The iPhone on its Fourth Anniversary

I purchased my first iPhone from Telus in April of 2011. Before that, for two years, I used a BlackBerry Curve 8330. I definitely prefer my iPhone because it is worlds more fun, but I do miss the messaging certainty that the BlackBerry had. I will not return to RIM unless they pull something amazing out of their hat, which is looking less and less likely.

I jumped into the iPhone world just before Christmas 2007. I live in Finland so I couldn't get my hands on one of the devices through official means. My mom did a business trip into UK and I asked her to bring an iPhone back with her, and I'm glad she did.

Using the device was simply a mind-blowing experience. So much that my dad bought himself one the following spring (2008). The phone served me very well until I sold it just last fall when I bought myself a new iPhone 4. It's still being used actively (and I get to make sure it stays unlocked).

I watched the launch with interest as a keen WinMo 6 user. It was obvious something revolutionary was underway, and that apple had nailed the user interface. The lack of SDK and the reliance on webapps were obvious shortcomings, and it was astonishing to see how quickly the underground managed to create a working toolchain for the iPhone.

I bought my iPhone 2g/8gb in June 2008, unlocked it with ziphone, and was happy. I still am happy: I'm using the said same phone 3 years later, and it still is a superb phone. Maybe I'll update to 5, maybe I'll stick with a solid, usable phone that works. Well done apple on a huge innovation: let's see the next huge leap, please!

Apple does a great company, though it is not the first company using full touch screen mobile phone, but it brought this concept to all of us.
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I bought two that day. One for me. One for my wife who was out of the country on business. She got back next day and the very first photo I took with mine was of my wife holding hers and smiling like she had just won the lottery.

That pic is still my contact photo for her on now, my third iPhone.

... I don't know about "remembering those days" since I am still using my 1st gen iPhone. Love it.

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Here is a video I took of the Tulsa, OK Apple Store grand opening which happened to be iphone launch day too!

Walked into the South Hills Village Store around 8 PM that Friday night and was walking out with my first iPhone by 8:15. It was awesome. To this day, it was still the best $600 I ever spent. And those first few months were magical. Just using it in public would draw a small crowd. I was in the same Apple Store two nights ago and was thinking that I miss those days a little. In 2007, the Apple Store was a much cozier place. The employees recognized you, you recognized them and it was very personal. The Apple employees are still great but the stores are a zoo now. That's what you get with success. I kind of miss the days when Apple products were a nice little secret.

hat does not have AT&T service. I have used all the iPhone models, more or less as glorified iPod touches, but never experienced the excitement of getting the first model on the first day. Four years ago today, I clung to my Motorola Q and

I worked to a corporate AT&T store. WOW what an amazing day that was. It was like no other launch that I was ever a part of pre-iPhone launc. As the line began to for we all became extremly excited. We were not able to see the iPhone before the doors closed and when they closed we opend the boxes to see what all the fuss was about. We were trained a little bit before that day but holding and actually using the phone was believing. Everyone at my store were all phone geeks and believe me we were all amazed when we laid our filthy palms on the beast of a phone! Our manager even let us walk out to the line and show people what they were about to buy. I still remember that we had a line of people all ages that first day. I still remember that we had this boy who was 11 years old and had been saving since Jan to buy that phone. wow how awesome would that be to be a kid that young and have an iPhone... oh wait that is normal now a days, but really at that time we never sold a smartphone to people that age back then. Oh lets also not forget that amazing data plan they served up with the iPhone. $25 got you unlomited internet and 200sms along with it. At that time that was $5 cheaper than any other smartphone and it even gave you sms with it?!?! Yeah I know its funny to think that saying all of this is looked at as if I was my grandfather telling me a war story from when he was younger. Yet this is just a story from 4 years ago from the day that changed everything in the cell phone biz. No I was not able to buy one that day because only customers not employee's were able to buy one that day and actually it stayed that way until the price dropped $200 from the orgional price. I was so excited because back then there was only full retail not discounted prices so working at AT&T they gave us 10% off the total price and since a 4GB iPhone went from $500 to $300 I was all in. Yeah I bought that 4GB like it was going out of style (which it apparently was because they replaced the 4GB with the 16GB model) But it worked for me becauae after having a problem with it the Apple store replace it with an 8GB for free because they nolonger mad eht 4GB!!! I have been a part of every iPhone launch at either AT&T or a Apple store so I can say that they are like no other.