It was a bad phone, poor battery life, fragile, and relatively poor reception.
That was more than offset by the unmetered internet connection + decent browser, but that’s a feature not everything.
it's 3 products: a widescreen iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator. Are you getting it?
> It was a bad phone
It got a bit of traction, I think they did ok.
Out of interest I checked. I live in New Zealand and iPhone revenue is about 60% more than my countries GDP.