page_title: IPhone (1st generation)
section_title: Release
hierarchical_section_title: IPhone (1st generation) / Release
caption_attribution_description: English: First public showing of the Apple iPhone at the 2007 MacWorld show in San Fransisco. Note: time is EST. See File:Albert S. Samuels street clock SFO.agr.jpg taken same day with same camera for validation of camera time, about 15 min slow if Samuels clock was accurate.
context_page_description: The iPhone is the first smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. After years of rumors and speculation, it was officially announced on January 9, 2007, and was later released in the United States on June 29, 2007. It featured quad-band GSM cellular connectivity with GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer.
  Development of the iPhone dated back to 2005, when former Apple CEO Steve Jobs conceived the idea. The design was expanded upon over the next 2 years in complete secrecy, before being announced in 2007.
  Although several aspects of the iPhone are considered obsolete by current standards, the device is seen as a prototype for current cell phones, eliminating most physical hardware buttons and stylus in favor of a touch-based user interface. Its successor, the iPhone 3G, was announced in June 2008.
context_section_description: The iPhone was released in the United States on June 29, 2007 at the price of $499 for the 4 GB model and $599 for the 8 GB model, both requiring a 2-year contract. Thousands of people were reported to have waited outside Apple and AT&T retail stores days before the device's launch; many stores reported stock shortages within an hour of availability. To avoid repeating the problems of the PlayStation 3 launch, which caused burglaries and even a shooting, off-duty police officers were hired to guard stores overnight.
  It was later made available in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, and Austria in November 2007.
  Six out of ten Americans surveyed said they knew the iPhone was coming before its release.
caption: First iPhone on display under glass at 2007 Macworld
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