

Though in addition to the upgrades mainly regarding performance, various software features were also introduced exclusively to the iPhone 3GS such as video recording, voice control, and digital compass.

The iPhone 3GS was reportedly twice as fast as its predecessor. The new features of the iPhone 3GS are mainly internal changes regarding speed. This was a departure from Apple's previous trends, in which only two phones were sold.

The 99¢ price was only available with a two-year contract on AT&T in the United States and a three-year contract on Telus, Rogers, Bell and Fido Solutions in Canada. After the release of the iPhone 4S, the 3GS was still offered for free on a contract until November 2011, when AT&T raised the price to 59 cents with no explanation. It reached its first million units sold as quickly as its predecessor, the iPhone 3G. Within the first weekend of its release, over 1 million iPhone 3GS units were sold. The iPhone 3GS was released on Jin the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. 5.4 New boot ROM and 2011 baseband update.On Jan 8 GB model was released, discontinuing the 16 and 32 GB models, the 8 GB 3GS continued in production until September 2012 when the iPhone 5 was announced. It was succeeded as Apple's flagship smartphone in 2010 by the iPhone 4. The iPhone 3GS runs Apple's iOS operating system. It was released in the United States, Canada, and six European countries on June 19, 2009, in Australia and Japan on June 26, and internationally in July and August 2009. Improvements include performance, a 3-megapixel camera with higher resolution and video ability, voice control, and support for 7.2 Mbit/s HSDPA downloading (but remains limited to 384 kbps uploading as Apple had not implemented the HSUPA protocol). This iPhone is named "3GS" where "S" stood for Speed ( Phil Schiller had mentioned it in the launch keynote). It was unveiled on J at the WWDC 2009 which took place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. It is the third generation iPhone and the successor to the iPhone 3G. The iPhone 3GS (originally styled iPhone 3G S, also known as iPhone 3) is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. at the Wayback Machine (archived June 25, 2009) Last: iOS 6.1.6, released February 21, 2014 ( )īuilt-in rechargeable lithium-ion batteryģ.5 in (89 mm) diagonal 3:2 aspect ratio screenģ.5 mm TRRS, 20 Hz to 20 kHz frequency response (internal, headset)Īpple - iPhone - Mobile phone, iPod, and Internet device. Septem 9 years ago ( September 12, 2012) (8 GB)
