My first iPhone was the 3G. I was in high school and I believe it was only available on AT&T. My family had Verizon. I got my first job and switched to AT&T and hopped on my own phone plan just for an iPhone. I gave away my free phone plan for it haha.

Eventually all carriers had it and I just stayed on att lmao. Now the eco system has me locked in. I actually enjoy Samsung phones a lot, but being in the US it’s difficult to get around the iMessage situation. All other devices I have are from apple but there’s generally some sort of equivalent on the other side.