Antimatter Review for iPhone | Touch Arcade
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Antimatter Review for iPhone | Touch Arcade
- The iPhone is a multimedia and Internet-enabled quad-band GSM EDGE-supported mobile phone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. User input is accomplished via a multi-touch screen with virtual keyboard and buttons. The iPhone's functions include those of a camera phone and a portable media player ("iPod"), in addition to text messaging and visual voicemail. It also offers Internet services including e-mail, web browsing, and local Wi-Fi connectivity.
- The iPhone has been available since June 29, 2007 in the United States from Apple retail and online stores, and from AT&T Mobility. The current price is US$399 for an 8 GB model.
- On September 18, 2007, Apple announced in a special event that the iPhone will be available on November 9, 2007 on the carrier O2 in the United Kingdom.
- On September 19, 2007, Apple and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile announced the iPhone would go on sale November 9, 2007 throughout Germany.
- On October 16, 2007, Apple confirmed that France Telecom's Orange would be the exclusive carrier for the iPhone in France with a release date of November 29, 2007.
- On July 11, 2008, Apple released the iPhone 3G in twenty-two countries, including the original six. Forty-eight more are expected to follow in the months afterwards.
- The first iPhone 3G in the world was sold in Auckland, New Zealand to Jonny Gladwell, a 22-year-old student, at one minute past midnight NZST. In the United States, purchasing the new phone will require signing a two-year provider contract with AT&T.
- On the iPhone 3G release date in the United States, many units initially failed to activate because Apple's iTunes servers were overloaded.
- Apple sold 1 million iPhone 3Gs in its first 3 days on sale.