This article is about the line of smartphones by Apple. For other uses, see iPhone (disambiguation).
iPhone (/ˈaɪfoʊn/ EYE-fohn) is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. They run Apple's iOS mobile operating system. The first-generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007, and there have been multiple new hardware iterations with new iOS releases since.
iPhone
The front face of iPhone X
Developer Apple Inc.
Manufacturer Foxconn, Pegatron
(contract manufacturers)
Type Smartphone
Release date
June 29, 2007
1st gen: June 29, 2007
3G: July 11, 2008
3GS: June 19, 2009
4: June 24, 2010
4S: October 14, 2011
5: September 21, 2012
5C, 5S: September 20, 2013
6 / 6 Plus: September 19, 2014
6S / 6S Plus: September 25, 2015
SE: March 31, 2016
7 / 7 Plus: September 16, 2016
8 / 8 Plus: September 22, 2017
X: November 3, 2017
Units sold 1.2 billion+[1]
Operating system iOS
System-on-chip used
Chips used
1st gen and 3G: S5L8900
3GS: S5PC100
4: Apple A4
4S: Apple A5
5 / 5C: Apple A6
5S: Apple A7
6 / 6 Plus: Apple A8
6S / 6S Plus and SE: Apple A9
7 / 7 Plus: Apple A10 Fusion
8 / 8 Plus / X: Apple A11 Bionic
CPU
CPU
1st gen and 3G: Samsung 32-bit RISC ARM 1176JZ(F)-S v1.0[2]
3GS: 600 MHz ARM Cortex-A8[3]
4: 800 MHz ARM Cortex-A8[4]
4S: 800 MHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9[5]
5 / 5C: 1.3 GHz dual-core Apple A6
5S: 1.3 GHz 64-bit dual-core Apple A7
6 / 6 Plus: 1.4 GHz 64-bit dual-core Apple A8
6S / 6S Plus and SE: 1.85 GHz 64-bit dual-core Apple A9
7 / 7 Plus: 2.34 GHz 64-bit quad-core Apple A10 Fusion (2x Hurricane + 2x Zephyr)[6]
8 / 8 Plus / X: GHz 64-bit hexa-core Apple A11 Bionic (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral)
Memory
Memory
1st gen and 3G: 128 MB LPDDR RAM (137 MHz)
3GS: 256 MB LPDDR RAM (200 MHz)
4: 512 MB LPDDR2 RAM (200 MHz)
4S: 512 MB LPDDR2 RAM
5 / 5C: 1 GB LPDDR2 RAM
5S and 6 / 6 Plus: 1 GB LPDDR3 RAM
6S / 6S Plus, SE and 7: 2 GB LPDDR4 RAM
8: 2 GB LPDDR4X RAM
7 Plus: 3 GB LPDDR4 RAM
8 Plus and X: 3 GB LPDDR4X RAM
Storage 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256 GB flash memory[7]
Display
Display
1st gen and 3G:
3.5 in (89 mm)
3:2 aspect ratio, scratch-resistant[8] glossy glass covered screen, 262,144-color (18-bit) TN LCD, 480 × 320 px (HVGA) at 163 ppi, 200:1 contrast ratio
3GS:
In addition to prior, features a fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating,[9] and 262,144-color (18-bit) TN LCD with hardware spatial dithering[10]
4 and 4S:
3.5 in (89 mm); 3:2 aspect ratio, aluminosilicate glass covered 16,777,216-color (24-bit) IPS LCD screen, 960 × 640 px at 326 ppi, 800:1 contrast ratio, 500 cd⁄m² max brightness
5 / 5C / 5S / SE:
4.0 in (100 mm); 16:9 aspect ratio; 1136 × 640 px screen resolution at 326 ppi
6 / 6S / 7 / 8:
4.7 in (120 mm); 16:9 aspect ratio; 1334 × 750 px screen resolution at 326 ppi
6 Plus / 6S Plus / 7 Plus / 8 Plus:
5.5 in (140 mm); 16:9 aspect ratio; 1920 × 1080 px screen resolution at 401 ppi
X:
5.8 in (150 mm); ~19.5:9 aspect ratio; 2436 × 1125 pix screen resolution at 458 ppi
Graphics
Graphics
1st gen and 3G:
PowerVR MBX Lite 3D GPU[11] (103 MHz)
3GS: PowerVR SGX535 GPU
(150 MHz)[12][13]
4: PowerVR SGX535 GPU (200 MHz)[12][13]
4S: PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2-core) GPU
5 / 5C: PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3-core) GPU
5S: PowerVR G6430 (4-core) GPU
6 / 6 Plus: PowerVR GX6450 (4-core) GPU
6S / 6S Plus and SE: PowerVR GT7600 (6-core) GPU[14]
7 / 7 Plus: PowerVR Series 7XT Plus (6-core) GPU[6]
8 / 8 Plus / X: Apple-designed (3-core) GPU
Sound
Bluetooth stereo speaker (iPhone 7 and up) microphone 3.5mm stereo audio jack (not available on iPhone 7 and up) Lightning port (requires iOS 10 or later)
Connectivity
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
1st gen, 3G, and 3GS:
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
4, and 4S:
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n)
5, 5C, and 5S:
Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
6 / 6 Plus, 6S / 6S Plus, 7 / 7 Plus, and SE:
Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
1st gen, 3G, 3GS, and 4:
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
4S, 5, 5C, 5S, and 6 / 6 Plus:
Bluetooth 4.0
6S / 6S Plus, SE and 7 / 7 Plus:
Bluetooth 4.2
8 / 8 Plus / X:
Bluetooth 5.0
GSM models also include:
LTE 700, 2100 MHz UMTS / HSDPA