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always part of Apple. When the first iPhone came out, voice assistants were only a gleam in the eyes of a few developers. No voice assistants, no voice commands, no integrations with other devices via the Home app, and so on. You could certainly ask your iPhone a question out loud, but you wouldn’t get any response other than some strange looks from others. 3. Use the Control Center What Control Center? The first iPhone has basic settings options, but there was no Control Center to bring up for a quick photo, AirPlane mode, turning off Bluetooth, and so on. You can forget about a Flashlight tool too, because the 1st-gen iPhone didn’t even have one – the camera wasn’t equipped with an LED flash at all, so it couldn’t double as a flashlight. Back in the old days, some people actually started selling “white screen” apps that could act as flashlights before Apple finally added the feature. 2. Unlock the Phone with Biometrics like Touch ID Now that the majority of iPhone users have moved on to Face ID logins, it’s hard to imagine a time when no biometric features were included with the iPhone at all, not even a Touch ID option. Your primary security measure was the passcode…and that’s about it, until Touch ID came out. The iPhone didn’t even get a front-facing camera that could potentially scan faces until much later, with the iPhone 4. 1. Change the Home or Lock Screen Background It sounds incredibly infuriating today, but the first iPhone came with a set stock image for its lock screen – a picture of planet earth – and there were no other wallpapers available, nor any way to exchange it for another photo, etc. And forget about adding a background to your home screen – you got little icons for your apps, and you enjoyed them!