What Day Was the release of the first iPhone?

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Apple's first iPhone went on sale in the United States, following its unveiling by Steve Jobs at Macworld earlier that same year.

Its touchscreen-first design, lack of a physical keyboard, and full mobile web browser were widely seen as reshaping the smartphone market that followed.

Customers lined up outside Apple retail stores for hours ahead of the release, a now-familiar pattern for major Apple product launches that the original iPhone helped establish.

The device notably shipped without support for third-party native apps at launch — the App Store didn't arrive until the following year, meaning the original iPhone's software capabilities were far more limited than later models.

The original device's price and AT&T-exclusive carrier contract in the US were both widely debated at launch, with some early reviewers questioning whether the high price point could sustain mainstream consumer adoption.