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Also known as Apple iPhone 3GS

group of smartphone models produced by Apple Inc.

Key facts

Developer
Apple
Manufacturer
Foxconn ( contract manufacturer )
Type
Smartphone
Generation
3rd
First released
June 19, 2009 ; 16 years ago ( 2009-06-19 )
Discontinued
June 7, 2010 ; 15 years ago ( 2010-06-07 ) (16, 32 GB), September 12, 2012 ; 13 years ago ( 2012-09-12 ) (8 GB)
Predecessor
iPhone 3G
Successor
iPhone 4
Related
iPod Touch (3rd generation)
Compatible networks
Quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE , ( 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz ), Tri-band UMTS / HSDPA , ( 850, 1900, 2100 MHz )
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
Weight
135 g (4.8 oz)
Operating system
Original: iPhone OS 3.0 , Last: iOS 6.1.6 , released February 21, 2014 ( 2014-02-21 )
System on chip
Samsung S5PC100
Cpu
600 MHz ARM Cortex-A8
Gpu
PowerVR SGX535
Memory
256 MB DRAM

via Wikipedia infobox

~14 min read

Encyclopedic overview

The iPhone 3GS, stylized as iPhone 3G🅂, is a smartphone that was developed and marketed by Apple. It is the third generation of the iPhone and the successor to the iPhone 3G. It was unveiled on June 8, 2009 at the WWDC 2009, which took place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

According to Phil Schiller, a key figure at Apple, the “S” in “3GS” stands for “Speed.” Improvements included performance, a 3-megapixel camera with higher resolution and video ability, voice control, and support for 7.2 Mbit/s HSDPA downloads. It was released in the United States, Canada, and six European countries on June 19, 2009, in Australia and Japan on June 26, and elsewhere internationally in July and August 2009.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “iPhone 3GS” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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