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{{Device
|name              = iPhone (1st generation)
|image             = [[File:IPhone_2G_PSD_Mock.png|160px]]
|Price             = '''4 GB:''' $499<br/>'''8 GB:''' $599
|Released          = June 29, [[2007]]
|Discontinued      = July 15, [[2008]]
|Units sold        = 6.1 million
|Features          = 2MP camera, multi-touch, large display for 2007 standards
|Operating System  = '''Original:''' [[iPhone OS 1]].0 <br> '''Last:''' [[iPhone OS 3]].1.3 (2010-02-02)
|CPU               = Samsung 32-bit RISC ARM at 620 MHz (Underclocked to 412 MHz)
|GPU               = PowerVR MBX Lite 3D GPU
|Screen Resolution = 320x480 pixels<br/>163 ppi, 2:3 aspect ratio
|Colors            = Black front, metal back
|Dimensions        = '''Height:''' 115.5mm high (4.55 in.) <br> '''Width:''' 62.1 mm (2.4 in.) <br> '''Depth:''' 11.6 mm (0.46 in.)
|Weight            = 135 g (4.8 oz)
|Developer         = [[Apple Inc.]]
}}
The '''iPhone''' (retroactively named the '''original iPhone''', '''iPhone 2G''', or '''iPhone 1''') was the first generation of [[iPhone]] designed and marketed by [[Apple Inc.]] It was announced on January 9, [[2007]],<ref>{{cite news
 | url = http://www.macworld.com/article/54769/2007/01/iphone.html
 | title = Apple unveils iPhone
 | date = January 9, 2007
 | accessdate =April 6, 2008
 | author = Honan, Mathew
 | publisher = [[Macworld]]}}</ref> after months of rumors and speculation.<ref>{{cite web
 | author = Dolan, Brian
 | title = Timeline of Apple "iPhone" Rumors (1999–Present)
 | url = http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/timeline-apple-iphone-rumors-1999-present
 | accessdate =February 17, 2008}}</ref>

The iPhone was released in the [[United States]] on June 29, 2007. It featured quad-band GSM cellular connectivity with [[GPRS]] and [[EDGE]] support for data transfer.

The original iPhone no longer receives software updates from Apple; its final official firmware version was [[iPhone OS 3]].1.3. It was succeeded by the [[iPhone 3G]].

==History==
===Development===
[[Steve Jobs]], CEO at [[Apple Inc.]], conceived an idea of using a [[multi-touch]] touchscreen to interact with a computer in a way in which he could type directly onto the display, essentially removing the physical keyboard and mouse, the same as a tablet computer. Jobs recruited a group of Apple engineers to investigate the idea as a side project.<ref name="macworld2007-liveupdate">{{cite news
 | last = Cohen
 | first = Peter
 | url = http://www.macworld.com/article/54764/2007/01/liveupdate.html
 | title = Macworld Expo Keynote Live Update
 | work = [[Macworld]]
 | date = January 9, 2007
 | accessdate =February 1, 2007}}</ref> When Jobs reviewed the prototype and its user interface, he conceived a second idea of implementing the technology onto a mobile phone.<ref>{{cite web
 | people = [[Walter Mossberg]]; [[Kara Swisher]]
 | date = June 2, 2010
 | title = D8: Steve Jobs on the iPhone's Origin
 | url = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template%3ACite_media
 | publisher = All Things Digital
 | accessdate =June 20, 2010
 | time = 0:20}}</ref>
The whole effort was called the Project Purple 2 and began in 2005.<ref>{{cite news
 | last = Murtazin
 | first = Eldar
 | url = http://mobile-review.com/articles/2010/iphone-history3-en.shtml
 | title = Apple's Phone: From 1980s' Sketches to iPhone. Part 3
 | publisher = Mobile-review
 | date = June 20, 2010
 | accessdate =March 27, 2011}}</ref>

Apple created the device during a secretive and unprecedented collaboration with AT&amp;T, formerly Cingular Wireless. The development cost of the collaboration was estimated to have been $150 million<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/magazine/16-02/ff_iphone
 | title = The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry
 | first = Fred
 | last = Vogelstein
 | date = January 9, 2008
 | work = Wired News
 | publisher = Condé Nast Publications
 | page = 3-4
 | accessdate =January 10, 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref name="CNN secrets">{{cite news
 | url = http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/10/commentary/lewis_fortune_iphone.fortune/index.htm
 | title = How Apple kept its iPhone secrets
 | last = Lewis
 | first = Peter
 | date = January 12, 2007
 | publisher = CNN Money
 | accessdate =January 11, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/magazine/16-02/ff_iphone
 | title = The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry
 | first = Fred
 | last = Vogelstein
 | date = January 9, 2008
 | work = Wired News
 | publisher = Condé Nast Publications
 | page = 1-4
 | accessdate =January 10, 2008}}</ref>

[[File:Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation (HD)|thumb|256px|right|]]
The original iPhone was introduced by Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007 in a keynote address at the [[Macworld Conference & Expo#2007|Macworld Conference &amp; Expo]] held in Moscone West in San Francisco, California.<ref name="macworld2007-liveupdate"/> In his address, Jobs said, "I have been looking forward to this for two and a half years", and that "today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone."<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/jobs-today-apple-is-going-to-reinvent-the-phone/4249
 | title = Jobs: Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone
 | first = Dan
 | last = Farber
 | date = January 9, 2007
 | work = ZDNet "Between the Lines" blog
 | accessdate =June 20, 2010}}</ref> Jobs introduced the iPhone as a combination of three devices: a "widescreen iPod with touch controls"; a "revolutionary mobile phone"; and a "breakthrough Internet communicator".<ref>{{cite web
 | people = Jobs, Steve
 | date = January 19, 2007
 | url = http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf07/
 | title = Macworld San Francisco 2007 Keynote Address
 | location = San Francisco
 | publisher = Apple, Inc.}}</ref>

===Release===
The iPhone was released on June 29, 2007 in the United States where thousands of people were reported to have waited outside [[Apple Store|Apple]] and [[AT&T]] retail stores days before the device's launch;<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q307data_sum.pdf
 | title = Apple Inc. Q3 2007 Unaudited Summary Data
 | accessdate =June 6, 2008
 | date = July 25, 2007
 | format = PDF
 | publisher = [[Apple Inc.]]}}</ref> with many stores reporting stock shortages within an hour. To avoid repeating the problems of the PlayStation 3 launch, which caused burglaries and even a shooting, off-duty police officers were hired to guard stores overnight.<ref>{{cite news
 | url = http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/01/09/liveupdate/index.php
 | title = Macworld Expo Keynote Live Update
 | author = Hart, Kim; Valle Sabrina
 | date = June 30, 2007
 |work=The Washington Post
 | accessdate =February 1, 2007}}</ref>

It was later made available in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany in November 2007, and the Republic of Ireland and Austria in the spring of 2008.

Six out of ten Americans surveyed said they knew the iPhone was coming before its release.<ref>{{cite news
 | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/jun/29/usnews.apple
 | title = iPhone causes big Apple swarm in Big Apple storms
 | first = Bobbie
 | last = Johnson
 | date = June 30, 2007
 |work=The Guardian 
 | accessdate =February 1, 2007
 | location=London}}</ref>

===Post-release===
The [[iPod Touch]], a touchscreen device with the media and internet abilities and interface of the iPhone, but without the ability to connect to a cellular network for phone functions or internet access, was released on September 5, 2007. At the same time, Apple significantly dropped the price of the 8 GB model while discontinuing the 4 GB model.<ref>{{cite web|title=Apple Sets iPhone Price at $399 for this Holiday Season|url=http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/09/05iphone.html|publisher=Apple|accessdate=June 21, 2010}}</ref> Apple sold the one millionth iPhone five days later, or 74 days after the release.<ref>{{cite web|title=Apple Sells One Millionth iPhone|url=http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/09/10iphone.html|publisher=Apple|accessdate=June 21, 2010}}</ref> After receiving "hundreds of emails...upset" about the price drop, Apple gave store credit to early adopters.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jobs|first=Steve|title=To all iPhone customers:|url=http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/|publisher=Apple}}</ref>

A 16 GB model was released on February 5, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Apple Adds New iPhone & iPod touch Models|url=http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/02/05iphoneipodtouch.html|publisher=Apple|accessdate=June 21, 2010}}</ref> Apple released an SDK on March 6, 2008, allowing developers to create the apps that would be available starting in iPhone OS version 2.0, a free upgrade for iPhone users. On June 9, Apple announced the [[iPhone 3G]], which began shipping July 11 with support for [[3G]] networks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G|url=http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/06/09iphone.html|publisher=Apple|accessdate=June 21, 2010}}</ref> The original iPhone was discontinued at that time; total sales volume came to 6,124,000 units.<ref name = sales_data>{{cite web|title=Table of iPhone sales by quarter|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IPhone_sales_per_quarter_simple.svg#Data_and_references|accessdate=June 21, 2010}}</ref>

While most Apple literature simply called the device "iPhone," and users call the iPhone "iPhone 2G" or "iPhone 1", the term "the original iPhone" appears in a press release from July 2010.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/07/02appleletter.html
 | title = Statement by Apple on iPhone 4 reception issues
 | date = 2010-07-02
 | publisher = Apple
 | accessdate = 2010-07-02}}</ref>

Apple released <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> iPhone 4S </span>on <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">November 11, 2011 </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">with </span><span style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">improved hardware and new software updates. They added </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">to iPhone </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">4S</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">a voice recognition system known as Siri from which the "4S" designator came from.</span><ref>[http://specsburner.com/tag/iphone-4s/ iPhone 4S Specs | Specsburner.com - Specs Features of Greatest Mobiles,Laptops,Computers,TVs, Cars & Bikes Specifications Database]</ref>

Apple formally launched iPhone 5 on September 12, 2012. iPhone 5 got a higher-resolution, 4-inch screen with 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.<ref>[http://specsburner.com/tag/iphone-5/ iPhone 5 Specs | Specsburner.com - Specs Features of Greatest Mobiles,Laptops,Computers,TVs, Cars & Bikes Specifications Database]</ref> The phone also includes a custom-designed ARMv7 processor called the Apple A6 and they released with iPhone 5 a new version of Apple's mobile operating system known iOS 6.<ref>[http://specsburner.com/tag/ios-6/ Apple iOS6 | Specsburner.com - Specs Features of Greatest Mobiles,Laptops,Computers,TVs, Cars & Bikes Specifications Database]</ref> iPhone 5 also came with support of [[4G]] LTE - the latest version of 4G/GSM/EDGE cellular network access.<ref>[http://specsburner.com/tag/lte/ LTE/EDGE/GSM/UMTS/HSPA | Specsburner.com - Specs Features of Greatest Mobiles,Laptops,Computers,TVs, Cars & Bikes Specifications Database]</ref>

==Design==
The original iPhone's design was centered on a glass multi-touch touchscreen display. The original iPhone introduced five [[iPhone#Screen and input|physical buttons]] that have remained consistent over newer generations of iPhone. The device featured a chrome plated metal frame. The back of which was made of aluminum with a black plastic base, required because metal blocks cellular and Wi-Fi signals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=828|title=That damned recessed iPhone headphone jack|publisher=ZDNet|accessdate=June 6, 2008}}</ref>

The 2MP camera was located in the upper-left corner of the iPhone's rear. The headphone socket was recessed into the casing making it incompatible with most headsets without the use of an adapter. Other models do not have this issue.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=828|title=That damned recessed iPhone headphone jack|publisher=ZDNet|accessdate=June 6, 2008}}

==Software==
During release, the iPhone was marketed as running "OS X". The name of the operating system was revealed as iOS in the iPhone 2.0 SDK.
Apple has released 13 major software versions for the iPhone, including the one bundled with original iPhone units, but software updates for the original up to the [[iPhone 6]] have been discontinued.

===Software history===
The original release of the 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. These missing features led to hackers "jailbreaking" their phones and getting paid to jailbreak others which added these missing features. Official software updates slowly added these features.

'''[[iPhone OS 2]]''', released July 11, [[2008]], introduced applications, exchange support, push e-mail, and other enhancements.

'''[[iPhone OS 3]]''', released June 17, [[2009]], introduced copy and paste, and new YouTube features. Some features were designed for newer iPhone models and were not supported on the original iPhone.

Unlike the [[iPhone 3G]], the original iPhone did not receive the [[iOS 4]] update.

== Hardware ==
Apart from the unknown-purpose Apple 338S0297 in the original iPhone, Apple originally did not actually manufacture the iPhone to any extent, they only wrote the firmware for the hardware they planned to have used in the iPhone, wrote the software, and planned the design. The final hardware that Foxconn manufactured the iPhone with based on Apple's design is as follows:<ref>[http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=M68ap_%28Internals%29 M68ap (Internals) - The iPhone Wiki]</ref>
* Samsung S5L8900 Application Processor<ref>[http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a8900&c=samsung_s5l8900 Samsung S5L8900 Specs | CPUlist | PDAdb.net - Smartphone, Tablet, Netbook, PDA, PNA &amp; Mobile Device Specifications Database]</ref>
** [http://www.arm.com/products/processors/classic/arm11/arm1176.php ARM 1176 32-Bit Core Processor]
*** ARMv6 Instruction Set
*** 667Mhz (underclocked to 412Mhz to prevent overheating)<ref>[http://www.saurik.com/id/1 Bringing Debian APT to the iPhone - Jay Freeman (saurik)]</ref>
** 128MB SDRAM
** Integrated PowerVR MBX Lite Graphics Card
* Samsung K9MCG08 (NOR/NAND Flash Storage)
* Marvell W8686 (Wi-Fi)
* CSR BlueCore4 (Bluetooth)
* Infineon S-Gold-2 (Phone, Messages, and Cellular Data)

==References==
{{reflist|2|small}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070111091833/apple.com/iPhone Introducing &#63743;iPhone] at Apple (archived 2007-01-10)
*[[wikipedia:iPhone (1st generation)|iPhone (1st generation)]] at Wikipedia
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