Today marks 19 years since the first-generation iPhone officially went on sale on June 29, 2007.  
I’m posting this as part of my Apple collection archive because this device is not just another old iPhone. It represents the moment when the modern smartphone era really started to take shape.  
By today’s standards, the original iPhone feels extremely limited.  
No App Store, no 3G, no front camera, no video recording, and many of the features we now consider basic simply did not exist yet.  
But that is exactly why it matters.  
The first-generation iPhone was not important because of specifications alone. It was important because of the way it changed the relationship between people and mobile devices: the multi-touch display, the visual interface, the “slide to unlock” interaction, the packaging, the manuals, the accessories, and the entire early Apple retail presentation.  
For me, this complete boxed set is not just a phone with accessories.  
It is a preserved piece of 2007 Apple retail culture.  
The box, manuals, cable, earbuds, stickers, plastic films, and the way everything was presented all belong to a very specific moment in Apple history — a time before the iPhone became normal, before smartphones became everyone’s default screen, and before this design language became part of everyday life.  
19 years later, the original iPhone feels less like a piece of consumer electronics and more like a historical object.  
This is where the iPhone story really began.  
My YouTube channel coming soon…

Episode 3: The original iPhone, 19 years after it changed everything