📱 iPhone 1st Generation Overview
➤ Introduction
The first-generation iPhone was a revolutionary product unveiled by Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, during his keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. It marked Apple’s first foray into the mobile phone market and redefined what a smartphone could be.
🗓️ Key Dates
- Announcement: January 9, 2007
- U.S. Release: June 29, 2007
- Discontinued: July 15, 2008 (replaced by iPhone 3G)
⚙️ Technical Specifications
📏 Design & Build
- Form factor: Slate
- Dimensions: 115 x 61 x 11.6 mm (4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 in)
- Weight: 135 g (4.76 oz)
- Body material: Aluminum back with plastic bottom, glass front
- Colors: Silver/Black only
🖥️ Display
- Type: TFT capacitive touchscreen
- Size: 3.5 inches
- Resolution: 320 x 480 pixels (~165 ppi pixel density)
- Multitouch: Yes (a key innovation)
- Protection: Gorilla Glass (basic protection, unnamed at the time)
📷 Camera
- Rear Camera: 2 MP
- Front Camera: None
- Video Recording: Not supported natively
🎧 Audio
- Speaker: Yes
- 3.5 mm headphone jack: Yes (recessed, required slim plug)
- Ringtones: Polyphonic, MP3
💾 Storage
- Options: 4 GB, 8 GB, and later a 16 GB version (4 GB was soon discontinued)
🧠 Processor & Memory
- CPU: ARM 11, 412 MHz
- GPU: PowerVR MBX
- RAM: 128 MB (eDRAM)
🔌 Connectivity
- Cellular: Quad-band GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)
- EDGE (2G): Yes
- 3G or 4G: Not supported
- Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth: 2.0 + EDR
- USB: Dock connector (30-pin)
- GPS: No (relied on Wi-Fi/cell tower triangulation)
🔋 Battery
- Type: Non-removable Li-Ion battery
- Talk time: Up to 8 hours (2G)
- Music playback: Up to 24 hours
- Internet use: Up to 6 hours
📱 Software
🧩 Operating System
- OS: iPhone OS 1 (no official name; later rebranded as iOS)
- No App Store: Only pre-installed Apple apps available
- No copy-paste, no MMS, no multitasking
📦 Pre-installed Apps:
- Phone
- Safari (browser)
- iPod (music/video player)
- SMS (text messaging only, no MMS)
- Calendar
- Photos
- Camera
- YouTube
- Stocks
- Maps (powered by Google Maps)
- Weather
- Notes
- Calculator
- Clock
- Settings
