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It's been nearly 10 years since the iPhone debuted - look how terrible the first one was

Dec 27, 2016, 19:58 IST

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APThe iPhone was unveiled on Jan. 9, 2007.

Nearly 10 years ago, Steve Jobs revealed the first iPhone to the world.

It was a revelation.

Before the iPhone came out, smartphones were clunky devices, half keyboard and half screen.

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Full websites didn't run on mobile phones, so companies were forced to build weak, mobile versions of their sites.

The iPhone changed all that.

And yet, the typical smartphone experiences we all enjoy today didn't happen overnight. It took years of Apple adding feature upon feature. By today's standards, the original iPhone was a useless brick.

As a reminder of how far the iPhone has come, we've put together this slideshow.

Jay Yarow contributed to an earlier version of this story.

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