomly one day it gave me a message saying basically the phone itself was having issues figuring out if the battery was a legit Apple battery and the phone just kept dying but I needed it for work. I was like reeeeally....

 

[BTO]

It changed everything

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BOO!
I'm a Mac guy but I hate the iPhone. It's the exact opposite of what made, and makes, the Mac great.
Have had an iPhone for work for years and hate it. Had an android BlackBerry and I hated that too because it's android and felt like android and I hate android more than iOS.
However, my trusty BlackBerry Classic is still working fine even after the supposed January 4th shutdown of all things BlackBerry
The BlackBerry 10 OS (BB10, not BB7, though that was great too for its time) is great and its UI is great - very Mac-like. Problem, of course, is that it was too late to the party and people just had to have their "apps". Alas.

 

[Troublesome 85]

Was supposed to move this month. My transfer never came in. Also one my daughters is pregnant and high risk so we wont be moving until the baby is born after july

 

[McGarnagle]

I've only had Androids. iPhones are more expensive and it'd take time to adjust.

Apple changed the game though, no doubt

 

[Bruinaura]

My first mobile phone was a bag phone for the car

My brother had one of the original bricks

 

[Fenway]

My first mobile phone was a bag phone for the car

My brother had one of the original bricks

People forget how expensive it was to make calls - and if you were ROAMING

 

[aguineapig]

Never have had a cell phone let alone an iPhone. Still have a land line and cable TV too. Only post on here because my son showed me how on his old account. About 10 years or so ago, my car broke down about 7-8 miles from the house. Figured I'd walk to the race track about 3 miles away and call my son to come and get me. Damned if when I got there they had ripped out the pay phone. Keep on walking, when I got home my son marveled "You walked all the way home?" Said to him " I would have taken my magic carpet but it's at the damn dry cleaners!"

 

[Bruinaura]

People forget how expensive it was to make calls - and if you were ROAMING

Oh yeah.... roaming...

Remember limited minutes and waiting to talk to people until after 9:00 pm because it was free then?

 

[EvilDead]

While it isn't technically genesis for the smartphone, the iPhone (and HTC as well) is the one that certainly got the ball rolling. I remember in school when it was the hip new thing alongside the iPod touch. Everyone I went to school with couldn't wait to get away from flip phones to get a smart phone. Come to think of it I also remember that this was around the time the Xbox 360 was only 2 years old, Google just recently bought YouTube and was still able to be used in mainland China, and the great recession hadn't truly hit yet.

The fact that was all 15 years ago is unsettling to me and makes me feel old. I wonder if this is how people felt during the 15th anniversary of the Compact Disc.

 

[Bruinaura]

How many people had this phone?

And you could play a GAME on it!