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Happy 10th birthday, iPhone! (Photos)

Rick Massimo | rmassimo@wtop.com

June 29, 2017, 4:01 PM

A television journalist holds the Apple iPhone, the only one given to a journalist in Los Angeles before it went on sale, as he interviews people waiting to buy the iPhone outside the Apple store at The Grove in Los Angeles, Friday, June 29, 2007. After six months of hype, thousands of people Friday will get their hands on the iPhone, the new cell phone that Apple Inc. is banking on to become its third core business next to its moneymaking iPod players and Macintosh computers. Customers were camped out at Apple and AT&T stores across the nation. The gadget, which combines the functions of a cell phone, iPod media player and wireless Web browser, will go on sale in the United States at 6 p.m. in each time zone. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
A television journalist holds the Apple iPhone, the only one given to a journalist in Los Angeles before it went on sale, as he interviews people waiting to buy the iPhone outside the Apple store at The Grove in Los Angeles, Friday, June 29, 2007. After six months of hype, thousands of people Friday will get their hands on the iPhone, the new cell phone that Apple Inc. is banking on to become its third core business next to its moneymaking iPod players and Macintosh computers. Customers were camped out at Apple and AT&T stores across the nation. The gadget, which combines the functions of a cell phone, iPod media player and wireless Web browser, will go on sale in the United States at 6 p.m. in each time zone. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian
A woman passes a display announcing the Friday arrival of the iPhone at an Apple retail store in Ardmore, Pa., on Monday, June 25, 2007. Even for a company that's mastered the art of product-launch hype, Apple Inc. has propelled iPhone hysteria into the stratosphere. But skeptics wonder whether even the most innovative product could live up to the iPhone's lofty expectations - and whether the pre-launch anticipation has spiraled too far out of control. Scrutiny of the product is so great that any small disappointment could send the stock plunging, experts say. (AP Photo/George Widman)
A woman passes a display announcing the Friday arrival of the iPhone at an Apple retail store in Ardmore, Pa., on Monday, June 25, 2007. Even for a company that’s mastered the art of product-launch hype, Apple Inc. has propelled iPhone hysteria into the stratosphere. But skeptics wonder whether even the most innovative product could live up to the iPhone’s lofty expectations – and whether the pre-launch anticipation has spiraled too far out of control. Scrutiny of the product is so great that any small disappointment could send the stock plunging, experts say. (AP Photo/George Widman)
AP Photo/George Widman
Leonard F. Johnson waits outside an AT&T store in downtown Philadelphia on Thursday, June 2, 2007, to be first in line to buy an iPhone. Johnson, 77, a portrait artist and a former teacher who arrived at 6:00 a.m., said he was buying it for his own use, not to re-sell. Apple Inc., is scheduled to launch its new iPhone on Friday. The new phone can handle phone calls, e-mail, Web browsing, music and videos. (AP Photo/George Widman)
Leonard F. Johnson waits outside an AT&T store in downtown Philadelphia on Thursday, June 2, 2007, to be first in line to buy an iPhone. Johnson, 77, a portrait artist and a former teacher who arrived at 6:00 a.m., said he was buying it for his own use, not to re-sell. Apple Inc., is scheduled to launch its new iPhone on Friday. The new phone can handle phone calls, e-mail, Web browsing, music and videos. (AP Photo/George Widman)
AP Photo/George Widman
Musician John Mayer performs during Apple's unveiling of the new iPhone during Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote address at MacWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Musician John Mayer performs during Apple’s unveiling of the new iPhone during Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote address at MacWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
George Hotz, 17, holds an iPhone that he has unlocked and is using on T-Mobile's network, Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 in New York. Hotz has broken the lock that ties Apple's iPhone to AT&T's wireless network, freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
George Hotz, 17, holds an iPhone that he has unlocked and is using on T-Mobile’s network, Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 in New York. Hotz has broken the lock that ties Apple’s iPhone to AT&T’s wireless network, freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
AP Photo/Jeff Christensen
Apple Senior Vice President, iPhone Software Scott Forstall talks about the new iPhone OS 3.0 software at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Tuesday, March 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Apple Senior Vice President, iPhone Software Scott Forstall talks about the new iPhone OS 3.0 software at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Tuesday, March 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
Fans of iPhon line up as they wait to purchase the Apple iPhone 3G during its launching ceremony in Seoul, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday amid fanfare and expectations they will shake up a local market dominated by domestic giants Samsung and LG. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Fans of iPhon line up as they wait to purchase the Apple iPhone 3G during its launching ceremony in Seoul, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday amid fanfare and expectations they will shake up a local market dominated by domestic giants Samsung and LG. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
A model of Apple iPhone 3G is displayed at an Apple store in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A model of Apple iPhone 3G is displayed at an Apple store in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. The iPhone’s arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
Evan Wiendczak, foreground center, from Boston, waits as the first person in line to enter the Apple flagship store, Thursday morning, June 24, 2010, to buy his Apple iPhone 4 in New York. Apple Inc.'s newest iPhone was selling briskly as thousands lined up outside stores around the world to become among the first to own the device amid concerns of supply shortages. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Evan Wiendczak, foreground center, from Boston, waits as the first person in line to enter the Apple flagship store, Thursday morning, June 24, 2010, to buy his Apple iPhone 4 in New York. Apple Inc.’s newest iPhone was selling briskly as thousands lined up outside stores around the world to become among the first to own the device amid concerns of supply shortages. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
AP Photo/Richard Drew
Piotr Kubiak of Oakland, Ill., shows off his iPhone 4, right, next to his old iPhone outside of an Apple store Thursday, June 24, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Piotr Kubiak of Oakland, Ill., shows off his new iPhone 4, right, next to his old iPhone outside of an Apple store Thursday, June 24, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato
Hundreds of customers queue up to purchase a new smartphone iPhone 4S at an Apple Store early Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Hundreds of customers queue up to purchase a new smartphone iPhone 4S at an Apple Store early Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko
In this photo taken Monday Oct. 10, 2011, Siri, the new virtual assistant, is displayed on the new Apple iPhone 4S in San Francisco. The 4S will be available Friday in black or white. It will cost $199-$399, depending on included storage space, with a two-year service contract with Verizon Wireless, Sprint or AT&T. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
In this photo taken Monday Oct. 10, 2011, Siri, the new virtual assistant, is displayed on the new Apple iPhone 4S in San Francisco. The 4S will be available Friday in black or white. It will cost $199-$399, depending on included storage space, with a two-year service contract with Verizon Wireless, Sprint or AT&T. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
In this June 7, 2010 photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about the composition and metal antennae band that surrounds the new Apple iPhone4 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, in San Francisco. Apple Inc. said Friday that it was "stunned" to find that its iPhones have for years been using a "totally wrong" formula to determine how many bars of signal strength they are getting. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
In this June 7, 2010 photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about the composition and metal antennae band that surrounds the new Apple iPhone4 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, in San Francisco. Apple Inc. said Friday that it was “stunned” to find that its iPhones have for years been using a “totally wrong” formula to determine how many bars of signal strength they are getting. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
On display is the new Apple iPhone 5 on display following the introduction of new products in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
On display is the new Apple iPhone 5 on display following the introduction of new products in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
Dave Grohl, lead of the Foo Fighters band on stage following the introduction of new Apple products including the iPhone 5 in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Dave Grohl, lead of the Foo Fighters band on stage following the introduction of new Apple products including the iPhone 5 in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
Apple employees applaud as the first customer proudly shows off his new iPhone 5S outside an Apple store in Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing, China on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. Apple released the iPhone 5S and 5C models on Friday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Apple employees applaud as the first customer proudly shows off his new iPhone 5S outside an Apple store in Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing, China on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. Apple released the iPhone 5S and 5C models on Friday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
AP Photo/Andy Wong
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, talks about new features on the new iPhone 6 on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, talks about new features on the new iPhone 6 on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Amanda Germain smiles after buying a iPhone 6 at the Apple Store for during the launch and sale of the new iPhone 6 on Friday, Sept 19, 2014, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
Amanda Germain smiles after buying a iPhone 6 at the Apple Store for during the launch and sale of the new iPhone 6 on Friday, Sept 19, 2014, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
AP Photo/Tony Avelar
More than 50 people brave adverse weather conditions and camp on the street outside the Apple Store to be among the first to purchase the new iPhone 6s in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. The line stretched around the block and to the next street with people using tents, camp chairs and umbrellas to battle the rainy conditions. (AP Photo/Glenn Nicholls)
More than 50 people brave adverse weather conditions and camp on the street outside the Apple Store to be among the first to purchase the new iPhone 6s in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. The line stretched around the block and to the next street with people using tents, camp chairs and umbrellas to battle the rainy conditions. (AP Photo/Glenn Nicholls)
AP Photo/Glenn Nicholls
A customer tries new iPhone 6s on display at an Apple store in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. Apple is counting on sales of the new iPhones to maintain its position as one of the most profitable, and valuable, companies in the world. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
A customer tries new iPhone 6s on display at an Apple store in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. Apple is counting on sales of the new iPhones to maintain its position as one of the most profitable, and valuable, companies in the world. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the new iPhone 7 during an event to announce new products Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the new iPhone 7 during an event to announce new products Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
The first group of customers including Bishoy Behman, left, and Marcus Barsoum, right, hold up their purchases at the Apple store in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. Behman, a 17-year-old high school student who has camped on the street in front of the store since Wednesday morning was the first retail customer in the world to purchase the new model phone. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
The first group of customers including Bishoy Behman, left, and Marcus Barsoum, right, hold up their purchases at the Apple store in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. Behman, a 17-year-old high school student who has camped on the street in front of the store since Wednesday morning was the first retail customer in the world to purchase the new model phone. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
AP Photo/Rob Griffith
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A television journalist holds the Apple iPhone, the only one given to a journalist in Los Angeles before it went on sale, as he interviews people waiting to buy the iPhone outside the Apple store at The Grove in Los Angeles, Friday, June 29, 2007. After six months of hype, thousands of people Friday will get their hands on the iPhone, the new cell phone that Apple Inc. is banking on to become its third core business next to its moneymaking iPod players and Macintosh computers. Customers were camped out at Apple and AT&T stores across the nation. The gadget, which combines the functions of a cell phone, iPod media player and wireless Web browser, will go on sale in the United States at 6 p.m. in each time zone. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
A woman passes a display announcing the Friday arrival of the iPhone at an Apple retail store in Ardmore, Pa., on Monday, June 25, 2007. Even for a company that's mastered the art of product-launch hype, Apple Inc. has propelled iPhone hysteria into the stratosphere. But skeptics wonder whether even the most innovative product could live up to the iPhone's lofty expectations - and whether the pre-launch anticipation has spiraled too far out of control. Scrutiny of the product is so great that any small disappointment could send the stock plunging, experts say. (AP Photo/George Widman)
Leonard F. Johnson waits outside an AT&T store in downtown Philadelphia on Thursday, June 2, 2007, to be first in line to buy an iPhone. Johnson, 77, a portrait artist and a former teacher who arrived at 6:00 a.m., said he was buying it for his own use, not to re-sell. Apple Inc., is scheduled to launch its new iPhone on Friday. The new phone can handle phone calls, e-mail, Web browsing, music and videos. (AP Photo/George Widman)
Musician John Mayer performs during Apple's unveiling of the new iPhone during Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote address at MacWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
George Hotz, 17, holds an iPhone that he has unlocked and is using on T-Mobile's network, Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 in New York. Hotz has broken the lock that ties Apple's iPhone to AT&T's wireless network, freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
Apple Senior Vice President, iPhone Software Scott Forstall talks about the new iPhone OS 3.0 software at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Tuesday, March 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Fans of iPhon line up as they wait to purchase the Apple iPhone 3G during its launching ceremony in Seoul, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday amid fanfare and expectations they will shake up a local market dominated by domestic giants Samsung and LG. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A model of Apple iPhone 3G is displayed at an Apple store in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Evan Wiendczak, foreground center, from Boston, waits as the first person in line to enter the Apple flagship store, Thursday morning, June 24, 2010, to buy his Apple iPhone 4 in New York. Apple Inc.'s newest iPhone was selling briskly as thousands lined up outside stores around the world to become among the first to own the device amid concerns of supply shortages. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Piotr Kubiak of Oakland, Ill., shows off his iPhone 4, right, next to his old iPhone outside of an Apple store Thursday, June 24, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Hundreds of customers queue up to purchase a new smartphone iPhone 4S at an Apple Store early Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
In this photo taken Monday Oct. 10, 2011, Siri, the new virtual assistant, is displayed on the new Apple iPhone 4S in San Francisco. The 4S will be available Friday in black or white. It will cost $199-$399, depending on included storage space, with a two-year service contract with Verizon Wireless, Sprint or AT&T. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
In this June 7, 2010 photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about the composition and metal antennae band that surrounds the new Apple iPhone4 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, in San Francisco. Apple Inc. said Friday that it was "stunned" to find that its iPhones have for years been using a "totally wrong" formula to determine how many bars of signal strength they are getting. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
On display is the new Apple iPhone 5 on display following the introduction of new products in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Dave Grohl, lead of the Foo Fighters band on stage following the introduction of new Apple products including the iPhone 5 in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Apple employees applaud as the first customer proudly shows off his new iPhone 5S outside an Apple store in Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing, China on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. Apple released the iPhone 5S and 5C models on Friday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, talks about new features on the new iPhone 6 on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Amanda Germain smiles after buying a iPhone 6 at the Apple Store for during the launch and sale of the new iPhone 6 on Friday, Sept 19, 2014, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
More than 50 people brave adverse weather conditions and camp on the street outside the Apple Store to be among the first to purchase the new iPhone 6s in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. The line stretched around the block and to the next street with people using tents, camp chairs and umbrellas to battle the rainy conditions. (AP Photo/Glenn Nicholls)
A customer tries new iPhone 6s on display at an Apple store in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. Apple is counting on sales of the new iPhones to maintain its position as one of the most profitable, and valuable, companies in the world. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the new iPhone 7 during an event to announce new products Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
The first group of customers including Bishoy Behman, left, and Marcus Barsoum, right, hold up their purchases at the Apple store in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. Behman, a 17-year-old high school student who has camped on the street in front of the store since Wednesday morning was the first retail customer in the world to purchase the new model phone. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

WASHINGTON — The iPhone turns 10 on Thursday. See photos of the phone, and the events around it, through the years. Rollouts! Long lines! Hype! John Mayer! Dave Grohl! (Wait, what?) It’s all here.

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to WTOP, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

rmassimo@wtop.com

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