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Apple iPhone
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| Developer | Apple Inc. |
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| Manufacturer | Foxconn (contract manufacturer)[1] |
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| Slogan | "This is only the beginning."
"Apple reinvents the phone." |
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| Generation | 1st |
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| Model | A1203[2] |
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| First released | June 29, 2007 |
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| Discontinued | July 15, 2008 |
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| Units sold | 6.1 million |
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| Successor | iPhone 3G |
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| Related | iPad, iPod Touch (comparison) |
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| Type | Smartphone |
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| Form factor | Slate |
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| Dimensions | 115 mm (4.5 in) H
61 mm (2.4 in) W
11.6 mm (0.46 in) D |
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| Weight | 135 g (4.8 oz) |
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| Operating system | Original: iPhone OS 1.0
Current: iPhone OS 3.1.3(build 7E18)
Released February 2, 2010; 5 years ago |
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| CPU | Samsung 32-bit RISC ARM1176JZ(F)-S v1.0[3] 620 MHz
Underclocked to 412 MHz[4] |
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| Memory | 128 MB eDRAM[5] |
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| Storage | 4, 8 or 16 GB flash memory |
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| Battery | Built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery[6] 3.7 V 1400 mAh |
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| Data inputs | Multi-touch touchscreen display
3-axis accelerometer
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
Microphone
Headset controls |
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| Display | 3.5-inch screen (diagonally)
320×480 pixel resolution at 163 ppi
2:3 aspect ratio
18-bit (262,144-color) LCD |
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| Rear camera | 2.0 MP with geotagging |
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| Sound | Single loudspeaker
TRRS headphone jack, 20 Hz to 20 kHz frequency response(internal, headset)
Microphone |
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| Connectivity |
Online: App Store, iTunes Store, MobileMe, Safari (web browser) |
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| Website | www.apple.com/iphone |
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- It was introduced in the United States on June 29, 2007 and featured quad-bandGSM cellular connectivity with GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer.
- On June 9, 2008, Apple announced its successor, the iPhone 3G. The original iPhone has not received software updates from Apple after iPhone OS (now iOS)3.1.3.
- Since June 11, 2013, the original iPhone has been considered "obsolete" in Apple retail stores, "vintage" by other service providers in the US, and "obsolete" in all other regions.[10] Apple does not service vintage or obsolete products, and replacement parts for obsolete products will not be available to service providers.[11]
1 History
2 Software
- In 2005, Apple CEO Steve Jobs conceived an idea of using a multi-touchtouchscreen 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.[12] When Jobs reviewed the prototype and its user interface, he conceived a second idea of implementing the technology onto a mobile phone.[13] The whole effort was called Project Purple 2 and began in 2005.[14]
- 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[15] over a thirty-month period. Apple rejected the "design by committee" approach that had yielded theMotorola 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.[16][17]
- The original iPhone was introduced by Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007 in akeynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo held in Moscone West in San Francisco, California.[18] 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."[19] 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."[20]
- 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;[21] 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.[22]
- Six out of ten Americans surveyed said they knew the iPhone was coming before its release.[23]
- Seventeen-year-old George Hotz sold the first unlocked iPhone in the United States for three locked iPhones and a Nissan 350Z.[24]
- 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 (from $599 to $399, still requiring a 2-year contract with AT&T) while discontinuing the 4 GB model.[25] Apple sold the one millionth iPhone five days later, or 74 days after the release.[26] After receiving "hundreds of emails...upset" about the price drop, Apple gave store credit to early adopters.[27]
- A 16 GB model was released on February 5, 2008.[28] Apple released an SDK on March 6, 2008, allowing developers to create the apps that would be available starting in iPhone OS version 2.0, a free upgrade for iPhone users. On June 9, Apple announced the iPhone 3G, which began shipping July 11.[29] The original iPhone was discontinued at that time; total sales volume came to 6,124,000 units.
- While most Apple literature simply called the device "iPhone," the term "the original iPhone" appears in a press release from July 2010.[30]
- 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. The original iPhone supports three major versions: iPhone OS 1, 2, and 3.
- The original operating system for the original iPhone was iPhone OS 1, marketed as OS X, and 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, leading hackers jailbreaking their iPhones to add these features. Official software updates slowly added these features.
- iPhone OS 2 was released on July 11, 2008, at about the same time as the release of the iPhone 3G, and introduced third-party applications, exchange support, push e-mail, and other enhancements.
- iPhone OS 3 was released on June 17, 2009, and introduced copy and paste, Spotlight search for the Home Screen, and new YouTube features. This version of iOS updated the software of the original iPhone as well as the iPhone 3G; however, not all features of iPhone OS 3.0 were supported on the original iPhone.
- iPhone OS 3.1.3 was the last version of iPhone OS (now iOS) to be released for the original iPhone.
- The Wall Street Journal's technology columnist, Walt Mossberg, concluded that "despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer."[31]
- Time magazine named it the Invention of the Year in 2007.[32]
Preceded by
– | iPhone (1st generation)
1st generation | Succeeded by
iPhone 3G |
IPhone
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