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A look back at the first iPhone launch in OKC - Article Photos

People wait in line outside AT&T store at 6959 NW Expressway for the iPhone to go on sale, in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
People wait in line outside AT&T store at 6959 NW Expressway for the iPhone to go on sale, in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
Lora Lee Laird, Director of Sales in Oklahoma for AT&T, demonstrates the iPhone before the it went on sale in the AT&T store at 6959 NW Expressway in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
Lora Lee Laird, Director of Sales in Oklahoma for AT&T, demonstrates the iPhone before the it went on sale in the AT&T store at 6959 NW Expressway in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
Retail sale consultant Ed Brookshire, left, hands Mike Balliet a sack with his iPhone and accessories as the iPhone first went on sale in the AT&T store at 6959 NW Expressway in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. Balliet was the first person to buy an iPhone at this store. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
Retail sale consultant Ed Brookshire, left, hands Mike Balliet a sack with his iPhone and accessories as the iPhone first went on sale in the AT&T store at 6959 NW Expressway in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. Balliet was the first person to buy an iPhone at this store. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
Clockwise from lower left, Vicki Baldini, Darrell Solomon, Ronald Henderson, Jamila Henderson, holding 8-week-old Ronald Henderson Jr., Jason Stulce, Brandon Jackson, Corbin Jackson and others wait in line to buy the iPhone at the Apple Store in Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. The line outside Penn Square Mall began forming at 3:30 a.m. Baldini is the first person in the line. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
Clockwise from lower left, Vicki Baldini, Darrell Solomon, Ronald Henderson, Jamila Henderson, holding 8-week-old Ronald Henderson Jr., Jason Stulce, Brandon Jackson, Corbin Jackson and others wait in line to buy the iPhone at the Apple Store in Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. The line outside Penn Square Mall began forming at 3:30 a.m. Baldini is the first person in the line. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
From front to back, Vicki Baldini, Darrell Solomon, Ronald Henderson, holding his 8-week-old son, Ronald Henderson Jr., next to his wife, Jamila Henderson, and others wait in line to buy the iPhone at the Apple Store in Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. The line outside Penn Square Mall began forming at 3:30 a.m.[THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
From front to back, Vicki Baldini, Darrell Solomon, Ronald Henderson, holding his 8-week-old son, Ronald Henderson Jr., next to his wife, Jamila Henderson, and others wait in line to buy the iPhone at the Apple Store in Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. The line outside Penn Square Mall began forming at 3:30 a.m.[THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
John E. Wolf III, left, collects his sacks containing his IPhone and accessories next to his son Blake Wolf after buying an iPhone during the debut of the iPhone in the AT&T store at 6959 NW Expressway in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
John E. Wolf III, left, collects his sacks containing his IPhone and accessories next to his son Blake Wolf after buying an iPhone during the debut of the iPhone in the AT&T store at 6959 NW Expressway in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
Mike Balliet counts out $704 in cash for an 8GB iPhone and accessories as the first person to buy an iPhone at the AT&T store at 6959 NW Expressway in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
Mike Balliet counts out $704 in cash for an 8GB iPhone and accessories as the first person to buy an iPhone at the AT&T store at 6959 NW Expressway in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
Mike Balliet, right, and others wait in line to buy an iPhone at the AT&T store at 6959 NW Expressway in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
Mike Balliet, right, and others wait in line to buy an iPhone at the AT&T store at 6959 NW Expressway in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2007. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]