Guide Note
iPhone 3G is the newest version of Apple's iPhone. It keeps the features of the original iPhone while decreasing the overall size. iPhone 3G adds support for 3G wireless networks, integrates GPS technology and enables users to install third-party applications using the new iPhone App Store. iPhone 3G also uses new iPhone 2.0 firmware, which users can install on original iPhones.
Fast Facts
- Available: 8 a.m. on July 11, 2008
- Unveiled at the 2008 Worldwide Developers Conference
- 8GB model: $199.001
- 16GB model: $299.001
- Sold in 22 countries
- Faster data downloads
- Includes GPS
- Battery life: 300 hours on standby; talk time five hours; five to six hours of high speed browsing; videos seven hours; audio 24 hours2
- Thinner than previous iPhone
- Full plastic back
- 3.5-inch display
- Camera
- Flush headphone jack on top
- Improved audio
- Tilt control for video games2
- Landscape calculator
- Jailbreaking tool released on July 19, 20083
- The tool currently only unlocks original iPhones upgraded to the 2.0 firmware3
- Firmware 2.1 upgrade announced on September 9, 2008
Opening Day Woes
On July 11, 2008, the iPhone 3G went on sale in 22 countries. Some problems were reported with activation of the phones in the Apple stores. Apple officials said the problem involved iTunes software.4
Hotcakes Nonetheless
Despite technical issues during the product launch on July 11, 2008, the iPhone 3G sold over a million units within three days of its release.5 The original iPhone took months to sell that amount.5
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