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Other Do you guys remember when AT&T was the only carrier to offer the iPhone way back when!?
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Yep. That's why I switched from whatever I had at the time. Cingular? Or did they get absorbed by ATT?
Of course I remember it. I also remember seeing a promo video on Apple’s site with Seal and Moby that was all about this weird little silver and white jukebox thingy with a big mechanical wheel on the front. I was sold. Got one on the first day.
I was using the Palm Pre, and then Android when Palm imploded. Both on Sprint. At the time, I wouldn’t have been caught dead using a Fruit Phone! 
I switched to Verizon as Sprint’s network fell further behind, and loved my iPad! For several years I used Android phones and Apple tablets and Microsoft PCs. Very confusing! Eventually I switched to iPhone when Apple offered a screen size that would compete with my beloved Android Phablets, and I became more and more concerned about phone security. I haven’t looked back!
I switched to Verizon as Sprint’s network fell further behind, and loved my iPad! For several years I used Android phones and Apple tablets and Microsoft PCs. Very confusing! Eventually I switched to iPhone when Apple offered a screen size that would compete with my beloved Android Phablets, and I became more and more concerned about phone security. I haven’t looked back!
Me2. Didn’t get an iPhone until the 5. Although it was, and I still am, with AT&T.
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@FFR is right; the 16 came later, but it was still a Gen 1 iPhone.
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I remember, and I stil have my functioning original ATT iPhone.
That exclusivity also gave way to Android. Not that Android wouldn’t have become the other major platform given Google’s firepower and the natural competitive forces of capitalism, but the exclusivity made that path easier for others. It was good for AT&T, but I think it was a missed opportunity for Apple in the U.S.
Yes, I remember. It’s the main reason why it took so long for me to move over to iPhone.
I had a bad experience with AT&T on the residential side with their nickel and dime practices on billing. Enough to where I refused to get the iPhone until it became available on other carriers.
I had a bad experience with AT&T on the residential side with their nickel and dime practices on billing. Enough to where I refused to get the iPhone until it became available on other carriers.
I've been with AT&T since my first cell, when the iPhone came out, I remember saying I wasn't going to get that phone. Ha ha that lasted until I could find a Apple store near me. Been iphone every since.
I remember that as well. I was finally going to upgrade my 3G but the rumors about LTE were so strong that I decided to wait for the 5 and missed out on one of the most beautiful iPhone cycles ever made with the glass 4’s (until the current X cycle anyway). Same thing happened with the 7. I held onto my 6 until the X came out because everyone knew something better was on the horizon.
The email app was probably Good, and man was it bad.
I was so happy when our company finally dumped our internal exchange servers with Good as only iPhone email access and moved to O365
16gb was too much for them..bahaha
[doublepost=1537672640][/doublepost]After reading all of us STILL with ATT, they better start waving our dang activation fees!I am going to call soon and complain, I got another line so I’m getting 2 fees this year. But I am a upgrade every year guy so I get them every year. So this year they need to waive!
I was working on the device team at ATT when the first iPhone launched. Both accessory and device. Reporting and analytics.. testing tons of stuff on thd ‘side’.
[doublepost=1537673176][/doublepost]I can’t say it was me.. but day 2 of iPhone I submitted feedback for long press on .com to add .org, .edu, etc.
[doublepost=1537673176][/doublepost]I can’t say it was me.. but day 2 of iPhone I submitted feedback for long press on .com to add .org, .edu, etc.
I remember buying the AT&T iPhone 4S at full price, then sticking my T-Mobile SIM card in even though I could only get EDGE network when not on WiFi
Never said gen 1 never had 16gb I said it came later, I believe after the price drop.
The og iPhone launched with a 4gb and 8gb model.
I know. I purchased both the 8gb and 16 gb models.
I even purchased an all black iPhone with a dlc coating. That wasn’t offered by apple though.
Not many people remember that.
He must be new to the iPhone.
If I remember the lineage...
I had Cell One with a Panasonic cell phone and pay per minute usage. I think Cingular bought them or I switched to Bellsouth Mobility. Either way I ended up with Cingular who bought AT&T. Cingular was the label for a while, and then the AT&T name took over a little while before iPhone. Going from a Palm Treo to the first iPhone was a Godsend.
I actually watched bitcoin last Janurary go from $150-$17k in a year! Told my friend we should get some cause Ransomeware got so big and i saw some clients get hacked with it.
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Never said gen 1 never had 16gb I said it came later, I believe after the price drop.
The og iPhone launched with a 4gb and 8gb model.
I know. I purchased both the 8gb and 16 gb models.
I even purchased an all black iPhone with a dlc coating. That wasn’t offered by apple though.
Not many people remember that.
He must be new to the iPhone.
How in the heck can you guys remember that, Jesus we really need life’s.....
[doublepost=1537703954][/doublepost]I actually just found my iPhone 4, still kicking. My kids use to use it for YouTube now it just sits here in my drawer. Still turns on and works tho.
The 4gb version actually ended up being rather rare. I went in that day to buy the 4gb, was maybe 10th in line and it was sold out by the time it was my turn. Ended up with the 8gb.