iPhone vs. iPod Touch: Which Apple Product Launched First?
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Christine Persaud
Summary
A personal retrospective comparing the launch of the first iPhone (June 2007) and the iPod touch (September 2007), recounting the author's experience covering the iPhone launch in Toronto. The article clarifies that the iPhone came first, followed by the iPod touch as a Wi-Fi-only media player, and reflects on how both devices were considered revolutionary at the time.
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· 2 pulledThere were lines around the block of Apple fans dying to get their hands on it.
Both the iPhone and iPod touch were, to use Steve Jobs' wording back then, revolutionary devices, changing the way we used portable gadgets.
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