> The original iphone was full of tradeoffs that made it not a great phone at launch. Hard disagree. It was a great phone. The only disadvantage was battery li

> The original iphone was full of tradeoffs that made it not a great phone at launch. Hard disagree. It was a great phone. The only disadvantage was battery life, if you were a heavy phone user you needed to charge it to get through the day, but as a phone itself (phoning/messaging people) it was delightful! Look at the clip here of Steve scrolling through contacts like it is butter and the awe of the audience: On other phones large contact lists were cumbersome. https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/9kahkr/11_years_ago_steve_jobs_scrolling_on_the_first/ https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/9kahkr/11_years_ago_... Than visual voicemail! On other phones you called into voicemail and had to hear sequentially through all. With At&t Apple had the unique feature that one can scroll selectively through voice mails. Of course the second iPhone 3G with the wjooshing sounding light saber app and the app were a beer is poured out made it cultural viral. And then Apple noticed withe the 4/4S that a good camera in your pocket was THE must have killer feature (especially for the women and newborn parent demographics). But the first model was a great tool for just phoning people.