iPhone (1st generation)
| iPhone | |
|---|---|
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Front of an iPhone |
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| developer | Apple |
| Manufacturer | Foxconn |
| publication |
 Europe November 9, 2007 |
| successor | iPhone 3G |
| Technical specifications | |
| display | 89 mm (3.5 ″ ), 3: 2 format, 480 × 320 pixels (163 ppi ), sensitive to touch |
| Main camera | 2 MP |
| Operating system at launch | iOS 1.0 |
| Current operating system | iOS 3.1.3 |
| System-on-a-chip | Samsung S5L8900 |
| processor | Single core processor ARM 1176 (412 MHz) |
| R.A.M. | 128 MB LPDDR1 137 MHz |
| Graphics processor | PowerVR MBX Lite (1 × 60 MHz) |
| Internal memory | 4, 8 or 16 GB NAND |
| Sensors | |
| Connectivity | |
| Cellular networks | |
| Further radio connections | |
| connections |
Dock connection, 3.5 mm jack plug |
| accumulator | |
| Type | Lithium-ion |
| Changeable | No |
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Battery life (according to manufacturer) |
Max. 250 hours (standby mode) max. 6 hours (2G internet) |
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Talk time (according to manufacturer) |
Max. 8 hours ( 2G network) |
| measures and weight | |
| Dimensions ( H × W × D ) | 115 mm × 61 mm × 11.6 mm |
| Weight | 135 g |
The iPhone (after 2008 unofficially also iPhone 2G or iPhone EDGE , based on the then popular cellular standard 2G or the EDGE technology ) is the first smartphone in the iPhone series from the US company Apple . It was introduced by Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007 and launched in Europe on November 9, 2007. After the LG KE850 Prada, which was released in the second quarter of 2007, it is the second modern smartphone ever released. Before that, there were cell phones with advanced multimedia options, but these could not be operated purely via a touch-sensitive screen like today's smartphones .
As with all subsequent iPhone models, Apple's in-house iOS operating system is also used on the first-generation iPhone . When the iPhone came out, version 1.0.0 came with it, and the highest officially Apple version of iOS that has been released for the iPhone is 3.1.3 . The iPhone is mainly operated by touching a finger on a multi-touch screen .
history
Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone on January 9th, 2007 at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco . In early June 2007, a television commercial announced that sales in the United States would start on June 29th. The device was offered on the first day in around 200 Apple stores and around 1,800 sales outlets of the network operator AT&T Wireless (formerly Cingular Wireless ). iPhones with 4GB of storage had a suggested retail price of $ 499 and the 8GB versions were $ 599. According to the Apple report for the third quarter of the fiscal year , around 270,000 units of the iPhone were sold within the first two days of sales. On September 5, Steve Jobs announced a price cut: The 8 GB version should now only cost 399 US dollars, the 4 GB version was no longer available. Apple offered disgruntled first-time customers a $ 100 voucher. Anyone who bought the 8 GB device within the ten days prior to the announcement of the price reduction should be reimbursed the full difference of $ 200. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 (through September 29, 2007), around 1.1 million iPhones were sold, according to Apple.
The device was available in Europe from November 9, 2007. In Germany, it was initially only sold via T-Mobile Deutschland at a price of 399 euros, coupled with a two-year contract and a block that allowed use only in the T-Mobile network during the minimum contract period. In return, T-Mobile gave Apple a share of the monthly sales. After the contract expired, this block could be removed free of charge so that it was officially possible to activate the device via iTunes with SIM cards from other providers.
From November 9th, the iPhone was also available in the UK. The purchase was only possible for 269 pounds sterling (around 387 euros) with a contract with O 2 .
In France, the device was only sold from November 28th. Here, the telecommunications provider Orange was the sole distributor, but had to offer the iPhone without a SIM lock or with an activation option due to a French equality law . The device prices were between 399 euros (with a contract) and 749 euros (including 100 euros activation fee, without a contract).
On March 17, 2009, when iPhone OS 3.0 was launched, it was announced that it was now available in 80 countries. In 2008 Apple sold 13.7 million iPhones.
Technical specifications
Main processor
The iPhone uses an ARM1176 processor manufactured by Samsung with a clock frequency of 412 MHz. The name of the processor is S5L8900 , it is the same processor as in the iPhone 3G and the first generation iPod touch. The processor supports ARMv6 , a 32-bit architecture.
service
The iPhone is equipped with a capacitive screen ( touchscreen ) under a cover made of optical glass , which Apple calls multi-touch and which can process up to five touch impulses at the same time. Operation is possible with both fingers and a conductive stylus . The iPhone has only five physical controls: the home button on the front, two buttons on the side for volume adjustment, a switch for mute and the standby button on the upper narrow side. If necessary, a keyboard can be displayed for typing; for entering digits (for example, entering a phone number) it can display a number pad. The display has a resolution of 320 × 480 pixels.
Sensors
The first iPhone generation has three sensors :
- A proximity sensor automatically switches off the input function and the screen lighting when the device is held to the ear.
- The display changes automatically according to the vertical or horizontal position of the device. A three-axis acceleration sensor is used for this .
- A switchable brightness sensor adjusts the screen brightness to the lighting conditions of the surroundings, which significantly increases the battery life.
Cellular communications and networking
With the first version of the iPhone, telephony takes place exclusively via GSM ; Data can be received via EDGE . After the appearance of the iPhone 3G, the unofficial name iPhone 2G was born . The 2G does not refer to the generation of the iPhone, but the GSM cellular network.
The device is a quad-band telephone and supports the frequencies 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz . It can also connect via WLAN (802.11b / g) or Bluetooth . Since the iPhone did not adhere to the Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile ( A2DP ) standard , it was not possible to work with corresponding Bluetooth stereo devices such as headphones and car radio interfaces from other manufacturers. This changed with the introduction of software version 3.0.1. Numerous other Bluetooth profiles are not available or activated. One of the consequences of this is that no data can be exchanged with other Bluetooth devices. The first generation iPhone does not support broadband access via UMTS or HSDPA . The European version introduced in November 2007 did not offer UMTS either.
A GPS receiver is not available in this model. Location determination (and display in Google Maps ) is still possible, it is based on trilateration the respectively received from iPhone mobile radio cells and the evaluation of known Wi-Fi - hotspots . In cities, the achievable accuracy is sometimes relatively high and can be less than 50 meters; an Internet connection is absolutely necessary for position determination because of the online location inquiries of the received cells.
Media playback
The iPhone's processor enables the playback of compressed videos in the H.264 standard, which are downscaled to the 480 × 320 pixels of the screen. The maximum resolution can be 640 x 480 pixels. MMS for audio and video is not supported, which was criticized by Apple, since this service is almost always standard on other mobile phones and the unavailability of MMS dispatch has nothing to do with the hardware. The device has all the functions of the iPod with video playback option and the animations of the CD title images known from iTunes ( Cover Flow ) . When playing videos, the view changes to the horizontal, resulting in a widescreen screen.
Headset
The headset of the iPhone supplied by the manufacturer is equipped with white stereo headphones and has a microphone. It also has a so-called "clicker" to control the iPhone.
Digital camera
The unit has a two- megapixel - Digital camera whose lens opening is recessed without cover in the back of the phone and can absorb no video sequences, but only individual images. This limitation is only due to the lack of the corresponding software; even older models can be upgraded with video software after a modification of the operating system that was not authorized by Apple .
Data storage
The memory is 4 GB, 8 GB or 16 GB of NAND - flash memory . There is no expansion slot for memory cards. The size of the main memory ( RAM ) is 128 MB DRAM.
Energy storage
According to the manufacturer, the battery capacity of the lithium-polymer battery is sufficient for telephone calls of up to eight hours as well as seven hours for video functions and six hours of surfing the Internet. It should also be enough to listen to music for up to 24 hours. The battery capacity in standby mode is 250 hours. According to initial tests, the talk time is over seven hours, you can listen to music for just over 22 hours, and the battery discharges in just over nine hours when using the Internet. Often the battery only reaches its full capacity after a few weeks of operation, which is why the running times for new devices can be shorter.
The built-in battery cannot be replaced by the user himself. Apple is offering the switch in the US for around $ 86 (including shipping costs) within three working days. The company was criticized by American consumer advocates for not publicly communicating this expensive process, which is unusual for high-end smartphones. In addition, the battery in the first generation iPhone is soldered to the logic board, which makes repairing a defective battery even more difficult. However, since the iPhone 3G, Apple has not done so.
connections
The iPhone has a 30-pin dock connector , which is physically largely identical to that of the iPods. The connection contains lines for stereo sound, composite video ( FBAS ), component video (NTSC and PAL, an innovation compared to previous iPods that have an S-video output; a converter box is required for use with typical European televisions) Conversion into a SCART-RGB signal required), a serial interface (for example for control), USB and FireWire . The iPhone does not have a special antenna connector. On top of the iPhone is a 3.5-millimeter jack with four contacts (stereo transmission plus additional conduit for connection of the microphone of the headset or a TTY - writing telephone for the deaf and hard of hearing) housed in the headphones can be plugged and headsets.
Subcontracting and manufacturing
The German SDAX company Balda was in charge of the production of the screen . The production itself was carried out by the screen manufacturer TPK in the Chinese special economic zone Xiamen , but also by plants in Beijing and Suzhou. Balda is a 50 percent shareholder in TPK . The production machine with which the new touchscreens for the iPhone from Apple can be produced and with which other surfaces of plastic parts for cell phones and portable game consoles can also be finished was developed by Balda in cooperation with the TecDAX- listed mechanical engineering company Singulus Technologies .
The built-in iPhone NAND - Flash memory came from the company SK Hynix , Intel , Micron , Samsung Electronics and Toshiba , with which Apple had an agreement by 2010 agreed. Infineon is the supplier for the baseband processor S-Gold 2 .
reception
After the release of the iPhone, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft , criticized the fact that the iPhone, priced at $ 500, was the most expensive phone in the world and, due to the lack of apps and the virtual keyboard, hardly suitable for business customers.
The iPhone received mostly positive reviews in tests by specialist magazines .
Web links
Individual evidence
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