iPhone (1st generation) – Full Phone Information

The Apple iPhone 1st Generation (the original iPhone, EDGE, iPhone 1,1) combines mobile phone, Internet communications, iPod and other functionalities. The original iPhone introduced a multi-touch interface (control of the functions by dragging finger across the glass display).

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Apple iPhone (1st generation or Original) Full Information

The first iPhone is also referred to as the iPhone 2G because it doesn’t support 3G networks.

Release Dates

• Announced
  – 4GB model on January 9, 2007.
  – 16GB model on February 5, 2008.
• Released on June 29, 2007.

Specifications

• Processors: Geekbench 2 (32). Geekbench 3 (32). Geekbench 3 (64).
• Processor Speed: 412 Mhz.
• Processor Type: Samsung ARM 11.
• Onboard RAM: 128 MB.
• Storage capacity: 4, 8 and 16 GB of flash memory.
• Core Design: ARM1176 x 1.
• CPU: S5L8900. CPU Speed: 400 MHz
• OS: Mac OS X 10.4.10. iPhone OS 1.0 (1A543a). iPhone OS 3.1.3. Windows Support: (compatible with a PC with USB 2.0): Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Edition. Windows XP Home, Professional with Service Pack 2 or later, iTunes 7.3 or later.
• Usage time: Standby time – up to 250 hours. Talk time up to 8 hours. Audio time (audio playback) – up to 24 hours. Video time (video playback) – up to 7 hours. Internet Web browsing up to 6 hours.
• Display: 3.5-inch display with 320×480 resolution at 163 ppi.
• Connectivity: Built-in support for Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR. USB. Dock and Headphone ports.
• Audio Support: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 1, 2, and 3), Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV.
• Photo: 2.0 megapixel rear camera.
• Photo Support: JPG, GIF, TIFF images, the iPod function of the iPhone supports images synchronized from iTunes.
• Video Support: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, .mov file formats.
• Dimensions: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46.
• Average weight: 4.8 oz.
• Battery: Lithium ion battery. Power – 5,18 Wh. Current: 1400 mA. Voltage – 3,7V.
• Color: Aluminum (gray).

Detailed Information

Model Number	A1203 (on the back cover)
Released	2007, June
Display Size	3.5 inches
Dimensions	115 x 61 x 11.6 mm (4.53 x 2.40 x 0.46 in)
Weight	135 g (4.76 oz)
Capacity	4/8/16GB
Colors	Black
Front Panel	Flat and made of glass
Back Panel	The back housing is made of anodized aluminum
SIM tray	On the top side that holds a "second form factor" (2FF) mini-SIM
Serial Number	Etched in the back case
IMEI/MEID	+ You will find it in the Settings menu
See also	Sell used iPhone online now

Apple Orders, Discontinuation, Price

Apple Order:

• MA501LL/A for the 4 GB configuration.
• MA712LL/A for the 8 GB configuration.
• MB384LL/A for the 16 GB configuration.

Discontinued:

• 4 GB model on September 5, 2007.
• 8 GB model on June 9, 2008.

Price:

• Initial price: $599, requiring a 2-year contact with AT&T.
• Final price: $399, still requiring a 2-year contract with AT&T.

Features

• Accessories: Shipped with a stereo headset, dock, dock connector to USB cable, USB power adapter, a cleaning cloth.

Miscellanea

• In June 2017, during a talk at the Computer History Museum, Scott Forstall, who led iOS development at Apple under Steve Jobs, said that Apple had been working on a tablet project, but Jobs realized that that mobile phones were becoming a threat to Apple’s then massive iPod business which made about half of Apple’s sales. Jobs was wondering what device could cannibalize its iPod music sales, and a new phone seemed like a needful thing. Forstall and Jobs were at lunch once, when they noticed that no one looked happy using their phones despite everyone having one. So, Jobs suggested shrinking the tablet touch demo to a pocketable size. When Jobs saw a demo of a new phone, he exclaimed “OK, put the tablet on hold. Let’s build a phone.”
• Although iPhone original ran preinstalled iPhone 1.0 OS, Apple didn’t referred to this OS as iPhone OS till March 17, 2009, as it was called OS X (not the same as Mac OS X) before. On June 7, 2010, Apple changed the name to iOS.
• The original iPhone does not offer a disk mode for file transfer.
• Apple created its first smartphone during a secretive 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 operating system for the original iPhone was iPhone OS 1 (marketed as OS X). This 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. Hackers added these features to their iPhones by themselves. Later Apple slowly added to its software these features officially.
• Apple’s iPhone 1,1 multi-touch interface allows users to control the functions of the system by dragging fingers across the glass display for the first time in history.The first iPhone has an accelerometer and switches automatically accordingly depending on how the smartphone is held:in landscape or portrait mode.
• The iPhone 1st Generation price was around $399 when it was first released, although now Apple have released four other versions of the iPhone, and it was thus available much cheaper with some good research.
• iPhone 1,1 has an ambient light sensor to adjust screen brightness based on the need. Another sensor, a proximity sensor, turns off the display when it is held to the ear.
• The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal published positive, but cautious, reviews of the iPhone, their primary criticisms being the relatively slow speed of the AT&T’s 2.5G EDGE network and the phone’s inability to connect using 3G services. 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.” Time magazine named it the Invention of the Year in 2007.

Links

• Sell your old iPhone for the best price. We at iGotOffer.com buy even broken smartphones for fast cash, free instant quote, free shipping, fast payment.
• iPhone User Guide for iOS 3.1 Software (in PDF format).