Q300947
group of smartphone models produced by Apple Inc.
Key facts
- Developer
- Apple
- Manufacturer
- Foxconn ( contract manufacturer )
- Type
- Smartphone
- Series
- iPhone
- First released
- July 11, 2008 ; 17 years ago ( 2008-07-11 )
- Discontinued
- June 7, 2010 ; 15 years ago ( 2010-06-07 )
- Units sold
- 1 million over first weekend 30 million over all time
- Predecessor
- iPhone (1st generation)
- Successor
- iPhone 3GS
- Related
- iPod Touch (2nd generation)
- Form factor
- Slate
- Dimensions
- 115.5 mm (4.55 in) H, 62.1 mm (2.44 in) W, 12.3 mm (0.48 in) D
Article
The iPhone 3G is a smartphone developed and marketed by Apple. It is the second generation of iPhone, successor to the original iPhone, and was introduced on June 9, 2008, at the WWDC 2008 which took place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
The iPhone 3G is internally similar to its predecessor, but included several new hardware features, such as GPS, 3G data and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA. The device was originally loaded with the concurrently launched iPhone OS 2. In addition to other features (including push email and turn-by-turn navigation), this new operating system introduced the App Store—Apple's new distribution platform for third-party applications.