Sure, the very first iPhone released today, but does anyone remember the first Android smartphone?
In October of 2008 HTC’s T-Mobile G1, or HTC Dream as it’s known outside the U.S would launch being the first phone with the Android OS. The G1 was priced at $179 — which was pretty affordable even in those days — and featured top-of-the-line specs including a Qualcomm MSM7201A processor, 192MB of RAM, and 256MB of internal storage (expandable up to 16GB). It also stocked a 3.15MP rear camera, and a 1,150mAh battery.
1998?! Try 2008.
I don’t think 1998 is correct, this was my first Android phone and I used it in 2008 (a decade later than OP) which is what the wiki also says:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Dream#History
First released in September 2008, the Dream was the first commercially released device to use the Linux-based Android operating system
Android itself didn’t start development until 5 years later than OP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)#History
Android Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California, in October 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White.
I also found this cool category for phones that came out in 1998. They’re all Nokias. This was even a year before BlackBerry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mobile_phones_introduced_in_1998
I still have my G1 and my G2! The G2 was one of my favorite phones of all time and, sadly, the last I ever owned with a physical keyboard.
G2 still does! I dont think I have a charging cable for the G1 anymore so I cant test it.
I did not have that phone, but my first Android phone was the HTC One V. A nifty little budget device that had some nice metal construction for the price I paid. The chin it had was a bit odd though.
Oh, that reminds me of my HTC Touch Pro with Windows Mobile. One of the greatest smartphones of the time
