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What was the US launch price of the original 4GB iPhone in 2007, in US dollars (with a two-year contract)?

Answer

499 US dollars

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer scoffed: 'Five hundred dollars? Fully subsidized? With a plan? That is the most expensive phone in the world.' Apple has since sold well over two billion iPhones.

Source: Apple's June 2007 launch pricing (documented in iPhone 1st-generation records)

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