They were very slow. The important thing is they didn't feel sluggish, at all. It took Android phones many many years to even approach feeling as responsive a

They were very slow. The important thing is they didn't feel sluggish, at all. It took Android phones many many years to even approach feeling as responsive and smooth and indicative of whether input has actually registered as the original iPhone, just scrolling through stuff and navigating around the OS. Tech at the time didn't even try on that front. Featureless yes, but it could do enough to almost right away replace my iPod, Palm, and Nokia. One device instead of three was just too good to pass up.