Apple's iPhone turns 10 Thursday, evoking memories of a rocky start for the device that ended up doing the most to start the smartphone revolution and stirring interest in where it will go from here. - Tony Fadell, iPhone developerAfter sluggish initial sales, Apple slashed the price to spur holiday sales that year. "The business model for year one of the iPhone was a disaster," Tony Fadell, one of the developers of the device, told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. The very concept of the iPhone came as a surprise to some of Apple's suppliers a decade ago, even though the company, led by CEO Steve Jobs, had already expanded beyond computers with the iPod. "He thought he was being pranked by someone in the office and it took him two days to call Steve Jobs back."

Source: CBC News June 29, 2017 15:00 UTC