Apple introduced the first iPhone in 2007, combining a mobile phone, an iPod, and an internet communicator in one device.
Steve Jobs unveiled it on January 9, 2007, during Apple’s Macworld Conference & Expo keynote in San Francisco. The product went on sale in the United States on June 29, 2007. Its multitouch screen and software-focused interface helped distinguish it from many phones that relied on physical keyboards or styluses.
The original iPhone did not include the App Store; Apple added that service in 2008 with iPhone OS 2.0. It also initially lacked features later considered standard, including copy and paste and third-party applications. The iPhone therefore refers specifically to Apple’s first-generation model, not every later device in the product family.
A common mix-up is crediting Apple’s manufacturing partners with creating the phone. Those companies assembled components, but Apple designed, branded, and launched the iPhone.