When was the iPhone first released?

Apple first released the original iPhone on June 29, 2007. Steve Jobs introduced the device earlier that year at the Macworld Convention on January 9, 2007, where he famously described it as a combination of a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet communications device. The iPhone went on sale at 6:00 PM local time across the United States, with hundreds of customers lining up outside Apple and AT&T retail stores.