Like 15 years ago my wife had one of these and she was a teacher f0r 12-13 yo and one of them asked “what is that” and other answer “an iphone, the really old ones, was not even a phone yet”. That interaction still haunts my wife.
I mean…the student was technically wrong, buuuuuut, realistically, was he?
The first iPhone didn’t have access to an app store, it was basically an iPod and a feature phone that got Tuvixed.

Yes but with a decent web browser.

The app store came soon after and is what really kicked things off. It was popular as a phone before the app store. It was a phenomenon once there was an app store. Queues overnight on the street.to buy one.

An iPhone without the phone??? When will Apple stop innovating!

Here at Apple we believe the iPhone doesn’t need the functionality to make calls anymore. Introducing the all new i .