No mobile operator did. The iPhone was created for apple incorporated.
I would have to say the iPhone came out in 2008. After the presentation, Apple releases it in their stores.
The first Apple iPhone was introduced June 2007 and was simply called iPhone. People now refer to it as the iPhone 2G or original iPhone.
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iPhone came first, then the iTouch.
Actually, funny that you should ask, Apple just came out with the iPhone 3G.
The first Apple iPhone was manufatured in 2007. It is called iPhone 2g
In 2007
iPhones are all a brand of Apple phones. Apple officially announced the first iPhone on January 9, 2007.
Because Apple is the company who developed the iPhone. Staff in Apple's R & D department came up with the idea of the iPnone, and therefore, Apple has the exclusive manufacturing rights under copyright laws.
2007 Was the year of the first iphone
The iPhone 5c came out in 2013 and may or may not still be available from Apple in 2015.