IPhone 3GS

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 include 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 internationally in July and August 2009.

The iPhone 3GS runs iOS, Apple's mobile operating system. It was succeeded as Apple's flagship smartphone by the iPhone 4 on June 24, 2010. At the same time, an 8 GB model of the iPhone 3GS was released, discontinuing the 16 and 32 GB models, the 8 GB 3GS continued in production until September 2012, when it was discontinued with the announcement and release of the iPhone 5.

History

The iPhone 3GS was released on June 19, 2009 in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Within the first weekend of its release, over 1 million iPhone 3GS units were sold. It reached its first million units sold as quickly as its predecessor, the iPhone 3G. 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. 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.