Major OS release · iOS

iPhone OS 3

Version 3Jun 17, 20099 public releases · 8 point updates

Software history

Defining features

Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.

Cut, copy, and paste

iPhone OS 3.0 introduced system-wide cut, copy, and paste.

MMS and richer messaging

Messaging expanded with MMS support and additional media-sharing capabilities.

Spotlight search

Spotlight added system-wide search across core information and applications.

Voice Memos and landscape keyboards

Voice Memos became a built-in app while more Apple apps gained landscape keyboards.

Apple feature source ↗

iPhone Software / iPhone OS / iOS

Device support

Archive-product links show the canonical products represented by this project. The full device-name list preserves the broader structured support evidence, including hardware refreshes that do not have their own archive node.

Supported archive products7 mapped products
Full device coverage7 device names
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • iPhone 3G
  • iPhone 3GS
  • iPod touch (1st generation)
  • iPod touch (2nd generation)
  • iPod touch (3rd generation)

Support dropped at this major

No mapped archive product was fully dropped when this major version arrived.

Public releases

Public release history

Every canonical public release assigned to this major version, including the initial release and later point updates.

2009

  1. 3.0Initial major release
  2. 3.0.1Point update
  3. 3.1Point update
  4. 3.1.1Point update
  5. 3.1.2Point update

2010

  1. 3.1.3Point update
  2. 3.2Point update
  3. 3.2.1Point update
  4. 3.2.2Point update