The real reason you want an iPhone X

I never planned to get the iPhone.

When the original iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007, I was rocking a Samsung A900 "Blade" flip phone, the company's actually-pretty-decent copy of the storied Motorola RAZR phone. I was editor of a tech blog for NBCUniversal at the time, and my reporter, Stewart Wolpin, was at New York City's flagship Apple Store covering the launch of the so-called "Jesus phone."

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Shortly after the doors opened and he got in, my phone rang.

"They're letting me buy two," Stewart said. "Want one?"

The original iPhone cost $600 — a lot of coin for a tech blogger, especially in an era where carrier subsidizing meant most phones cost $100-$200. I hesitated, but only for a couple of seconds. Read more...

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