Hairline cracks

Since the iPhone 3G's public release, users have reported that there had been hairline cracks, especially on the white models.^[17]

[edit]Battery life

After the release of the iPhone 3G, many complaints were about battery life. This is also reflected by a J.D. Power and Associates custom satisfaction survey, which gave the “battery aspects” of the device its lowest rating of 2 out of 5 stars.

[edit]iOS performance issues

iOS 4, which was still compatible with the iPhone 3G, was ...

Along with the iPhone 3G, the first major software update to iOS, 2.0 was released which featured various new features and improvements over its predecessor most notably the App Store.

[edit]App Store

One of the main new features of iOS 2.0 is the App Store which allows users to install third party applications on their device. Preceding this, jailbreaking was the only way to install custom applications on the device. On the App Store's initial launch, 500 applications were available for downlo...

Screen and input

The touchscreen is a 9 cm (3.5 in) liquid crystal display with a resolution of 320-by-480 (HVGA) at 163 ppi along with a scratch-resistant glass sitting on top of the display. The capacitive touchscreen is designed for a bare finger, or multiple fingers for multi-touch sensing.

The device also features the same sensors its predecessor had. A repositioned proximity sensor which deactivates the display and touchscreen when the device is brought near the face during a call. This i...

On July 11, 2008, Apple released the iPhone 3G in twenty-two countries, including the original six; in 8GB and 16GB models, with the larger capacity version having the option of being in black or white.^[12][13]

When the iPhone 3GS was released, the iPhone 3G's price was cut in half, and was made the budget model of iPhone. The $99 iPhone 3G was in black only and came with 8GB of storage. Included with this revision is iPhone OS 3.0 ^[14] On June 7, 2010, the iPhone 3G was discontinued, and repl...

The iPhone 3G is the second generation of iPhone. It was the successor to the original iPhone, and is succeeded by the iPhone 3GS. Introduced on June 9, 2008 at the WWDC 2008 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco. The 3G was very similar to its predecessor, containing the same 2 MP camera and no support for video recording, and its performance was limited by the same 128 MB eDRAM memory unit.^[11] Nevertheless, the 3G featured several improvements over the original. It supported Assisted GPS, 3...