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Steve Jobs introduces iPhone in 2007

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What it is

An excerpt from Steve Jobs's January 2007 Macworld keynote in which he introduces the original iPhone. It shows the pitch of a phone, music player and internet communicator, along with the live demo.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN treats it as the model product demo and MVP showcase, and as a reminder of how constrained the first iPhone hardware was.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend watching this.”

    Shows how constrained the first iPhone hardware felt in the demo

    senttoschool, 2022-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Meta and the Innovator's Dilemma”

  2. “That part of the initial demo still continues to blow my mind.”

    Original iPhone keynote showing phone, music player and internet communicator

    maneesh, 2020-08 · Recommendation · in “My startup validation process”

  3. “If you want to se the ultimate MVP demo of a product look no further than the 2007 introduction of the Apple iPhone”

    Example of a high-stakes MVP demo with a scripted core flow

    vparikh, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How to show a not “so perfect” MVP to potential customers?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: steve jobs, iphone, keynote, product demo, apple, mvp

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