iPhone Timeline, All You Need To Know About Apple Flagships

From a humble beginning, Apple has come a long way to immense fame with the most dedicated device it has ever made. The first phone officially launched was accessible to the public in 2017.

Date back to that year, the company has gotten through 12 years since the first model of Apple's phone lineup was introduced in 2017. At the very first stage, the new smartphone was got both praises and doubts. However, those phones have become the most important device ever among all product lines of Apple, even when some people consider that the original Mac or iPod was more important than Apple's own smartphone.

To shine a light on the argument, let’s take a look at iPhone reviews for sure. Since the first roll-out of the phone in 2007, other new models have set the standard for the global market. Note that every iPhone new mobile generation is usually built upon the predecessor, each has its own difference.

One of the most noticeable ways to differentiate a model apart from others is by the screen size of the display. Here are all of the iPhone eras categorized by this useful method.

The 3.5-inch iPhones

The iPhone release date of the original phone was launched in June 2007. The smartphone launched with a 3.5-inch display. Apple had set a slogan saying “This is only the beginning”, and the company has proven its attitude for years.

Though it may be nothing in case you put it in a comparison with the smartphone’s standard nowadays, the original iPhone in 2007 actually was a revolutionary at its era. The original iPhone information even did not have 3G and only had a humble camera with 2MP.

Apple released the new iPhone 3G just one year later. The new Apple smartphone was enhanced upon its predecessor iPhone with the addition of 3G support and offering 8GB of minimum storage.

At the back, it offered a new design by polycarbonate plastic instead of aluminum. Thanks to the trade-off in design, Apple was allowed to sell the iPhone with a lower price.

Apple released its iPhone 3GS one year later. This was the first phone that Apple added the “S” to the name, which made it come popular several years later. For those who are wondering what the “S” stands for, it’s actually “Speed”.

As its name, the Apple new iPhone 3GS came out with notable improvements in internal speed. The phone did enhance the camera to 3MP alongside increasing to 32GB for the maximum capacity of storage.

Many people have believed that the iPhone 4 has the best design ever. The phone was also integrated the Retina Display, and have a front camera for you to experience Facetime sessions.

While “S” in 3GS stood for “Speed”, another “S” in iPhone 4GS meant “Siri”, the new smart voice assistant. The upgraded model totally had the internal spec bump over the predecessors. As usual, it also added a hugely 8MP camera on the back.

The 4-inch iPhones

The iPhone 5 made its first debut in 2012. It was the first Apple’s phone with a display excessing 3.5 inches amid 4-inch display looked over-wide. Notably, the phone was returned with the aluminum design. It was also the iPhone that changes the old dock connector into a new lighting cable.

The next iPhone 5s had two major improvements including Touch ID fingerprint and the first smartphone’s 64-bit chipset in the world at that time, the A7 chipset.

Along with it, Apple rolled out the iPhone 5C, with “C” stood for “Color”. The smartphone coming in multiple bright colors featured a full polycarbonate body. The iPhone SE was debuted one year later beside with the iPhone 6 – a 4.7-inch display phone, but it remained the 4-inch display.

The 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhones

With the tradition of releasing only one flagship a year, Apple broke it by releasing two in 2014. The iPhone 6 display was boosted to 4.7 inches and moreover, the users did see a screen size of 5.5-inch in the 6 Plus. Both flagships added the Apple Pay service and other major improvements in speed.

In 2015, the iPhone 6S and the 6S Plus came out with a 12MP rear camera as well as the 3D Touch display having the capability of sensing how the users did press.

The following year Apple disclosed two variants of iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. This product line generally disappointed people because Apple broke its own cycle of releasing new designs every two years. The lineup looked not too different from the 6S model but it was the first one offering a dual lens camera system on the rear.

Apple again rolled out the iPhone 8 and the 8 Plus in 2017. This lineup was designed with an all-glass body, wireless charging, and a lot of internal specs that would appear in the iPhone X.

The 5.8-inch iPhones

Apple also introduced the new iPhone X in 2017. The milestone-phone was named with the “X” standing for “Ten” to mark the number of years since the company brought its first iPhone to people.

The phone completely offered an overwhelmingly 5,8-inch and all-screen display without a physical Home button. Because of the lack of the button, it’s arguably the most impressive phone of Apple ever due to the newest entirely gesture-based interface.

The 6.1-inch and 6.5-inch iPhone models

In the year 2018, Apple phone even went bigger. After setting a new stage for the next 10-year term by making and naming to the iPhone X, the company launched two new variants, the iPhone XS Max, and the iPhone mobile XR.

Until now, the XS Max is the largest phone Apple has ever made with 6.5 inches of display. Many people have considered it as Apple’s phablet. In the meantime, the XS was 5.8 inches.

The XR variants were one of the best iPhone deals among flagships, which were priced at the low-end budget range, even when it costs around $800. However, the phone has 6.1 inches of display.