Apple Rivals Microsoft, Blackberry, Nokia Laughed at iPhone—15 Years Later, Here We Are

Apple Rivals Microsoft, Blackberry, Nokia Laughed at iPhone—15 Years Later, Here We Are
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the new iPhone 4 as he delivers the opening keynote address at the 2010 Apple World Wide Developers conference in San Francisco, on June 7, 2010. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Fifteen years ago, the world was introduced to the iPhone for the very first time by Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs.

The iPhone Debut

Jobs made the announcement that ushered the iPhone into this world on Jan. 9, 2007, and put Apple on the path to becoming the nearly $3 trillion company that it is today.

In 2007, during that Macworld keynote, Jobs said at the outset, “every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything.”