Today we are going to focus on just one of Apple’s products – the iPhone. The iPhone is a cell phone, but not just a regular one. It has a lot of cool features and advanced technologies included and that’s why it is quite expensive compared to a regular cell phone. But this didn’t stopped it to be a really popular device used by all sorts of people. It can work as a classic phone with camera, so you can talk, send messages or make pictures with it, but it can also work as a portable media player, being able of playing video and music files. But it can also be used as an internet client device, to browse internet pages, send e-mails, check the weather, the maps through a GPS system and so on.
If you see an iPhone for the first time you might wonder where its keyboard is? The answer is: nowhere. And this is because it doesn’t have a keyboard. It has a multi-touch screen so all you have to do is press on the icon you want from the screen. On the screen you will also see a virtual keyboard for the times when you want to write messages or dial numbers. The first iPhone was launched in 29 June 2007, and since then of course it continued to develop. So in 2008 was launched the next model, the iPhone 3G and one year later in June 2009 was launched the latest model – the iPhone 3GS. We already mentioned that this device had a great success all over the world, and here is a proof: until the beginning of the year 2010 there were sold 42.48 million units of the iPhone.
Now let’s discuss a few more things about the iPhone 3G. It has these dimensions: 4.5 inches (115.5 mm) H x 2.4 inches (62.1 mm) W x 0.48 inch (12.3 mm) D and a weight of just 4.7 ounces (133 grams). So it is a really slim and lightweight device that can be easily carried in your pocket, just like a regular cell phone. It is colored in black and comes with a flash drive with the capacity of 8 GB. Thanks to this size you can store hundreds of pictures, music files or videos. The display has 3.5 inch diagonal and it is a Multi-Touch display. Its resolution is 480 x 320 pixel at 163 ppi. So it can be compared to a very very small laptop. In terms of internet and phone connectivity, it has these features:
* UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
* GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
* Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
* Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR wireless technology
Just like a laptop the iPhone also has a built in recheargeable Lithium Ion battery and it can be charged via USB to computer or from a power adapter. It has a standby time of up to 300 hours, but it can has a talk time of up to 5 hours on 3 G and up to 10 hours on 2 G. when used on the internet it can last for up to 5 hours on 3G and up to 6 hours on Wi-Fi. In case you are just playing videos it can last for up to 7 hours, and you can play audio files for 24 hours continuously. The integrated camera has 2 megapixels.
It is able to operate on temperatures from 32 “ to 95 “ F (0 to 35 C) and a relative humidity of 5 to 95 % non-condensing. And the maximum operating altitude is 10.000 feet (3.000 m).
In terms of audio playback it supports these formats: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV. And you can enjoy this music thanks to the headphones that it comes with and which have a frequency response of 20 hz to 20,000 hz.
And finally let’s discuss some things about the iPhone prices. These prices may vary a lot, depending on the store where you buy it from. You can buy it from a local store with the official price or even more, or you can buy it from auction sites with a lower price. The prices also depend on the features of the model, especially it’s size. For example the iPhone with a memory of 4 GB can cost around 499 dollars, and an iPhone with 8 GB of memory can cost around 599 dollars.