iPhone · Standard
2008
iPhone 3G
3G, GPS, and third-party apps turn iPhone into a connected software platform.
- Announced
- 2008-06-09
- Family
- iPhone
- Branch
- Standard
- Historical weight
- Major evolution
Key specifications
Apple verification ↗- Display
- 3.5" LCD, 320×480 multitouch
- Chip / CPU
- Samsung ARM 11 · 412 MHz
- Memory
- 128 MB
- Base storage
- 8 GB
- Ports & charging
- 30-pin dock, 3.5 mm
- Weight
- 133 g
- Dimensions
- 115.5×62.1×12.3 mm
- Original OS
- iPhone OS 2.0
- Launch price
- $599
- Released
- July 11, 2008
- Discontinued
- June 2010
- Graphics
- PowerVR MBX Lite
- CPU cores
- 1
Generation delta
What changed?
Introduced
2- Connectivity
3G cellular networking
Faster mobile data became a first-class part of the iPhone experience.
- Sensors
Built-in GPS
Native location capability expanded maps and location-aware apps.
Technology DNA
Ideas carried by this generation.
Canonical predecessor
iPhone iPhone 3G