iPhone at ten: Twitter reacts to the mobile's past decade

When the iPhone was launched in 2007, Apple's then chief executive Steve Jobs touted it as "a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet communications device."

Ten years after its launch, Apple has been celebrating its most successful product, with retrospectives, homages and - later in the year - a tenth anniversary edition of the groundbreaking device.

So did the iPhone live up to its original promise? Here's how Twitter reacted to the smartphone's first decade.

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While Apple's smartphone has become more powerful - and more affordable - over the past decade, Twitter users were quick to point out that there are still a host of similarities between the current iPhone 7 and the original.

You don't become the highest-selling smartphone manufacturer in the world without picking up a few followers along the way, many of whom went online express their near-fanatical loyalty to the brand.

However, it wouldn't be an Apple celebration without a word from fans of the company's rival, Android, many of whom seemed proud to have given the brand a wide berth.

But one Apple user was quick to repsond.

A few iPhone users found little to celebrate, with some saying that Apple needs to improve its smartphone charger cables before releasing the next phone.

The iPhone may have come a long way since going on sale ten years ago, but fans want one particular feature - cut from the iPhone 7 - to make a return.