iPhone 3GS 8GB
Meet iPhone 3GS, the fastest iPhone ever. Featuring a remarkable video camera, Voice Control, and more. It’s a revolutionary phone, a great widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device in one. And with tens of thousands of apps from the App Store, it can do just about anything.
Features
- Faster performance
- Revolutionary mobile phone
- Great widescreen iPod
- Breakthrough Internet device
- Maps with GPS + digital compass*
- Video recording
- 3-megapixel autofocus camera
- Voice Control
- VoiceOver
- Messages with MMS support
- Thousands of apps on the App Store
- 8GB
- Black
- iOS 4
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New Features
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SpeedLoad web pages, launch apps, open attachments, and take pictures faster than ever before. iPhone 3GS makes your entire iPhone experience more responsive. Up to 2x faster compared with iPhone 3G. |
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Video CameraiPhone 3GS now lets you shoot and edit video, then share it via email, MMS, MobileMe, or YouTube. And still pictures get better with a 3-megapixel camera, built-in autofocus, and a tap-tofocus feature. |
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Voice ControlWith Voice Control, you can use your voice to call someone in your contacts list, dial a number, or play a song. |
Additional Features
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Digital CompassFind your way with the new digital compass, or watch as it automatically rotates maps to match the direction you’re facing. Compass reliability may be affected by usage conditions, such as nearby magnetic fields. |
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Cut, Copy & PasteCut, copy, and paste words and photos, even between applications. Copy and paste images and content from the web, too. |
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MessagesUse messages to send text, photos, audio, video, and more. Forward a whole message or just the important parts. |
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Spotlight SearchFind what you’re looking for across your iPhone, all from one place. Spotlight searches all your contacts, email, calendars, and notes, as well as everything in your iPod. |
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Voice MemosCapture a voice memo, a meeting, or any audio recording on the go. Use the built-in iPhone microphone or the mic on your headset to record audio. |
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Landscape KeyboardWant more room to type? Rotate iPhone to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari. |
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AccessibilityAccessibility comes standard on iPhone 3GS. From closed captioning to TTY support, Apple builds accessibility right into the iPhone operating system. |
Visual VoicemailSee your voicemail. Visual Voicemail shows a list of your messages, so you can play them in any order. |
Specifications
| Display: | 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display |
| Resolution: | 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi |
| Storage: | 8GB flash drive1 |
| Cellular: | UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz), GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) |
| Wireless data: | HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz), Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), EDGE, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR |
| Location: | Assisted GPS, digital compass, Wi-Fi, cellular |
| Camera | 3 megapixels, autofocus, and video recording |
| Battery: | Built-in lithium-ion2 |
| Talk time: | Up to 5 hours on 3G, up to 12 hours on 2G3 |
| Standby time: | Up to 300 hours4 |
| Internet use: | Up to 5 hours on 3G,5 up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi6 |
| Video playback: | Up to 10 hours7 |
| Audio playback: | Up to 30 hours8 |
| Dimensions: | 115.5 mm by 62.1 mm by 12.3 mm |
| Weight: | 135 grams |
| In the box: | iPhone 3GS, earphones with remote and mic, dock connector to USB cable, USB power adapter, documentation, SIM eject tool |
1. 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.
2. Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. See www.apple.com/ au/batteries for more information.
3. Talk time: Testing conducted by Apple in May and June 2008 using preproduction iPhone 3G units and software. iPhone 3G units were connected to a 1900 MHz network or a 2100 MHz network. All settings were default except: Call Forwarding was turned on; the Wi-Fi feature Ask to Join Networks was turned off. Wi-Fi was enabled but not associated with a network. Battery life depends on the cellular network, location, signal strength, feature configuration, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPhone units; actual results may vary.
4. Standby time: Testing conducted by Apple in May and June 2008 using preproduction iPhone 3G units and software. All settings were default except: Call Forwarding was turned on; the Wi-Fi feature Ask to Join Networks was turned off. Wi-Fi was enabled but not associated with a network. Battery life depends on the cellular network, location, signal strength, feature configuration, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPhone units; actual results may vary.
5. Internet use over 3G: Testing conducted by Apple in May and June 2008 using preproduction iPhone 3G units and software. Internet over 3G tests were conducted over a 1900 MHz 3G network using dedicated web and mail servers, browsing snapshot versions of 20 popular web pages, and receiving mail once an hour. All settings were default except: Call Forwarding was turned on; the Wi-Fi feature Ask to Join Networks and Auto- Brightness were turned off. Wi-Fi was enabled but not associated with a network. Battery life depends on the cellular network, location, signal strength, 3G connectivity, feature configuration, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPhone units; actual results may vary.
6. Internet use over Wi-Fi: Testing conducted by Apple in May and June 2008 using preproduction iPhone 3G units and software. Internet over Wi-Fi tests were conducted using a closed network and dedicated web and mail servers, browsing snapshot versions of 20 popular web pages, and receiving mail once an hour. All settings were default except: Call Forwarding was turned on; the Wi-Fi feature Ask to Join Networks and Auto-Brightness were turned off; WPA2 encryption was enabled. Battery life depends on the cellular network, location, signal strength, Wi-Fi connectivity, feature configuration, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPhone units; actual results may vary.
7. Video playback: Testing conducted by Apple in May and June 2008 using preproduction iPhone 3G units and software. Video content consisted of a repeated 2-hour 23-minute movie purchased from the iTunes Store. All settings were default except: Call Forwarding was turned on; the Wi-Fi feature Ask to Join Networks and Auto-Brightness were turned off. Wi-Fi was enabled but not associated with a network. Battery life depends on the cellular network, location, signal strength, feature configuration, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPhone units; actual results may vary.
8. Audio playback: Testing conducted by Apple in May and June 2008 using preproduction iPhone 3G units and software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks, a combination of content imported from CDs using iTunes (128-Kbps AAC encoding) and content purchased from the iTunes Store (128-Kbps AAC encoding). All settings were default except: Call Forwarding was turned on; the Wi-Fi feature Ask to Join Networks was turned off. Wi-Fi was enabled but not associated with a network. Battery life depends on the cellular network, location, signal strength, feature configuration, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPhone units; actual results may vary.
9. Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process.
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* Compass reliability may be affected by usage conditions, such as nearby magnetic fields.
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