Amaya Toman This week, as part of our Back to the Past series, we commemorated the day when the first iPhone was officially released. In this weekend's Apple History column, we'll take a closer look at the event and remember the day when eager users lined up for the first iPhone.
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On the day when Apple officially put its first iPhone on sale, queues of eager and enthusiastic Apple fans began to form in front of stores, who did not want to miss the opportunity to be among the first to get a breakthrough Apple smartphone. A few years later, queues in front of Apple Story were already an integral part of the release of a number of new Apple products, but at the time of the release of the first iPhone, many people still did not really know what to expect from the first ever smartphone from Apple.
Steve Jobs introduces the first iPhone.
On the day the first iPhone went on sale, news and footage of lines of excited users waiting for their Apple smartphone began to appear in the media across the United States. Some of those waiting did not hesitate to spend several days in line, but in interviews with journalists, all customers described waiting as fun, and confided that there was a fun, friendly, sociable atmosphere in the line. A number of people equipped themselves with folding chairs, drinks, snacks, laptops, books, players or board games for the queue. "People are very social. We survived the rain, and we feel that we are getting closer to the phone," one of the followers, Melanie Rivera, told reporters at the time.
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Apple has properly prepared for the possible great interest in the first iPhone from its workshop. Each of the customers who came to the Apple Store for an iPhone could purchase a maximum of two new Apple smartphones. The American operator AT&T, where iPhones were also exclusively available, even sold one iPhone per customer. The hysteria surrounding the new iPhone was even so great that when journalist Steven Levy unwrapped his newly acquired Apple smartphone in front of the cameras, he was almost robbed. A few years later, Liverpool graphic artist Mark Johnson recalled the queue for the first iPhone - he himself was standing outside the Apple Store in the Trafford Centre: “People were speculating at the time of launch about how the iPhone would affect them and how it would change their lives. Some thought that it was just a mobile phone that could play music and only offered a few extra features. But as Apple fans, they bought it anyway." stated
What year was it? Does anyone know?
2007)