Eight years ago, on Jan. 9, 2007, Steve Jobs climbed the stage during Apple's annual Macworld conference, and announced the first iPhone.
Starting off with the words "We're gonna make some history today," company cofounder Jobs tricked the audience by claiming he was going to introduce three products: an iPod with touch controls, a mobile phone and an Internet communications device.
However, Jobs unveiled only one product: the iPhone, Apple's first-ever smartphone.
Although Apple was completely inexperienced in mobile-phone manufacturing at the time, the iPhone turned out to be one of the company's most successful products ever, with more than 500 million sold to date. The latest models — the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus — are now just a small part of the iOS ecosystem, together with the iPad and iPod Touch devices.
Despite the fact the first iPhone actually hit the market months later (in June), Jobs' announcement still stands as one of the most inspiring announcements of a tech product we've ever seen. We enjoyed watching it as it unfolded, and we'll enjoy watching it again on Friday, exactly eight years later.
Watch the iPhone announcement in the video, above, and the entire keynote from Macworld 2007, below.
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