22 Photos from the Historic Launch of the iPhone in 2007

"An iPod, a Phone, and an Internet communicator." That's how Steve Jobs introduced the new apple lineup back in 2007. He said it once. Then again - "An iPod, a Phone, and an Internet communicator." And then a third time, stressing each word until the crowd finally realized what he was hinting at - these weren't three separate devices. They were one. And Apple was calling it… the iPhone.

That was the moment everything changed. We left behind the beige, clunky, plastic tech of the 80s and 90s and stepped into the actual future. The iPhone looked and felt alien at the time. No stylus, no keypad, no clicky buttons. Just a slab of glass you controlled with your finger. I still remember a news anchor laughing as they reported, "Apple just unveiled a phone with, get this, only one button!" Do you even remember when iPhones had a physical button? who uses buttons anymore?

The launch wasn't just a product reveal, it was a cultural reset. Tech as we know it - apps, touchscreens, mobile internet - all trace back to that single keynote. Here are 22 photos from that historic day when the future officially began.