iPhone · Standard
2009
iPhone 3GS
A refinement generation focused on speed, video capture, and voice control.
- Announced
- 2009-06-08
- Family
- iPhone
- Branch
- Standard
- Historical weight
- Major evolution
Key specifications
Apple verification ↗- Display
- 3.5" LCD, 320×480 multitouch
- Chip / CPU
- Samsung ARM Cortex-A8 · 600 MHz
- Memory
- 256 MB
- Base storage
- 16 GB
- Ports & charging
- 30-pin dock, 3.5 mm
- Weight
- 135 g
- Dimensions
- 115.5×62.1×12.3 mm
- Original OS
- iPhone OS 3.0
- Launch price
- $599
- Released
- June 19, 2009
- Discontinued
- September 2012
- Graphics
- PowerVR SGX535
- CPU cores
- 1
Generation delta
What changed?
Introduced
1- Camera
Video recording
The camera gained video capture plus a 3-megapixel autofocus still camera.
Changed
1- Silicon
Major performance increase
Apple positioned 3GS around substantially faster performance than iPhone 3G.
Canonical predecessor
iPhone 3G iPhone 3GS