When The Verge launched on November 1st, 2011, the iPhone 4S was Apple’s newest phone. The Galaxy Nexus was imminent. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 were modern game consoles. The original Amazon Echo was three years away. The first Apple Watch was more than four years away. So many gadgets that we take for granted nowadays looked a lot different 10 years ago or just didn’t exist at all.
But ever since day one of The Verge, we’ve diligently covered all of the gadgets we could possibly get our hands on. And over the course of the site’s life, some have wormed their way into our hearts (and in one case, a finger), so we wanted to write about them. We’re celebrating a lot for The Verge’s 10th anniversary, but this story is our place to…