1985 – 2013retired
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“Be kind, rewind — the whole world did, and then the world moved on”
“Glass and steel, held call until it didn't, and taught us all how to FaceTime.”
The iPhone 4 arrived in June 2010 with a redesign Steve Jobs called the thinnest smartphone in the world: a stainless steel frame doubling as an antenna, sandwiched between two panels of aluminosilicate glass. It introduced the Retina display at 326 pixels per inch, Apple's A4 chip, and iOS 4 with multitasking and app folders. Most beloved of all, it was the first iPhone with a front-facing camera, making FaceTime vi
After three years in the lineup, it was discontinued in 2013, having passed the torch to the iPhone 4s. It left behind a template — sharp glass, flat metal, a screen worth staring into — that iPhones still follow. Antenna quirks aside, few phones feel as lovingly remembered as the one that put a camera in your face.
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“Be kind, rewind — the whole world did, and then the world moved on”
“It told friends where you were, back when that felt like a gift instead of a leak.”
“Signed out one last time — away message: gone but not forgotten.”