iPhone 3G (1st generation)
"This is only the beginning."
"Touch it."
"Apple reinvents the phone."
"Say Hello to iPhone."
Generation 1st (1G)
Model A1203
First released June 29, 2007
Units sold 6.1 million
Successor iPhone 3G
Related iPad, iPod Touch (comparison)
Type Smartphone
Form factor Slate
Dimensions 115 mm (4.5 in) H
61 mm (2.4 in) W
11.6 mm (0.46 in) D
Weight 135 g (4.8 oz)
Operating system iOS 3.1.3 (build 7E18)
Released February 2, 2010; 3 years ago OS no longer supported by Apple; third party operating systems available
CPU Samsung 32-bit RISC ARM 1176JZ(F)-S v1.0 620 MHz
Underclocked to 412 MHz
Memory 128 MB eDRAM
Storage 4, 8 or 16 GB flash memory
Battery Built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery 3.7 V 1400 mAh
Data inputs Multi-touch touchscreen display
3-axis accelerometer
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
Microphone
Headset controls
Display 3.5-inch screen (diagonally)
320×480-pixel resolution at 163 ppi
2:3 aspect ratio
18-bit (262,144-color) LCD
Rear camera 2.0 MP with geotagging
Sound Two speakers
TRRS headphone jack, 20 Hz to 20 kHz frequency response (internal, headset)
Microphone
Connectivity
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
(850 900 1,800 1,900 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
Bluetooth 2.0
USB 2.0/Dock connector[9] Online: App Store, iTunes Store, MobileMe, Safari (web browser)
Website www.apple.com/iphone
The iPhone (retroactively labeled the original iPhone, iPhone 2G) is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the first generation of iPhone and was announced on January 9, 2007 after months of rumors and speculation.
It was introduced in the United States on June 29, 2007. It featured quad-band GSM cellular connectivity with GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer.
It has been reported that in 2013 the original iPhone will be considered "obsolete" in Apple retail stores, "vintage" by other service providers in the US, and "obsolete" in all other regions. Apple does not service vintage or obsolete products, and replacement parts for obsolete products will not be available to service providers.
Steve Jobs, the CEO at Apple Inc., conceived an idea of using a multi-touch touchscreen to interact with a computer in a way in which he could type directly onto the display, essentially removing the physical keyboard and mouse, the same as a tablet computer. Jobs recruited a group of Apple engineers to investigate the idea as a side project. When Jobs reviewed the prototype and its user interface, he conceived a second idea of implementing the technology onto a mobile phone. The whole effort was called the Project Purple 2 and began in 2005.
Apple created the device during a secretive and unprecedented collaboration with AT&T, formerly Cingular Wireless. The development cost of the collaboration was estimated to have been $150 million over a thirty-month period. Apple rejected the "design by committee" approach that had yielded the Motorola ROKR E1, a largely unsuccessful collaboration with Motorola. Instead, Cingular Wireless gave Apple the liberty to develop the iPhone's hardware and software in-house. 
The original iPhone was introduced by Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007 in a keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo held in Moscone West in San Francisco, California. In his address, Jobs said, "I have been looking forward to this for two and a half years", and that "today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone." Jobs introduced the iPhone as a combination of three devices: a "widescreen iPod with touch controls"; a "revolutionary mobile phone"; and a "breakthrough Internet communicator".Release
The iPhone was released on June 29, 2007 in the United States where thousands of people were reported to have waited outside Apple and AT&T retail stores days before the device's launch; with many stores reporting stock shortages within an hour. To avoid repeating the problems of the PlayStation 3 launch, which caused burglaries and even a shooting, off-duty police officers were hired to guard stores overnight.
It was later made available in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland and Austria in November 2007.
Six out of ten Americans surveyed said they knew the iPhone was coming before its release.Post-release
The iPod Touch, a touchscreen device with the media and internet abilities and interface of the iPhone, but without the ability to connect to a cellular network for phone functions or internet access, was released on September 5, 2007. At the same time, Apple significantly dropped the price of the 8 GB model while discontinuing the 4 GB model. Apple sold the one millionth iPhone five days later, or 74 days after the release. After receiving "hundreds of emails...upset" about the price drop, Apple gave store credit to early adopters.
A 16 GB model was released on February 5, 2008.
During release, the iPhone was marketed as running "OS X". The name of the operating system was revealed as iPhone OS with the release of the iPhone SDK. So far, Apple has released 6 major software versions for the iPhone, including the one bundled with original iPhone units and three major versions (iPhone OS 1, 2, and 3) for the original iPhone, but software updates for the original and 3G iPhones have been discontinued.
Software history
The original release of the operating system included Visual Voicemail, multi-touch gestures, HTML email, Safari web browser, threaded text messaging, and YouTube. However, many features like MMS, apps, and copy and paste were not supported at release. These missing features led to hackers jailbreaking their phones which added these missing features. Official software updates slowly added these features.
iPhone 3G
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